View Poll Results: Does your bicycle have a kickstand?
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Kickstands
09-05-11 | 01:00 PM
#2
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Depends on the purpose of the bike, a daily transportation bike needs a KS,
but lots of people commute on racy bikes to go fast on their way to work,
and lock the bike up firmly to a fixed bike rack when they get there,
and so hate fitting Kickstands.. Like, on their carbon-fiber race bikes..
My Touring bike, 2nd one, had to have a KS, because I wanted to stop, without laying the bike down,
or needing a tree/building nearby to lean it against .
got an '04 Koga Miyata WTR, It has 2 kickstands .. OEM spec'd, thru Tubus,
added one on the bottom of the left front low-rider rack..
so , mixed .. , several types of bikes here, no blanket generalization..
but lots of people commute on racy bikes to go fast on their way to work,
and lock the bike up firmly to a fixed bike rack when they get there,
and so hate fitting Kickstands.. Like, on their carbon-fiber race bikes..
My Touring bike, 2nd one, had to have a KS, because I wanted to stop, without laying the bike down,
or needing a tree/building nearby to lean it against .
got an '04 Koga Miyata WTR, It has 2 kickstands .. OEM spec'd, thru Tubus,
added one on the bottom of the left front low-rider rack..
so , mixed .. , several types of bikes here, no blanket generalization..
Last edited by fietsbob; 09-06-11 at 05:06 PM.
09-05-11 | 01:13 PM
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no kickstands on any of my bikes. there always seems to be somewhere or something to lean a bike against, making a kickstand superfluous.
if i had a reason to put kickstands on my bikes, i wouldn't be opposed to it, i just haven't come across the functional reason for doing so.
if i had a reason to put kickstands on my bikes, i wouldn't be opposed to it, i just haven't come across the functional reason for doing so.
09-05-11 | 02:20 PM
#5
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It's kind of fun to be on a group ride and come to a rest stop. Others are jostling for position, trying to find spots to park against a diminishing supply of trees, when I roll up, put down the kickstand, and walk away.
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09-05-11 | 03:36 PM
#7
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From: Warwick, UK
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My primary bike has a kickstand which gets used a lot. I tend to lock the bike with its right side against the bike rack/post/whatever. The post stops it falling over to the right, and the kickstand likewise stops it falling on the left. It also means I can take the bike away from where I've locked it to load up my stuff. The backup bike is awaiting one.
09-05-11 | 03:45 PM
#8
I have no use for a kickstand. However, once I convert my mountain bike to an xtracycle I may finally find a use for one.
09-05-11 | 03:55 PM
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I wish they still made Flickstands, tho... 
09-05-11 | 03:58 PM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
Most of my bikes have kickstands, several of them have the double legged ones. I can only think of three out of 30+ that don't: MTB, Tandem and fixed gear.
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
09-05-11 | 07:10 PM
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09-05-11 | 07:25 PM
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09-05-11 | 07:31 PM
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When I bought my hybrid I was surprised to find it had no kickstand. The helpful LBS employee explained that they added weight, you could always lean it or lay it down, and he hinted that it was un-hip to have one.
After a couple months of precarious leaning, having it slide off things and fall over, worrying about someone stepping on or running over it when on it's side, and in general being annoyed by the lack thereof, I bought a 2 legged one and love it.
I just shake my head at groups of cyclists with bikes leaning against every vertical surface, stacking them, and laying them everywhere in the way.
After a couple months of precarious leaning, having it slide off things and fall over, worrying about someone stepping on or running over it when on it's side, and in general being annoyed by the lack thereof, I bought a 2 legged one and love it.
I just shake my head at groups of cyclists with bikes leaning against every vertical surface, stacking them, and laying them everywhere in the way.
09-05-11 | 08:39 PM
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When I bought my hybrid I was surprised to find it had no kickstand. The helpful LBS employee explained that they added weight, you could always lean it or lay it down, and he hinted that it was un-hip to have one.
After a couple months of precarious leaning, having it slide off things and fall over, worrying about someone stepping on or running over it when on it's side, and in general being annoyed by the lack thereof, I bought a 2 legged one and love it.
I just shake my head at groups of cyclists with bikes leaning against every vertical surface, stacking them, and laying them everywhere in the way.
After a couple months of precarious leaning, having it slide off things and fall over, worrying about someone stepping on or running over it when on it's side, and in general being annoyed by the lack thereof, I bought a 2 legged one and love it.
I just shake my head at groups of cyclists with bikes leaning against every vertical surface, stacking them, and laying them everywhere in the way.
+1000
It is so un-hip to leave your bike standing there all by its lonesome.
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09-05-11 | 09:43 PM
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I just put one on my touring bike last week.
09-05-11 | 09:52 PM
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From: Grants Pass, Oregon
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I remember the looks several people gave me during both the Monster Cookie Metric Century, and the Cycle Oregon Weekend, when I'd find an open space, drop the kickstand, and walk away.
09-06-11 | 09:39 AM
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From: St. Petersburg, Florida
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In the 80's when I was a teenager, kickstands were very uncool. Funny how things stay with you, I still think their uncool unless on a cruiser or old lady bike.
09-06-11 | 02:00 PM
#18
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If you want to leave your bicycle unattended in public, you must secure it to an immovable object. In this situation you won't typically need a kickstand, since you can lean the bike against the immovable object.
But depending on how/where you store your bike, a kickstand might be needed.
But depending on how/where you store your bike, a kickstand might be needed.
09-06-11 | 02:11 PM
#19
It is more amusing on group rides to take your bike, a friend's bike, and lean them together. I doubt I would find using a kickstand that amusing in such a setting but whatever floats your boat. 
09-06-11 | 02:11 PM
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Huh? What's the matter with laying it on the ground?
09-06-11 | 02:17 PM
#21
You gonna eat that?
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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty
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All my bikes have kickstands except for the '83 Super Course, which has a Flickstand. I got it from someone in the C&V Sales forum.
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"However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
09-06-11 | 02:19 PM
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You gonna eat that?
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09-06-11 | 02:27 PM
#23
Or kick'em or worse yet stomp the spokes outta the wheel for being in the way.
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Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
My preferred bicycle brand is.......WORKSMAN CYCLES
I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
09-06-11 | 02:47 PM
#24
I really must stay away from the group rides you two frequent. lol
09-06-11 | 07:53 PM
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You gonna eat that?
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If you leave them anywhere near a walkway, at ground level, non-cyclists will simply not realize they are there and kick or stumble over them.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."