Can you guys Trackstand?

No but it helps.

Of course. Just as wings help you fly

Good one

trackstanding's lame.

^racist

It wrecks your bottom bracket you know.

bottom bracket bottom schmacket... bearings were made to be broken etc etc

i can trackstand with my pubic hair!

yeah i should think about trimed it!

go for the full hollywood, you'll never regret it.

yeah i should think about trimed it!

easiest way i found to learn the track stand was - ride up a hill very slowly until you almost stop then swivel the front wheel to change your forward back wards motion to side to side - motion .

you don't need a fixed if you point front wheel up hill

-i think it's it's easier to let gravity go one way and you push the other. (as opposed to using one pedal to balance one way way and the other pedal the do the other way )

on fixed you can track stand anywhere - but with freewheel (or v. slack chain ) you need to point uphill (only slightly)

this minging pic actually shows good basic technique:

http://blog.americancyclery.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tornado-track-stand1.jpg

there is definitely a side you feel more comfortable. but you can just reverse.

cranks horizotal, front wheel swiveled same way as front foot.

and very importantly and often missed, frame is tipped over and onto the front leg and then the inner thigh of the front leg braces against the top tube and actually does quite a bit off the fine tuning.

notice also the give in the ankles - use your ankle flex to give fine adjustment - not stomping down with full thigh strength

it's not the only way but i think it's the easiest.

i'd also practice with flat pedals until you're good.

i can do it and have never found any really useful application of the track stand in the real world except to show off! in fact quite often to recover I've had to jump forward somewhere i didn't really want to be - in junction - in middle of road etc.

Here's a proper demonstration
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Imost people don't run tubs on the road so wouldn't be running 200psi anyway

Most people wouldn't know what trackstand is anyway. There's more chance of someone running tubs to actually perform a trackstand then vice versa.

i can trackstand with my toes.

This dude can trackstand!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov2Yz_sZ2DI"]Chameleon
walking - YouTube[/ame]

http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/slow-and-unsteady-wins-the-sprint/

all depends on the bike anyway.

i've had geared bikes i could "track stand" if there was a slight incline to roll back against. my last three fixed bikes i could stand or sit-down no handed trackstand all day long. used to do it indoors and in tiny gaps in traffic as it felt so natural. no handed backwards circles ahoy.

on my current beater i can't even keep stationary sat down. it's perfectly comfortable and stable moving but the moment i stop it just wants to buck me off. i have to stand up, lean it over and and clamp the top tube between my knees to have a sporting chance of lasting till the lights change. even then there's a good chance i'll have to (stylishly and deliberatley of course) bail and unclip.

as a result, i don't tend to bother these days. nothing looks more rubbish than a forced and unsteady trackstand. i hate people who barge though the waiting pack then wobbily trackstand at the front before inevitably trying to cover up balance failure by prematurely making a dash into traffic. *sarcastic clap.

http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/slow-and-unsteady-wins-the-sprint/

"...the two cyclists coast slowly for the first lap..."

. i hate people who barge though the waiting pack then wobbily trackstand at the front before inevitably trying to cover up balance failure by prematurely making a dash into traffic. *sarcastic clap.

i do this

"...the two cyclists coast slowly for the first lap..."

Perhaps not the best word but..

4 [intransitive] coast (along) (disapproving) to put very little effort into something

2 intransitive (of a vehicle) to move quickly and smoothly, without using much power

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/coast_2

The other day, I was accused of trackstanding "because it's cool".

Have I accidentally been caught up by the leading edge of hip?

I trackstand because I'm cool. Not because it's cool.

hippy

But then you are from West London...

I trackstand because I'm cool. Not because it's cool.

You made trackstanding cool, so now it's cool.