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Dose anyone know how these work?

anyone up for this?

Dose it statr off both hands, then one hands then , no hands then one foot?

or

both hands, then one hands, then one hand one foot, no hand one foot?

usually both hands, one hand, no hand, one foot, no foot..

I can't do no hander so I may as well just throw my £1 in a charity tin.

are you allowed to put your free foot on the front wheel? if so I may give this a go. I know I would not win but would be good have a go at a comp I can vaguely do.

My balance sucks.....I'd go down like a one legged man doing the hokey cokey!!!

trackstanding on the road looks so very gay...

worse if it's done badly, some people look like joey deacon handcuffed to an itchy arse

just relax and put a foot down FFS!

props to those who do it well though.

Bite me. I'm saving my cleats!

ok, I'll accept that excuse if it makes you feel better ;)

And I'm practising to be one of those who "do it well"!!!

It does. I'll stop it though if you buy my next pair of cleats.. :)

I'll buy everyone a new pair of cleats.

just as soon as I get your boss's job

I'll see what I can do. 3-day working week right? Bike parking and showers downstairs? Compulsory 3-month pay rises with no performance targets?

yeah, and no work unless it involves bikes or drinking.

I'm planning to turn the company into a massive indoor velodrome, with a bmx track, skate ramps and ten bars with 5 Indian resturants and a bike shop

you forgot to mention the women

You're hired!!

practising track-standing?...Jesus!

Jesus: You rang?

sounds like a laugh, but whats the technique for one footed? and how long do they generally go on for?

Take hands off bars, take one foot off pedal.
(end sarcasm)

I can't do them but I'd guess they can be done one of two ways:
1. Take one foot off and use it to hold the front wheel in place while the other remains on the pedal.
2. Take one foot off and use the remaining foot to apply up and down pressure on the pedal to keep you in the one spot. It's just balance.

Watch the Track Stand videos on YouTube for techniques or the million and one trackstand comp videos from alley cats and stuff around the world.

I look shit-hot trackstanding on the road FYI.

No foot on the front wheel! I was robbed of a win by exactly that at last years longest kid.

but how do you know?

elaborate system of mirrors?

be careful, I once knew a man who spied on young girls getting undressed, he used an elaborate system of mirrors.
He got caught and had a restraining order stuck on him!

I was told by Chris Hoy.

hah, do you know what Bradley Wiggins said to me?

No..
(too polite to suggest..)

he said "who are you?"

ah, the old jokes are the oldest..

Hippy did I see u today on Holborn/Clerkenwell road? on a blue Ribble, Lake shoes, SPDs??

Nup. Not on that road, no Lake shoes. There's quite a few of those blue Ribbles around though.
Dazzler had the road bike version on the Stonehenge ride in the same colour, for example.

While we're on this - who was riding up Holland Park Av on the all white fix with the full length top-tube protector and maybe longish hair? One of you?

i saw a guy trackstanding holding a coffee with the other and taking sips as he waited for the light to change. a bit of envy crept over me.

nice! that's pretty slick..

haha i tried trackstanding whilst stopped at a crossing on the central reservation of a dual carriageway and i fell and almost didnt get my feet out my straps in time.
i bet i looked like a right twat!

You're only about an hours practice away from clumsily shuffling backwards and forwards like you've got ants in your pants - well if you're anything like me...

haha i can trackstand ok after a few attempts and i can do it no handed for about 10 seconds.
its just when the pressure is on and wearing a heavy rucksack i fail miserably

Did you shake his hand? He has the limpest handshake.

He's a pro cyclist.. they have no need for arm muscle. Gripping would just build forearm muscle and add unneeded weight, hampering his climbing ability.

http://www.thehippy.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=139&pos=6
http://www.thehippy.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=139&pos=8

theres results from a link on MT forum posted and pix... well done those who did it!

And another on Friday...