Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

How wobbly is too wobbly...?

^^Trackstanding is the primary reason for riding a bike... How wobbly was your trackstand?

"How wobbly is too wobbly...?"

Too wobbly, if you need to ask...

is track-standing bad?

am i a dick?

Yes you are a dick ... if you can teach me to track stand though, I'll take it back and call you a genius ;) I am so jealous of trackstanders [I must practice more!]

i got shouted at for track-standing by a person riding a red bike with white forks...poss condor?

is track-standing bad?

am i a dick?

Were you on a velodrome at the time? If not then, yes, you are a dick.

Hope that helps.

Yes you are a dick ... if you can teach me to track stand though, I'll take it back and call you a genius ;) I am so jealous of trackstanders [I must practice more!]

Only two types of people are impressed by trackstanders; kids and people who can't trackstand.

"Only two types of people are impressed by trackstanders; kids and people who can't trackstand."

That leaves... Exactly!

Only two types of people are impressed by trackstanders; kids and people who can't trackstand.

#2 :)

I trackstand when I commute on my road bike, it saves missing the pedal and faffing around. Also means you can pull away quicker in a bigger gear.

It also means you're a dick.

I can live with that. So long as my average speed is over 18mph

It also means you're a dick.

I don't care, I'm going to keep doing it.

The only thing in the world slightly more cool than trackstanding, is losing your balance while trackstanding and keeping your cool. Not that it has ever happened to me, ever! Except for losing my balance that is...

there's another utter melon on a Fuji Track I saw today going the same way (west down CS2) running every red and when forced to stop performing singularly the worst track stands I have ever seen on the face of this earth. he also rides like a bellend, it's like that blue strip of tarmac is flypaper for morons

The angle is simple. You tell him, maybe consider stopping at reds as his trackstands are an embarrassment and his motion makes you seasick. I promise you, this will really hurt him to the core. Then add, if he stops at a few more he can work on his god awful technique.

The only thing in the world slightly more cool than trackstanding, is losing your balance while trackstanding and keeping your cool. Not that it has ever happened to me, ever! Except for losing my balance that is...

I agree. When you lose your balance while trackstanding, it is essential that you make it look like you just got bored of trackstanding and fancied having a sit down with one foot on the ground for a while instead.

Why?

Toppling over in front of a lorry makes you a flat dick, why does doing something successfully (wobbly or not) for entirely practial reasons make you one?

I'm just dicking about. Dick.

"I agree. When you lose your balance while trackstanding, it is essential that you make it look like you just got bored of trackstanding and fancied having a sit down with one foot on the ground for a while instead."

I was thinking losing your balance and falling over still clipped in... Not that it has ever happened to me, ever!

I was thinking losing your balance and falling over still clipped in... Not that it has ever happened to me, ever!

Oh, that. It's never happened to me either. But when it does, I think that casually checking your phone for texts before picking yourself up is the best way to maintain coolness.

Were you on a velodrome at the time? If not then, yes, you are a dick.

Hope that helps.

Only two types of people are impressed by trackstanders; kids and people who can't trackstand.

It also means you're a dick.

I'm just dicking about. Dick.

You were being a bit of a superior arse and then you tried to cover it up by saying you were joking.

I like trackstanding, it's fun. It makes waiting at the lights less boring, it's a little competition to have with yourself and a thing to get better at. I do think people who try to trackstand on roadbikes and drift over the line are idiots, though.

Lighten up for fuckssake.

Yeah, ligh... What he said!

I got to the stage where I can do it no hands which leaves me free to do other things like adjusting my gloves, picking my nose and looking like even more of a try-hard wanker.

I was thinking losing your balance and falling over still clipped in... ** Not that it has ever happened to me, ever!**

There's no need for you to add that qualification to any of your posts, ever. We take it as read.

Cryptic.

You were being a bit of a superior arse.

It's a while since i have seen it but I do recall Andy's arse - and this was under clothing, mind, - having an almost poignant delicacy to it, in its warp and weft, its fore and aft, it's Canon and Ball. I would call it Greek but it was more Greco-Roman, both classically beautiful and yet somehow stern and stentorian with an Imperial majesty that is hard to describe, with even, I would go so far as to say, a cruelty about it. And yet a cruelty that drew the eye and kept it there, not with disapproval but with a reluctant admiration.

Space for track standing.