They're not cool. But if you have bags or baskets, they're indespensable. I have one on my commuter but not on my fancy old bike.

On a Hybrid? When i got my roadie i was a bit surprised to see you can't even mount one (and it's a low end bike) even more surprising if a hybrid doesn't come the option at least. What if you have nothing to lean your bike up against?

It's not a glamorous word.

Kickstands have their place, I would not have one on my road or mountain bike but on utilitarian bicycles and touring bikes they can can be very useful.

I am partial to centre stands on my touring bikes, it is more stable than a single side stand.

You can get a rear mount kickstand that will mount on most any bike.

Kickstands are good for commuter bikes that ride around town a lot and stop a lot.
For sportive bikes, however, they aren't needed because you don't stop or at least not often.

Where does that actually happen?
The Sahara?

Political Preference ..


Its a Trekking bike , not a Hybrid, per se, but this one has 2 kickstands ..
http://www.cyclofiend.com/working/20...clark1008.html

front one helps hold up the Pannier load, on the front wheel..

I have a Specialized kickstand, which is mounted on the rear chainstay of my Specialized CrossTrail and find it very useful. The wheel reflectors are gone! :)

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=335873

I reckon I'm in trouble...got em on all my bikes except the Tempo!

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I use a "Clickstand": http://www.click-stand.com/ These don't mount on your frame and you can hide them away in a bag or jersey pocket. I haul a utility trailer and not having a "stand" of some kind is RPIA, when coupling the trailer to the hitch on the bike, jmho, ymmv.

Here is the one I was talking about.
The Greenfield SKS2BC Rear Mount.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71mdLCR-sDL.jpg

This. They can can do serious damage to your frame.

Kickstand user here. If/when I find myself in the market for a new bike or kickstand, I'm going to get one of those.

For the record, if you have a Kona Dew or Dew Plus and want a kickstand that will bolt onto the existing mounts on the rear chainstay, ask you dealer to order the kickstand used for the Safariland 29er patrol bikes. It's designed to work with the frame and is very heavy duty.

http://www.safariland.com/PatrolBike/Bike.aspx

The other bike that I test rode and had a built in kickstand plate was the Globe Work. It mounted at the bottom bracket, but was very sturdy too.

I hope this helps others who stumble onto this thread and are looking for suggestions for city/commuting bikes that are designed with a kickstand as on option, not as an afterthought.

Be careful of rear heel strike with something like this. I ripped the heel of my cross trainer shoes with a stand like this.

Most bikes don't have kickstands because of fashion.

When "10 speed" racing bikes started being imported to the US in the early 70's, they didn't have kickstands because they were racing bikes. You didn't stop at a cafe and have a cup of coffee on your racing bike. So kickstands became associated with cheaper bikes and non-serious bikers. If you were a "real" biker, you didn't have a kickstand.

This idea never caught on in Europe, where hybrid type bikes come standard with a kickstand.

Kickstands aren't a problem on bikes that are designed for them - those bikes have a plate for mounting the kickstand and the kickstand doesn't come loose any more frequently than the seat or wheels come loose.

If you are mounting an aftermarket kickstand on a bike not designed for kickstands, however, you do have to be careful because you are going to have to mount it to frame parts. Meaning that if you crank down too tightly on the bolt, you can collapse the frame tubes. So people don't crank down tightly and the kickstand loosens. This is not an inherent problem of kickstands, but it can be a problem with kickstands on bikes not originally designed for them.

I didn't realize there was so much voodoo involved with kickstands. If you want a kickstand just put the thing on there and watch what you are doing.
Check it periodically just as you should for all the components on your bike. Common sense.

this is the kind I have also, and as far as coming loose, I use locktite on the screws

I couldn't imagine having an 'everyday' bike w/o a kickstand!

When puchasing my Giant Escape I asked about having a kickstand, the dealer installed one gratis - But not before giving me the "You must be a neophyte" eye glance first.

I am careful about use at stops while riding, but it 'lives' on it's kickstand in the garage.

I saw this happen a surprising number of times on Saturday on a group ride. Surprisingly large number of people riding bikes with kickstands, and several bikes parked on the grass near the ride start fell over in a chain reaction before the ride started. One lady had her cell phone mounted to her bike, and it broke when her bike crashed to the ground.

Did she leave the bike unattended while having her cellphone attached to it?

Lady was standing, maybe 5 to 10' away chatting with some people.

That happened to me once or twice when I was 9 or 10 years old. After that I figured out I should find a suitable place to put the kick stand down.

It was just one Lady? statistically insignificant .