Originally Posted by
NoWhammies
Looks like I have some learning to do! Better start without clipless though. And maybe on my other bike. Just in case.
I found riding roller a great way to work into it. Have something next to you you can grab, and ride slower and slower, until you stop, hold, as you are about to lose it, spin up again and repeat. Then take what you learned to the road. Of course you can't turn the front wheel on the roller like on the road, but it will help.
It helped more in the days of toe clip and straps because taking your foot out and getting strapped in was a bigger pain. Someplace my brain figured that out, and I just put my foot down.
I used to tract stand all the time on the way to work. Now I don't at all. Maybe because I don't see lights anymore, maybe cleats are so easy. I don't see my son do it as much. Onto something else.