I view the split rear triangle for the Gates Drive with suspicion, regardless of how many fashion victims have adopted it; but then I can remember when we did finite element analysis the hard way for a whole triangulated space frame racing car -- on slide rules, bay by bay. A bicycle, mainly in two dimensions, and by necessity and tradition as light as the designer can make it without imperiling other functions (and often a bit lighter, though we don't see that much at the touring end of the market), just doesn't strike me as a natural candidate for splits, especially that near the major torque-points of power input and braking (especially with a disc attached to the hub).
As for the kick stand Energyman mentions, I've had one on every bike since I switched to Continental bikes. Here I just don't see the objection of old-fashioned designers to a piece of very convenient kit that can be attached at a strong point on the bike with, at most, the addition of a lightweight, short stiffening brace between the chain stay and the seat stay. On my favorite German bike the brace has been laser-cut from the same steel as the tubes but flat, as a quarter-circle with holes in it, which is decorative, and the brace serves the double purpose of bracing against disc brake forces as well. The only other fitting on OEM stand-fitted frames is a flat tab of thicker metal brazed, soldered or welded onto the non-drive side chain stay to bolt the kickstand onto, to avoid clamping it onto the chain stay, with resulting paint damage. As far as I know, ESGE/Pletscher stands come with two half-round spacers, one convex and one concave, to let you angle the thing on the flat tab; they're a nuisance to adjust, and I fixed mine permanently by a locknut behind the threaded tab so that I could set them once and then forget about the stand. If anyone cares, an ESGE stand is just about indestructible; I've never managed to break one.
I find the stand very convenient; I wouldn't want to do without it; I cringe every time pedal pals lean their bikes up against the hawthorne hedges, very common here, because they don't have kickstands.
