Any good-looking kickstands?

[Fatdan]

So useful, but so unattractive... Also quite unstable since it's has to be on left side of the bike. Any recommendations？

 

[mschwett]

there are no good looking kickstands. for some types of bikes they are a necessary evil.

the symmetrical ones for cargo bikes look better, potentially, but heavy and don’t fit most bikes.

 

[Roamers]

I have a hard time defining "good looking" for a kick stand

 

[sc00ter]

A friend took a silver Greenfield and polished it out to a mirror like finish. He said he was bored and wanted to try his hand at polishing. He has it on a tatty Worksman beach cruiser. It really pops on there.

 

[Nvreloader]

What about a bikes weight? Lite or Heavy 100# types.
My kick stand just broke right thru the rivet area, less than 10 months of use. I has adjusted the leg length to about 10- 15* from thru vertical. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B093RJ3RN2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1
I am also looking for another HD adjustable KS.....finding one for the flatish oval stays is a has been a problem.

 

[il Munduato]

Mines like my woman.
She ain't good lookiń...but I dependably lean on her every day.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

there are no good looking kickstands. for some types of bikes they are a necessary evil.

I beg your pardon. I think my Vado SL's leg is quite shapely. ;^}

But I'll grant you ugly on the one on my hub-drive.

I get that a serious performance rider who's owned an Aethos, Creo, Scott Addict, and who know what other dream road bikes might look at kickstands as unnecessary evils that only add weight and drag.

The owner of that tricked-out white S-works leaned against the wall probably feels the same way. But I use mine several times a ride and couldn't get by without them.

 

[mschwett]

I beg your pardon. I think my Vado SL's leg is quite shapely. ;^}

But I use mine several times a ride and couldn't get by without them.

its a nice kickstand, but still a detriment to the clean lines of your yellow Vado! useful, absolutely! my commuter with child seat sports one as well, as does my daughter’s Sirrus. I am working on a custom project and looking into a cargo style stand, symmetrical, and under the chainstays, in the same color as the frame. I think it’ll be a big improvement visually and functionally over the one sided type!

oddly, even in many dozens of 6+ hour rides on the creo and aethos with two fuel stops each, never once had a ”nowhere to lean the bike” situation!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I was in a situation when the kickstand of my big Vado was broken, and I had a hard time with my e-bike. Even on my Vado SL, the kickstand is a must. When I leave my flat with either of my e-bikes, I need to turn back and lock the door. I don't know what I would do without a kickstand!

Group rides. Any gravel cyclist on any stop, even for a few minutes for refreshments, is standing over their bike frame as they were tied to the bike. Just because they despise kickstands I have seen how gravel or MTB riders were leaning their bikes on the side because there was no support nearby.

 

[Chargeride]

I had a kickstand for a while, bike kept falling over.
I just lay mine on the ground, cut out the middle man.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I had a kickstand for a while, bike kept falling over.
I just lay mine on the ground, cut out the middle man.

Cannot help your kickstand not being properly adjusted

 

[Chargeride]

More of a ground, operator problem