Holding Still with Feet on Pedals on a Mountain Bike

javawizard said:

Next time you are waiting at a red light, you may want to begin
practicing a technique called the track stand.

Why practice? I could do them no handed 25 years ago, and I'm still
pretty good.

As you come to a stop,

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but before putting a foot on the ground, turn your front wheel about
70 or 80 degrees to the right or left. If your bike is not facing
uphill, turn the front wheel facing uphill. > This means that your wheel
will probably be turned to the left, since most often, the road curves
uphill toward the centerline, so that rainwater will run off.

Not in England (unless your drunk at the time and on the wrong side of
the road, but then you probably wouldn't have stopped at the light,
since it that for those blokes over there on your left) and it rains a
lot there.

Keep

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steady pressure on one of the pedals, but balance the tendency to roll
backward, downhill. With practice, you will find that you can come to
a stop and never have to put a foot on the ground. You will be able to
rock slightly back and forth, balancing between rolling back and
pushing forward.

Yeah, if you suck.

This trick is used extensively by road racers who

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want their toe clips so tight that removing a foot would be difficult.

Doddamn! I haven't ridden a road bike with toe clips since 1986! Where
are you from, Elbonia?

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For the mountain biker, it helps develop fine control of the bike at
slow speeds, such as when riding along a narrow cliff.

Riding up sick-steep, rocky, loose climbs builds fine slow speed control
- troll!

Shawn

javawizard said:

Next time you are waiting at a red light, you may want to begin
practicing a technique called the track stand.

Why practice? I could do them no handed 25 years ago, and I'm still
pretty good.

As you come to a stop,

Quoted message said:

but before putting a foot on the ground, turn your front wheel about
70 or 80 degrees to the right or left. If your bike is not facing
uphill, turn the front wheel facing uphill. > This means that your wheel
will probably be turned to the left, since most often, the road curves
uphill toward the centerline, so that rainwater will run off.

Not in England (unless your drunk at the time and on the wrong side of
the road, but then you probably wouldn't have stopped at the light,
since it that for those blokes over there on your left) and it rains a
lot there.

Keep

Quoted message said:

steady pressure on one of the pedals, but balance the tendency to roll
backward, downhill. With practice, you will find that you can come to
a stop and never have to put a foot on the ground. You will be able to
rock slightly back and forth, balancing between rolling back and
pushing forward.

Yeah, if you suck.

This trick is used extensively by road racers who

Quoted message said:

want their toe clips so tight that removing a foot would be difficult.

Doddamn! I haven't ridden a road bike with toe clips since 1986! Where
are you from, Elbonia?

Quoted message said:

For the mountain biker, it helps develop fine control of the bike at
slow speeds, such as when riding along a narrow cliff.

Riding up sick-steep, rocky, loose climbs builds fine slow speed control
- troll!

Shawn

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javawizard wrote:

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There are stop lights in the woods where you live? Odd

javawizard said:

Next time you are waiting at a red light, you may want to begin
practicing a technique called the track stand. As you come to a stop,
but before putting a foot on the ground, turn your front wheel about
70 or 80 degrees to the right or left. If your bike is not facing
uphill, turn the front wheel facing uphill. This means that your wheel
will probably be turned to the left, since most often, the road curves
uphill toward the centerline, so that rainwater will run off. Keep
steady pressure on one of the pedals, but balance the tendency to roll
backward, downhill. With practice, you will find that you can come to
a stop and never have to put a foot on the ground. You will be able to
rock slightly back and forth, balancing between rolling back and
pushing forward. This trick is used extensively by road racers who
want their toe clips so tight that removing a foot would be difficult.
For the mountain biker, it helps develop fine control of the bike at
slow speeds, such as when riding along a narrow cliff. - from the
sports section ofwww.odd-info.com

Hmm... I prefer to unclip, put my foot down, unzip, and jerk off when
I'm at a stop light. Frankly, I think I'm having more fun than your so-
called "track stand". But, you know, different strokes....

/s

Tell us more, O sagacious one!

Scott Gordo said:

javawizard said:

Next time you are waiting at a red light, you may want to begin
practicing a technique called the track stand. As you come to a stop,
but before putting a foot on the ground, turn your front wheel about
70 or 80 degrees to the right or left. If your bike is not facing
uphill, turn the front wheel facing uphill. This means that your
wheel will probably be turned to the left, since most often, the
road curves uphill toward the centerline, so that rainwater will run
off. Keep steady pressure on one of the pedals, but balance the
tendency to roll backward, downhill. With practice, you will find
that you can come to a stop and never have to put a foot on the
ground. You will be able to rock slightly back and forth, balancing
between rolling back and pushing forward. This trick is used
extensively by road racers who want their toe clips so tight that
removing a foot would be difficult. For the mountain biker, it helps
develop fine control of the bike at slow speeds, such as when riding
along a narrow cliff. - from the sports section ofwww.odd-info.com

Hmm... I prefer to unclip, put my foot down, unzip, and jerk off when
I'm at a stop light. Frankly, I think I'm having more fun than your
so- called "track stand". But, you know, different strokes....

So to speak.

BS (oy)