Originally Posted by
Doug64
I don't have anything to base this on but that won't stop me from suggesting it
Try practicing riding as slow as you can without falling over. If you can master a trackstand, all the better. I find that it helps my slow speed balance, but I don't know if it carries over into other aspects of cycling.
I'm pretty good at trackstands, and super-slow balance seems fine. To the other poster's point, my balance off-bike isn't bad. I just always feel the need to be holding the bars (low-trail or medium-trail bikes--doesn't matter). I do a bit better with flat-bar bikes going downhill, which kind of makes sense, since it's more upright and like riding the drops, position-wise.