Balancing on a bike for around 15 seconds

[ArDee]

I was waiting for the traffic lights to change yesterday when another cyclist pulled up next to me. I'd had my foot on the ground since the lights turned red but the other bloke simply stood there for what i reckon was 15 seconds. He wasn't rolling the bike back and forth as i've seen before,but standing completely still. Anyone else seen this done or has anyone else done it? He had chrome toe clips not spd peddles on an old but expensive steel looking bike by the way.

It's not the rider it's the age of the bike; as its old it knows how to stand up by itself now

 

[hatwell]

i watched this video
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRR4paQnUsQ
and thought "yeah, that doesn't look too bad. i then tried it in my driveway when i got in from work. no.

 

[Di Di]

I can do it for 0.5 of a second. My mate can do it forever. Stood at a level crossing once and he didn't touch the ground once. Almost threw a stick in his spokes when we got going again.

 

[I like Skol]

i watched this video
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRR4paQnUsQ
and thought "yeah, that doesn't look too bad. i then tried it in my driveway when i got in from work. no.

That guy is an amateur, he wobbles around far too much! He also says to look straight ahead. On a good day I can look at the traffic behind me, left and right to see what the lights and traffic are doing in other directions and scratch my ear or nose with a spare hand

 

[paddy01]

I can do it, right up to the point where the pressure's on and I have to do it. Then I start thinking about it and I can't do it anymore.

Then again I got the sprog trailer stuck in a gate last Sunday whilst clipped in.. that didn't end well

 

[I like Skol]

I can do it, right up to the point where the pressure's on and I have to do it. Then I start thinking about it and I can't do it anymore.

I was riding home from a leaving do at a pub about a year ago at around midnight when I stopped at some lights and decided to trackstand. 10-15 seconds later a police van pulled up in the lane next to me. Those lights didn't change for aaaaggggeeeeeesssss. Now that is pressure

 

[fossyant]

I've seen Skol turn the bike around on the spot by hopping/rocking. He's not half bad for an old duffer like me ! Me I'd fall on the floor (sober)

 

[paddy01]

I've seen Skol turn the bike around on the spot by hopping/rocking. He's not half bad for an old duffer like me ! Me I'd fall on the floor (sober)

Used to (in my MTB'ing youth) be able to hop on back and front wheels, manual (no pedaling wheelie) etc. etc.

These days I'd fully expect the steerer to snap if I tried that

 

[fossyant]

Used to (in my MTB'ing youth) be able to hop on back and front wheels, manual (no pedaling wheelie) etc. etc.

These days I'd fully expect the steerer to snap if I tried that

I'd just fall off. I've always been crap at that.

 

[Donger]

I have tried for years to track stand, since a child in fact, but I cannot do it. Totally hopeless! I am always in awe of those who can.

If you are in awe at that, you should have seen what Mrs Donger and I saw yesterday. We were driving through West Malvern when a cyclist came careering down a steep side street at speed and came to a perfect track stand just in time before we drove past. He was riding a unicycle.

 

[Saluki]

If you are in awe at that, you should have seen what Mrs Donger and I saw yesterday. We were driving through West Malvern when a cyclist came careering down a steep side street at speed and came to a perfect track stand just in time before we drove past. He was riding a unicycle.

Unicycles much easier to stay relatively still on. I could ride a unicycle as a kid. I wouldn't have charged down a steep side street though, my Dad wouldn't let me ride it on the road.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'd just fall off. I've always been crap at that.

I can't even ride with no hands except for when I'm going down a hill for some reason, so I doubt I could trackstand, but, I'll have to practice out on the lawn (making sure there aren't any of Cindy's Jobbies nearby* that I can fall into of course! ).






* - They do usually get picked up sooner or later, but there are always some you forget about or are unseen, especially when done at night.

 

[cyberknight]

Jyro bike is what you need .

 

[cyberknight]

I can't even ride with no hands except for when I'm going down a hill for some reason, so I doubt I could trackstand, but, I'll have to practice out on the lawn (making sure there aren't any of Cindy's Jobbies nearby* that I can fall into of course! ).






* - They do usually get picked up sooner or later, but there are always some you forget about or are unseen, especially when done at night.

When i was a kid i used to come down this hill standing up no hands.......
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.7...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjb6PT730e4wtixwqBkqN1w!2e0
I can manage a couple of seconds track standing, enough to get my foot out of the pedal at a dead stop so no clipless moments now unless i fall off

 

[swee'pea99]

I had a club mate who could do it, no movement, and geared. I can actually 'track stand' better on my geared bikes. I can't be bothered most of the time as I commute on fixed, it's actually quicker to set off if you can put your full weight into the first revolution, and then click in. Riding off from a track stand has granny acceleration ! Sooo sloooooowwwww

Interesting. My experience is the exact opposite. If I manage to stay up till the lights change, I can take off really quickly, not least by having the upcoming leg helping out by pulling as t'other pushes down.