Originally Posted by dmcg

Although I haven't noticed very many people in the city on road bikes have very elegant starts off the line. Tons of people seem to have to push off a couple of times with one foot while leaning the bike way over and trying to push down with the other foot just to get started. So I'll take solace in the fact that I'm not alone in not knowing how to ride a bike very well. I think I now understand why so many fixed gear guys don't stop at lights, they have too much trouble getting started again.