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ddac 04-25-09 02:16 AM

Can you trackstand?
 
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HandsomeRyan 04-25-09 05:23 AM

Does "moving forward really really slowly" count? I can't do a proper track stand to save my life but I don't usually have to put my foot down at lights.

j3ffr3y 04-25-09 06:52 AM

I can only do
Left foot forward, handlebars to the left

aMull 04-25-09 07:38 AM


Originally Posted by HandsomeRyan (Post 8797572)
Does "moving forward really really slowly" count?

No.

rarebird 04-25-09 07:40 AM

wtf happened to "yes"? oh wait, thread title not thread question

yah i can trackstand, like all of those ways, like with a freewheel too, on a road bike, mountain bike, fixed gear, whatever.

I duno why its called trackstand at a red light, everyone does it

n0tcarson 04-25-09 09:31 AM

what about having to switch your bars from left to right when trying to keep them steady?

i don't just hold them one way, especially at red lights.

Build your own 04-25-09 09:56 AM

I don't trackstand all that much anymore.Usually i slow way down when i'm coming up on a red,read the traffic and most of the time i'll find a gap to run it.If i have to stop i'll trackstand unless i'm really tired and carry a ton of stuff.

TheRealNicola 04-25-09 10:49 AM


Originally Posted by HandsomeRyan (Post 8797572)
Does "moving forward really really slowly" count? I can't do a proper track stand to save my life but I don't usually have to put my foot down at lights.

That's exactly what i do haha

elTwitcho 04-25-09 11:05 AM


Originally Posted by Build your own (Post 8798281)
I don't trackstand all that much anymore.Usually i slow way down when i'm coming up on a red,read the traffic and most of the time i'll find a gap to run it.

This. Usually I'll come up to a light slow enough that I've still got momentum going for when it changes to green if I can't just pop through.

mander 04-25-09 11:24 AM

I picked the last option. If it looks like I'll have to wait more than 10 seconds, the foot is going down. Its 2009, no one is impressed by long trackstands anymore.

CliftonGK1 04-25-09 12:04 PM

There couldn't be just a plain old "no" for an answer?
I can't trackstand, but I don't feel any need to be snarky about it.

muckymucky 04-25-09 12:12 PM

i go forward and backward about half an inch if im not balanced.

crawdaddio 04-25-09 12:37 PM

No.
Can you juggle?

Saberhead 04-25-09 12:55 PM

I do the slow down and hope it turns green soon thing.

jim-bob 04-25-09 01:03 PM


Originally Posted by mander (Post 8798524)
I picked the last option. If it looks like I'll have to wait more than 10 seconds, the foot is going down. Its 2009, no one is impressed by long trackstands anymore.

Yeah, same. I've also found that putting a foot down confuses drivers a lot less.

exhumed 04-25-09 01:12 PM

I trackstand usually at lights. I guess it doesn't wear my right cleat (I step down with my right foot usually) as much by doing this.

aMull 04-25-09 01:17 PM


Originally Posted by crawdaddio (Post 8798752)
Can you juggle?

Yes :p

PluperfectArson 04-25-09 02:11 PM


Originally Posted by crawdaddio (Post 8798752)
No.
Can you juggle?

I can juggle.

Also, I can kind of trackstand, just not for long periods of time. I never actually try, but I tend to creep up to the line and run the red anyway. /shrug

LesterOfPuppets 04-25-09 02:16 PM

I do left foot forward, don't really care about which way the bars face. Since I'm in the USA, I typically do it with the bars to the left, so as to steer into the crown of the road. Easier that way.

LesterOfPuppets 04-25-09 02:22 PM

I've been working on my ass-in-the-saddle trackstands, just to keep things interesting.

PluperfectArson 04-25-09 02:34 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 8799073)
I've been working on my ass-in-the-saddle trackstands, just to keep things interesting.

I was doing this while talking to on the mobile and waiting for the MAX to Portland.
I was doing it no-handed, though, and it was much easier than I thought it would be for the most part.
I held it too long, became careless, and the bike fell over underneath me, though. :lol:

Scratcher33 04-25-09 04:02 PM

I can trackstand with either foot forward, with the bars in either direction, without hands if I need to pull out a super-hipster move (only right foot forward for this one)...I'm a total dork. I do prefer to do right foot forward.

Flimflam 04-25-09 04:51 PM

I prefer right foot forward heavily, too, especially when my hand/hands aren't on the bars - but if I'm using my hands I can trackstand in all direcitons, just I very rarely go left/left due to my own comfort.

I usually try for the roll to the green game, but there's often enough those times where I hit the light for the full cycle (har HAR) so I trackstand for those usually.

I trackstand most of the time whenever waiting, but don't feel any obligation to do/not do them. Just whenever I feel like it.

Syscrush 04-25-09 06:02 PM


Originally Posted by mander (Post 8798524)
I picked the last option. If it looks like I'll have to wait more than 10 seconds, the foot is going down. Its 2009, no one is impressed by long trackstands anymore.

Speak for yourself. I can't do them and I'm impressed when I see people who can.

dervish 04-25-09 07:25 PM


Originally Posted by crawdaddio (Post 8798752)
No.
Can you juggle?

yes, while trackstanding


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