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04-06-20, 09:47 AM

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cyccommute

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I just “kick” the stick away after I’m done taking pictures

Untitled by Stuart Black, on Flickr

IMG_3144 by Stuart Black, on Flickr

Or I “kick” off the post, rock or guard rail

DSCN1197 by Stuart Black, on Flickr

DSCN1146 by Stuart Black, on Flickr

2015-05-09 16.50.31 by Stuart Black, on Flickr

Trees are harder to “kick” off of

DSCN0027 by Stuart Black, on Flickr

And I probably wouldn’t “kick off” this one for obvious reasons

Untitled by Stuart Black, on Flickr

I probably would “kick off” this one and probably should have even used it

DSCN0512 by Stuart Black, on Flickr

because the drop to the left is a long way down

DSCN0522 by Stuart Black, on Flickr

But, generally, I don’t use kickstand because the world is full of place to lean a bike. In extreme cases, I can even use the horizontal kickstand that is the earth.

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