A couple of years ago I rode from Beech Mountain, NC back home (about 650 miles). When I departed it was maybe 62 degrees out. By the time I got out of the mountains it was just over 100 degrees out. When I stopped for lunch in Waynesboro, GA it was probably closer to 110 degrees.

I pulled into a little cafe in the center of town, and positioned the bike next to the building out of the sun. I went to put the kickstand down and missed. I guess I was so tired that I also forgot to put my foot back down, and the weight of the bike shifted to the left. It all seemed to happen in slow motion as the bike slowly went over with me on it.

A gentleman from the store next door saw me pull up and he came out to look at the bike, and he showed up just as I layed the bike down. Luckily he was there, because I am not sure I would have gotten it back up right away. I went into the cafe and had 4 Ice Teas, lunch with a couple more and then came back out and readjusted everything that needed it.

The question isn't if you will lay your bike down, but when you will do it. Consider yourself lucky that it happened when you weren't moving.

Tom

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)