Originally Posted by philso

no, bringing your park stand is one of the wisest decisions you can make. Many of us older tourers bring ours, it' one of the "secrets" we seldom tell newbies about. Not only do they do double duty, they do triple , quintuple, even gaziluple duty. fix your bike, park your bike anywhere, dry your laundry, tarp pole, hold your book open to the right page, paper weight, object d' art, meat tenderizer, conversation piece.