Trackstanding. Bad for the bike?
10-02-14, 08:14 PM
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Sorry, Ive been seeing asplode so often lately (see-- if CF is safe) that I wondered if maybe it was a workaround for a banned word. Anything is possible, after all you can't say water *** on this forum.
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10-02-14, 08:20 PM
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I'm getting too old. I'll have to practice my road bike track standing skills, or get with the program by pulling out my track bike (I'll never call it a F****, my own banned word.
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10-02-14, 08:27 PM
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One of my riding buddies trackstands on his geared bike at every light just, I think, to prove he can.
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10-02-14, 08:37 PM
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Maybe his seat is a bit high and he can't reach the ground.
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10-02-14, 08:37 PM
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op. 1st, go eat a samich for crying out loud. 2nd no one likes a show off.
10-03-14, 12:36 PM
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Yes, now that it's in with the trendy crowd it's a F---e. For folks like me who've been riding track bikes or converted road bikes on the street for almost 50 years, it was and still is a "fixed wheel bike", or as some people in NYC used to say a fixed.
F---e is too cute for me, and the reality is that ever since some hipster rode up to me and asked about my f---e. I avoided riding it in public. Trendy and I don't mix well. I've always zigged when the world zagged and it's too late to change now.
F---e is too cute for me, and the reality is that ever since some hipster rode up to me and asked about my f---e. I avoided riding it in public. Trendy and I don't mix well. I've always zigged when the world zagged and it's too late to change now.
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10-03-14, 12:47 PM
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10-03-14, 12:54 PM
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Yes, now that it's in with the trendy crowd it's a F---e. For folks like me who've been riding track bikes or converted road bikes on the street for almost 50 years, it was and still is a "fixed wheel bike", or as some people in NYC used to say a fixed.
F---e is too cute for me, and the reality is that ever since some hipster rode up to me and asked about my f---e. I avoided riding it in public. Trendy and I don't mix well. I've always zigged when the world zagged and it's too late to change now.
F---e is too cute for me, and the reality is that ever since some hipster rode up to me and asked about my f---e. I avoided riding it in public. Trendy and I don't mix well. I've always zigged when the world zagged and it's too late to change now.
10-03-14, 12:59 PM
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Turning the crank backwards causes the bearings in the BB to wear unevenly which can cause vibrations which will potentially fracture the head-tube and you will crash, potentially dying.
10-03-14, 01:01 PM
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It's not bad for your bike per se, but it is bad for your bike's self esteem. It will feel shame because all the other bikes can go fast but it has to sit still because it's rider doesn't have ballz enough to blow through the stoplight.
10-03-14, 01:27 PM
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Yep. I commute occasionally and watch riders all day long in town. The only people that stop are tourists and people on the rentals.
10-03-14, 01:38 PM
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i blow all the stoplights i can, asploding concrete in my wake
10-03-14, 02:26 PM
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I commute daily in pretty heavy traffic and have gotten accustom to trackstanding at lights. I like to be get a head of the flow when the light turns green so Im not fighting for lane space.
I do this on a road bike so Im basically using front wheel and crank tension for balance.
Am I putting unnecessary stress on my bike? Im about 145lbs.
I do this on a road bike so Im basically using front wheel and crank tension for balance.
Am I putting unnecessary stress on my bike? Im about 145lbs.
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yep, that's why they take souvenir photos.
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But can you do it with one hand, no hands, one foot unclipped? Track stand competition.
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