Better yet, practice on any hard surface in your house while you're watching T.V. or listening to music; pretty soon you'll bre relaxing doing no-handers (thats when you realize that, on a level surface, very little pressure needs to be put on the pedals. Outside of course there are lots of little pebbles and dents in the road that can make standing more of a challenge. Having said all that, even with practice, I can't do **** with the wheel pointing right; but pointing left either foot will do (but my concentration is always on my left foot, even if it is in the back position.)