Can you cycle no handed ?

[Manonabike]

I can for about a minute, before I get nervous. OK on road and single speed but only a few meters on my MTB.

Totally agree with comments that say it depends on fork type..... and speed. 12 MPH is just about right for me.

 

[HovR]

On the mountain bike I can go for a far as I want no handed, around moderately right corners and rough patches of road (Although I wouldn't cycle down a road with traffic like this, for obvious reasons) - But on the road bike.. Nope! Not a chance!

 

[ayceejay]

I used to when I was a kid, I put it down to the difference in grip between those itchy flannel trousers and Lycra myself.

 

[slowmotion]

I could when I was twelve, and whistled at the same time. The bike had Sturmey gears and one of those crazy leather bands that did the cleaning on the rear hub.

Recently, I've been practicing sub nocte in Battersea Park, on the way back from work. It isn't easy

 

[Nearly there]

Like many when I was in my teens I could and as for wheelies I could go for hundreds of yards but I think as adults we get more cautious and think about the consequences and embarrassment more if we get it wrong.

 

[marzjennings]

I'm pretty comfy riding hands free and find it very useful to remove layers, open power bar wrappers and make phone calls (oops).

I'm still working on the wheelie and the manual.

42 and still stupid.

 

[johnny mcgurk]

I assume that I still can't. Last time I tried, I couldn't, but the 4 months of physio that followed(broken elbow and ribs) may have made me better at it.Perhaps it's time to try again.

 

[twozeronine]

I'm not very good at it, but I can do it with some practice, but still not that well. I was cycling in Richmond Park once, and some guy went no-handed down Dark Hill (or is it Sawyer's Hill), a fairly steep hill with a couple of bends.

 

[col]

I Used to, but dont now, not keen on the possible outcome

 

[Cubist]

Yes. Kids were on a bout it when we were on holiday, and at first I couldn't do it but remembered in the end that you have to sit right up and get your weight off the front wheel to let it caster itself.

 

[oldfatfool]

Used to be able to go for miles as a younger fat fool, stopped smoking now so no need

 

[cyberknight]

Yes !

Since i got my saddle set back right i find it fairly easy as long as i am on a good bit of road .

When i was a kid i used to cycle down a hil standing up with no hands on my grifter ....

 

[dalewheeler]

yes, regularly do it when chatting to people on rides. Makes for a nice change in posture sometimes.
As others have said, much depends bike geometary; mtb is easy, less so on the road bike

 

[wilko]

As a lad I could go for ages, bends, junctions, roundabouts... never came off.
I contemplated it the other day, and that's how far it went!

Same as that.

 

[perplexed]

Yes on the hybrid, no on the road bike...

Yet as a kid, I could go for miles without touching the handlebars.