Originally Posted by
Koyote
I've been doing it for many years, but the best I can do on a derailleur bike is to hold my spot for maybe a couple seconds at a time - then I end up rolling forward a couple inches and starting over again. Without the occasional movement, I would fall over.
Is it possible to do better than that on a derailleur bike? Or is a fixie required for true trackstanding?
I guess for a
true trackstand, you'd need to do it on a track.
But for a roadie, you can do the functional equivalent by leaning into the crown of the road and letting then letting the bike roll back slightly, then lean into it again. The back and forth gets smaller and smaller until you're basically rocking forward and back. On a FG, you can do this with the pedals, but with a freewheel you can use gravity.