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Originally Posted by bboy314
What if nature calls while out on a ride? Every e-bike in particular should have a kickstand in my opinion. Not always easy to lean on something.
E-bike? Wrong forum. Since most of the ones I see people riding weigh 50 lbs or more, they probably come with a kickstand. Motorcycles are pretty heavy, hard to stand them up, so yeah, they have kickstands.

On our 2023 Touroica 5 day tour we had a dozen riders. When we were out in the boonies and needed a lunch/bio break, we just did this:



And anyone states that their bike is too nice to lay down like this, note that we had a Cinelli, Paramount, Merz, and an Ebisu on this 5 day tour. None of them had a kickstand.
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