Can you do a track stand at a stop?

[Jody]

Pictures of her? Off the bike will do.

I don't personally know the lass, so it wouldn't be right.

Admit it, you're a bit in love with her now aren't you?

Impressed would be a better term. We arrived in Hope are 9.30 having driven from Sheffield. She arrived for the 20 mile loop having already ridden her MTB 25 miles to get there, then proceeded to glide up all the climbs like she was on an e-bike. Credit where credits due!

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I didn't track stand when I did the clippy pedal fast bike thing, definitely not now on my utility bikes and normal clothing.

 

[glenn forger]

Like a boss.

 

[Karlt]

Must be joking. It's up there with ice skating and hitting a rounders ball with a rounders bat - something that must be possible because I've seen people do it, but every attempt I've ever made has resulted in me looking very silly, or injured, or both.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Pacing approach to a junction and a short track stand are surely basic cycling skills worth practicing?

Pacing a slow approach yes. I doubt I could ever master trackstanding though. I'm too old to learn things like that. And when I was young I could never master them anyway. Not that I think track stands existed as a "thing" (except on the track) when I was a lad. Wheelies did. And I could never do them either.

 

[Smithbat]

I don't mean to be thick, what is a track stand?

 

[Sharky]

I don't mean to be thick, what is a track stand?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUF7OSoUSOI&feature=youtu.be

 

[Smithbat]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUF7OSoUSOI&feature=youtu.be

In that case, no I do not do a track stand and if I even tried I would fall off in a heap!

 

[swee'pea99]

I could track stand indefinitely back in the olden days - when I owned what, we used to call, a 'fixed' bicycle. I can track stand a penny farthing. No handed. I ciuld drink a can of Stella and make and then smoke an entire Jamaican cigarette without dabbing a toe. I'm more sensitive to accusations of showoffery these days. And I don't own a fixed.

I find it much harder on a fixed, because I've never got the hang of doing it stock still...there's always a bit of 'creep'. Which is fine on a normal bike, because you can make slight adjustments in order to maintain your pedals at 9 o clock/3 o clock, which is the best for balance. On a fixie, you find yourself trying to balance with one pedal at 11 o clock and t'other at 5 - and that's way more difficult.

 

[clockworksimon]

I suspect that a thread on bunny-hopping would generate similar responses from non-trackstanding types. Another show-offy but useful skill which many manage to live without! A skill which can be combined with track stands and sometimes learned in association.

 

[goody]

No, but I can ride a unicycle.

 

[DCLane]

For about 10 seconds I can and do - beyond that it all gets a bit wobbly

 

[summerdays]

I suspect that a thread on bunny-hopping would generate similar responses from non-trackstanding types. Another show-offy but useful skill which many manage to live without! A skill which can be combined with track stands and sometimes learned in association.

I can't bunny hop .... or even hop over an ant.... I'm firmly attached to the ground

 

[Jimidh]

I can't even stand without tripping myself up so no chance of track standing!!

 

[2IT]

Must be joking. It's up there with ice skating and hitting a rounders ball with a rounders bat - something that must be possible because I've seen people do it, but every attempt I've ever made has resulted in me looking very silly, or injured, or both.

Most of us look foolish when we first tried it. However most of us were younger when we first tried it.