Originally Posted by shapelike
Fixed is fun, but I'm on a single speed kick this season. I found myself really missing bunny hopping last year and since I want to race cross this fall I definitely need the practice. My IRO Rob Roy frame is on the way and that's going to be built up on a single fixed hub (but with a freewheel for '07 at least).
This will also give me a chance to learn trackstands on a freewheel bike ... so far I'm still doing cheater trackstands (inching forward instead of staying still/rocking back and forth).
Yeah if you can do fixed track stands, freewheel ones should come naturally enough though instead of back pedaling like on a fix, the balance is more in how you shift your overall body weight back and forth... either way, I swear to god, these things are impossible if there's even the ever slightest hint of downslope in whatever surface you're on, which really makes them a lot less practical than fixed track stands where you can do them anywhere, uphill, flat, downhill, whatever...