Originally Posted by maddmaxx

As I get older, I find that my balance isn't as good as when I was a kid. On days that I don't feel like a big ride I go out on my half mile long street and practice. I'll go down the street doing slow sloloms around acorns. I work on getting the s curves more and more violent. Then I go back to slow speed and start over doing the exercise while standing up on the pedals.

Even though my balance isn't as good as it used to be, the practice seems to make me more comfortable with and around the bike.

Small steps.