Track stand
#1
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From: Upstate NY
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Track stand
Any advice on how to get better at this? It's a traffic thing; if I slow way down far enough before an intersection I can generally time it but the occasional long red light has me wobbling and 'unclipping'.
Cranks horizontal, feathering the brakes, out of saddle - what else? Practice practice practice?
Thanks...
Cranks horizontal, feathering the brakes, out of saddle - what else? Practice practice practice?
Thanks...
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From: fruita, co
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practice practice practice. practice on a slight uphill, for some reason it's easier. move your body around to find the center of gravity, this takes a while, but when you find it, it's like magic. relax, don't tense up.
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turn the wheel into the road crown, they are usually higher towards the center for drainage.
so the slope is an up/down , not as big a difference as the slope of a banked velodrome,
But that is what you have to work with on the street.
so the slope is an up/down , not as big a difference as the slope of a banked velodrome,
But that is what you have to work with on the street.





