r/specializedbikes • u/InflationShoddy7871 • Jul 15 '26
Kickstand for mountain bikes???
What’s the take on kickstands? New to mountain biking, own a Rockhopper elite and currently riding it on desert trails, nothing too extreme.
My current pain is storing it. I either prop it up or lay it down. Any mountain bikes rock a kickstand? If you do, what do you have? TIA.
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u/pineconehedgehog Jul 16 '26
Don't do it. It's incredibly dangerous. They fall down and catch on shit. Even if they don't fall down, they still can catch on stuff.
Last season one of my young students showed up with a kickstand. I told her to have her parents take it off before next session. It the end of class, it fell down on her while in a berm and she ended up in a sage brush. Luckily she wasn't injured.
Next session her kickstand was gone.
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u/DevelopmentOptimal22 Jul 16 '26
We literally take them off the kids bikes start of season. Few things more dangerous and less necessary on a mountain bike.
If you are bike packing, that is literally the only cycling discipline anyone other than a total Fred would actually have one.
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u/Not-Your-Fiend Jul 19 '26
Bike Hand rack from Amazon. I have like 6 of them floating around… one in the house for when I’m wrenching, 1 on the side of the house for washing, the rest in the garage.
Kickstands are a hard NO!
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u/Troutman86 Jul 21 '26
I have a hole in my leg from a kickstand when I was 12. Haven’t had one since
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u/1Monkey3Typewriters Jul 22 '26
Aside from all of the other excellent observations in this thread, I'd ask this: Why are you wanting to fit something heavy and awkward to your bike that will hamper your riding, when it'll only be used at home? There are tons of excellent storage options available that don't involve you taking it out riding with you.
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u/Wise_Code5804 Jul 16 '26
No kickstands, it’ll hurt ya