Q. Is having a kickstand on your playa bike a necessity?

A. While it’s not a necessity –  most people at the burn have a kickstand installed on their bike.  Center Camp and a lot of theme camps have bike racks but a lot don’t.  Most of the art and dance venues don’t have bike parking so a kickstand works well here. Bikes laying around on the ground are a hazard.  It is also a lot easier to lock a group of bikes together when they’re standing up rather than laying down.

A lot of people will use a simple tennis ball on the end of a kickstand to keep it from sinking into the playa.

There are different kinds of aftermarket kickstands that work better than the stock ones too.

This one mounts on the chainstay and has a thick rubber foot that won’t sink into the playa so easily.

This kickstand will be a lot more stable on the sand than a stock kickstand