That must have been an individual and isolated case. It does not normally happen. If you are concerned, you might remove the battery from your Vado and store the e-bike upside down (standing on the handlebars and the saddle). The only weak point here could be the display; my Vado is equipped with Ergon GP2 bar-ends and SQlab Innebarends, and these raise the handlebars so the display is safe in the rotated position when standing on the ground. You also could support the bars of the rotated bike on pieces of styrofoam to protect the display.
A good point! Perhaps a work-stand would be a better idea?
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Usually, a flat on a bike supported by the kickstand remains stationary. Therefore I wonder how the Vado could fall over, too.
Just note there's no adjustability with the stock Vado kickstand - would have to cut it or replace with an adjustable.
The 650b x 2.3 tires are a good bit taller than the space under the kickstand when the bike is upright, so a deflated tire would let it tip.
You will notice that you won't be able to keep the bike staying upright with the kickstand (unless, of course, I have a defective unit somehow).the second flat was just a consequence of my poor job fixing the first oneAlso: depending on many factors (type and frequency of riding, type of tires, storage conditions, etc.), two flats since fall 2022 seems like a bit much, in my (very limited) experience. I therefore wonder whether this might be a causation versus correlation issue. That is, rather than it being the flat tire that is causing the bike to fall over even though the kickstand is deployed, could it be something else that’s associated both with the flat tire and the bike falling over? (I have no idea what that would be: a critter in the garage that’s gnawing at the tire, causing both the flat and the bike to fall over? An enemy who sneaks into your garage at night, punctures your tire, and then tips the bike over for good measure?
The fact that *both* flats *only* were detected while the bike was in the garage also makes me wonder whether there’s another factor here. Statistically, it seems odd that neither flat was detectable until after the bike had been put in the garage. Wouldn’t it have been equally likely, statistically speaking, that the flat would have happened while you were out on a ride and you would have noticed it once you stopped for any reason; put the bike on the kickstand;and saw it fall over? In my case, even if I don’t happen to stop during a ride, I still have to put the bike on the kickstand at least once in order to open the door to bring it into the house.
(or a limitation of the Park Tool GP-2 stickers that don't seem to last long term if overlapping a seam on the tube). I don't ride every day and it seems it was leaking slow enough for me not to notice it until completely flat.The test is just to deflate your rear tire
or even better, you can just take my word for it. I wish the bike would stay upright with just the kickstand, that would be helpful when taking the rear wheel off for a repair, but that's just not the case.
