If you could have one bike skill....

[coffeejo]

No hands would be a victory for the kid in me that fell off oh so many times trying and trying and trying. I can more or less cycle one handed but things like unzipping my jacket etc cause me to swerve and wobble in a rather ungainly manner, so I'd like better balance and co-ordination please!

 

[adds21]

I'm in the "want to bunny hop" camp.

Everyday, I cycle down a road in a public park which has three really irritating speed bumps. A couple of years ago, as I was cycling down, a roadie past me at a fair old pace, "Oops", I though, "He hasn't seen those speed bumps", but as he approached each one he bunny hopped over, and at some speed.

So, that's what I want to be able to do! Every now and again (when there's no one around!), I give it ago, but I just can't seem to get the rear wheel off the ground!

 

[swee'pea99]

Back-pedal braking on my fixie. I've given up trying - just can't do it. I wouldn't do it all the time - too wasteful of tyre rubber - but I'd like to be able to do it.

 

[Gixxerman]

Its got to be the "Bunny Hop". I've tried many times, but just can't get the rear wheel off the ground...

+1

 

[pepecat]

I would like Schlek-like climbing ability.
Sigh.......

Descents don't bother me in the least, but going up, that's another matter......

 

[Melonfish]

No hands would be a victory for the kid in me that fell off oh so many times trying and trying and trying. I can more or less cycle one handed but things like unzipping my jacket etc cause me to swerve and wobble in a rather ungainly manner, so I'd like better balance and co-ordination please!

i think this is what i'd like too. Calibanzwei can happily cycle along using only his legs, me on the other hand have issues staying upright with my hands just a cm off the bars!
but then i have about as much finesse as a ten tonne hammer (son) i'm all left feet and about as much rhythm as a load of bricks being chucked down the stairs
maybe one day i'll be happily cycling down a main road arms out stretched enjoying the wind but for now its wobbly is as wobbly does when i try and let go.
pete

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Does this count?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Very true

I suppose technically you did dismount!! What it should have said is "Cyclists Dismount in a Controlled Manner"

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Oh yes I know that one well

- if I take a corner too fast ... I just end up going wide.

 

[coffeejo]

Does this count?

I think we have a winner

 

[martint235]

I'd also like to be able to do this (here)

 

[abo]

The 80-yard wheelie. On a racer.

Not on a racer, but the text-to-speech in this wheelie tutorial is broken in a funny way...

Really long wheelie

 

[PoweredByVeg]

+1 for the bunny hop too

 

[gavroche]

i am happy the way I am. I have all the skills I need: I can ride with no hands, I can filter through the traffic, I am very good at judging distances, gaps, speed,reading the road ( thanks to my job) and have a good sense of balance.
All I really need is a new pair a legs to get up those hills a bit faster!!

 

[coffeejo]

i am happy the way I am. I have all the skills I need: I can ride with no hands, I can filter through the traffic, I am very good at judging distances, gaps, speed,reading the road ( thanks to my job) and have a good sense of balance.
All I really need is a new pair a legs to get up those hills a bit faster!!

Come closer so I can kick you