Are people that judgemental? Was over at a co-ed cycling forum that is guy-dominated who were doing the one upmanship in a light handed way about bike kickstands.

I guess in some roadie circles it's considered a "fred" or not a "real cyclist" thing.

Or maybe the idea is that a carbon bike should never have a kick stand.

I hope over time, we move beyond this type of narrow thinking.
I think of the number of times I didn't want to lay down my bike with panniers attached on wet ground.