Tully

UGHHHHHH ****ING****COCKBALLSDAMNIT****, does anyone have any usefull pointers for track standing? Really anything will help me. I suck.

onetwentyeight 

https://www.63xc.com/gregg/101_12.htm

pitboss

or that 63xc link 128 posted

Tully

I read that .

pitboss

for reals:

ride around in circles, decreasing size and speed as you go - and do NOT do this quickly. It will talke time. Learn to ride slowly with your bars turned. We you feel comfortable (make sure feet are NOT in clips/straps or cilpped in) slow to a stop, lead foot forward with wheel pointed towards lead foot.

that is how I learned at the velo

Tully

Yea, right now I'm practicing in my living room watching TV, and I'm guessing that is not the best way to learn, from a standstill.

john_and_off

definitely not. wait until you can get out into the street - it is much easier to slow to a stop, then trackstand than to simply hop on the bike, into a trackstand.

d_roche

i did the circle thing on a basketball court, the one where polo is played on chrystie and broome. i nailed it today at a light on houston and broadway...even with everyone staring and giving me looks for being smack in the crosswalk...hahha

Retem

use a stick it orks for me and then you have something to intimidate cars with

phoenix

Good one!

Seriously though, just practice a lot and you'll get it. You had to figure out how to ride a bike at some point, so i'm sure you'll get it.

chip thunder

As trite as it sounds, practice practice practice. I had a two hour or so break at a show I was working and just decided that that was going to be the day I learned. I'm by no means an expert, but by the end of that time I could stay up way longer than any lights in the city (3-4 minutes). And I had been DEAD convinced that I'd never get it. I guess this is because I never spent more than 10 minutes or so practicing before getting frustrated and riding off. Starting from a standstill is a mistake. I found the best success in just riding around for 20 seconds or so then slooooowly rolling to a stop and holding it there. Good luck!

Tully

Thank you homeboys, will get out there soooon and practice a lot.

<3 you guys. Thrash till death cuddliepoos.

bitpartinyrlife

my boy's all growns up!!! actually i probably had like jack **** to do with it...

practice riding very slow ( i find riding next to a walking friend does well). then try small circles, exceedingly tighter and tighter. then stop, and hold. an incline helps as well, as per the link posted above. beyond that, it is literally just practice practice practice. I've alway had terrible balance--thru hockey, football, bikes, etc. if i can trackstand thru a stoplight, then anyone can, and I mean that. It literally just takes going out and practicing every day. after a while, you find that sweet spot. then, as you practice more and more, you get better at staying in the sweet spot. that's really all it is. there's no real like "this is how you trackstand" guidebook, just generalities like "its generally easier to start standing up; most people trackstand with front wheel turned toward foot they skid with forward; lower gears make it easier; etc." probably the best advice i can offer you (besides the front skdding foot equals front trackstanding foot) is to look out ahead of your wheel, into the medium distance (ie stop light, traffic, etc.). The biggest thing to learn is just to not over-adjust...I'm still working on this but I can get through most stop lights at least...

666pack

get off the computer, get outside and ride.

Tully

Did you type this from your saddle? Impressive track stands indeed.

666pack

no. i'm laying on my bed watching the history channel eating macaroni and cheese and apple jacks.

but i'm not the one trying to learn how to trackstand.

Tully

True.




BIG HUGZ FROM MESSIAH.

bitpartinyrlife

that sounds ****ing awesome...if only i had macaroni and cheese...and apple jacks...and didn't haveto be at work in 7 hours...

lard

i love smelly markers

tommyb

I sow a guy doing a trackstand on a roadie the other day, no fixed gear, how is that possible, dude sat threw an entire stop light didnt budg. i wana be able to do that, any clues?

BuddyMike

If your down for a ride I can give you a few pointers. You'll be doing no-handed trackstands in no time.

Eatadonut

Was it a hill at all? If yes, he was using the hill like you would use backpressure. If no, he was simply embarrassing you with his balancing ability. I can hold a "trackstand" on a freewheeled bike for about 10 seconds. Useful for stopsigns, and lights you have to stop for.

Tully

Right on matey, what part of Mass are you from?

BuddyMike

I was in boston trackstanding badly because of of ****ty pavement at the intersection. I got served by some dude trackstaning on a geared mountain bike across the intersection.

BuddyMike

You almost guessed my town the other day. That town.