Originally Posted by zzoundss
hmm. it took me like 5 minutes to learn trackstands. the trick to learning them is that you need to learn to balance with your feet. no handed track stands are fun but if you arent quick you can bust your ass. id like to learn backwards circles but i can only get half way around. all of these tricks are pretty worthless for the most part.
Trackstands aren't worthless. They allow you to stay clipped in where you have better control (especially with road style clipless pedals).
The underside of exposed cleat systems aren't particularly sticky.