How to do a Track Stand - On a Mountain Bike, of Course

[javawizard]

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 you are biking along a narrow cliff. - from
the Bicycling section of www.odd-info.com

 

[MattB]

javawizard wrote:
> 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 you are biking along a narrow cliff. - from
> the Bicycling section of some site.
>

Can you do it on a bike with a coaster brake?
That's one of the skillz I've been working on, yo.

Matt (surely there was no commercial interest here, right?)

 

[Marty]

"javawizard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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 you are biking along a narrow cliff. - from
> the Bicycling section of www.odd-info.com
>

Wow... is THAT how it works?

I never put my feet down but I always fall over. So if I keep my feet up
and balance, I'll be able to keep upright?

I love this group.

Marty

 

[pete fagerlin]

javawizard wrote:
> This trick is used extensively by road racers who
> want their toe clips so tight that removing a foot would be difficult.

Holy time warp Batman!

 

[JD]

On Mar 6, 3:10 pm, pete fagerlin <[email protected]> wrote:
> javawizard wrote:
> > This trick is used extensively by road racers who
> > want their toe clips so tight that removing a foot would be difficult.
>
> Holy time warp Batman!


Whachoo talkin' 'bout Willis????

JD

 

[JD]

On Mar 6, 2:52 pm, MattB <[email protected]> wrote:
> javawizard wrote:
> > 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 you are biking along a narrow cliff. - from
> > the Bicycling section of some site.
>
> Can you do it on a bike with a coaster brake?
> That's one of the skillz I've been working on, yo.
>
> Matt (surely there was no commercial interest here, right?)


It does look spammy to me.

Yes, I can do it on a coaster brake bike. Practicing on the congested
beach bike paths down here makes it second nature. Hell, I can even
do trackstands on my Honda. That blows some minds, I'm sure.

JD

 

[Shawn]

javawizard wrote:

snip

This trick is used extensively by road racers who
> want their toe clips so tight that removing a foot would be difficult.

Is that why? Back when I was a road racer, in the days of toe clips, we
did it just to show off.

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

Is a curb a narrow cliff? What's a wide cliff - El Capitan, Clavin?


Shawn

 

[Paladin]

On Mar 6, 6:04 pm, Shawn
> > For the mountain biker, it helps develop fine control of the bike at
> > slow speeds such as when you are biking along a narrow cliff.
>
> Is a curb a narrow cliff? What's a wide cliff - El Capitan, Clavin?
>
> Shawn

I rode my unicycle up the back of Half Dome, and never had to stop...
so what gives?

CDB

 

[G.T.]

pete fagerlin wrote:
> javawizard wrote:
>> This trick is used extensively by road racers who
>> want their toe clips so tight that removing a foot would be difficult.
>
> Holy time warp Batman!

The googlewhore strikes again. What a worthless *****. I got in a
little email conversation with him at work and he really thinks he's a
Sheldon or something.

Greg

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[cc]

javawizard wrote:
> 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 you are biking along a narrow cliff. - from
> the Bicycling section of www.odd-info.com
>

That is #2 to MJV's as the worst website I have ever seen. Why anyone
would visit your site for any reason but to laugh at it is completely
beyond me. . . not to mention you're a DB for trying to rack up google
hits by posting this trash.