Quote Originally Posted by Librarygirl View Post
I am thinking about removing it, but ONLY because I am very uncoordinated and scared that one of these days I'm going to ride off with it still down and have a big stack! I'm so paranoid that I'm constantly twisting around as I ride off after stopping to check I've flipped it up, which is probably just as unsafe!
Ummmm.... are you sure your crankarm will clear your kickstand? Riding off with the sidestand is a possible issue on a motorcycle (a lot of m/cs have an ignition cutoff tied to the sidestand), but I can't even move my bici from its parking space with the kickstand down.