Kick Stands

[emily_in_nc]

II find it much easier to do all my bike stuff when it stands up by itself. Loading groceries? Check. Pumping tires? Check. Fiddling around with the brakes? Check. All that.

Yeah, I'll take a kick stand. I can handle it, I'm no weight weenie.

+1

I have a kickstand on my Bike Friday for the same reason -- it's an errand/running around bike. Sure, I sometimes go on strictly recreational/fitness rides, but half a lb. is not going to make that much of a difference, and I do love the convenience at stops, when pumping tires and the other things you mention.

No kickstand on the mtb, and I didn't have on my lightweight carbon bike either, but I sold that bike.