I love stopping at stop lights in a busy area with lots of pedestrians. Sit right out there, bust a no-hands trackstand and tip my cap to the ladies.

To the OP, get better at Wheelies. Learning them will help you get better at falling, or if you're like me, it will teach you that there's much more painful things than falling out of a trackstand.

I started "officially" teaching myself to trackstand today... After a little over an hour of constantly repetition I'm getting there... I agree with those who stated above that a 2-8 foot position is much more favorable than 3-9...

3-9 is crap if you're muscles for you back leg aren't used to pushing back, not only leg strength but also just balancing while doing that. thats why i think 2-8 oclock is a better position for starting out since your leg is more fully extended in the back which gives you more leverage to push back.


whats fun is learning to do it, then trying it switch. it's like "maaaaaan i know how im supposed to do it but i cant *cry*"


remember though, after you get it you realize, it's all in the ankles!

2-8's even better, for me, for freewheel trackstanding. I started off trackstanding on my mtb back in '95. Standing on a fixed-gear is so much easier. 2-8 can get you started easier in either direction you need to move.

The last time I fell was when I was clipped in, full bag, on a slick street,with my non-chocolate foot in front. I tugged on my one-hand adjustable strap to cinch things up and the abrupt weight shift threw me off balance and on my side before I could unclip. That was a little over a year and a half ago.

When I used to ride clips/straps, I'd undo one foot, but that was in my early fixed-gear days. Skipping to a stop is so nice when you can do it in two or three hops, or less. Trackstanding on a fixed-gear came easy to me, it made my freewheel trackstands so much better, I can almost start trials riding, if I could only learn to hop!

Some of the best ideas have been to look ahead and putting your pedals at 2-8. You'll instincively learn to swing wide so you can turn into the right position, with just a little bit of incline.

here's a good how-to look at the trackstand. Just do what he does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSj7VL24GV4

seriously? you're thinking about this way too much. just keep doing it. you'll get better. i haven't fallen over, yes i've put my foot down, but i haven't fallen over in years now.

Ha! So true. I can only wheelie from a trackstand. Any time I try to do it while riding, I learn a new lesson about how to fall.

get good at flipping out of your clip while in trackstand, the motion will help when you're going to fall.

what i mean is moving the bike forward so you can pull your feet out of the clips but still have your stand.

i'm not that great a trackstander but i can do it without hands now in clips and i really think having the foot dexterity has helped a lot.