@streetmeme @bikenite A1. Hi, in Oakland, CA as usual.

I went to a wedding once, and the groom gave a short speech thanking his brother, his best man. He talked about how his brother was really good at track standing, and that he never quite got it. I decided later that it'd be a fun New Year's resolution to learn how to track stand.

I started practicing at stop lights / stop signs and I don't know how one is really defined but I can now sort of balance while inching forward ever so slowly.. I wonder if this is annoying to the person behind me, if there is someone behind me? Usually there's not enough bike traffic around here for people to queue up at intersections though. At least when I've been out.

It's definitely easier on a slight slope.

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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1. Posting from Beaverton, OR, which has briefly reverted to spring weather after a heat wave.

I don't know what any of those words mean, so I'm going to say "no".

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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1: Northshore area, north of Seattle, Washington State, Cascadia.

I don't know what track standing is but it looks like balancing without moving? In which case that's not a thing I've ever tried to learn lol.

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A1) I'm posting from the Toiyabe National Forest, where it is raining and 61 degrees F.
I've never been able to track stand.

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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1. I have never been able to do a track stand of any variety for more than a split second. I did make a video cutting together a time when I was practicing trying to do a different type of track stand (the one you see mountain bikers doing while drinking a beer at the bottom of the mountain after a long run or what not when they want to look cool!):

https://urbanists.video/w/2VLpf7fuu7pFtu9E5aNFtr

I never really got the hang of it.

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A1. I am posting from fabulous #VancouverIsland, indicating all is right in the universe.

A1a. Can I track stand? sigh… no. But I do practice!

@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 😀🚴‍♀️❤️

And I cannot track stand!

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I'm posting from home in Rochester Minnesota while watching the NHL draft on TV.

I have never heard of the term track stand, so I don't know if I have ever done it.

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Q1. Posting from #VancouverIsland and my ride today on #MapleMountain in the #CowichanValley

Q2. I absolutely suck at doing trackstands but I will always try at intersections, stops signs and lights when in urban bike mode.

@ascentale @bikenite posting from the Trans Pride March in #toronto! with my bike!

I can't track stand lol

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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1: Nagoya, Japan.

When approaching a light, especially when riding with cleats, I'll often lag back to see if I can hit the light. I can "track stand" for a short time, but not remaining perfectly stationary; and I don't push the envelope much, because putting down a foot is easy enough and falling is painful.
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A1. Waiting out typhoons and earthquakes in Tokyo, Japan. I used to be able to track stand for more than a minute. It's a few handfuls of seconds now, but I won't do it in traffic and that's mostly when the opportunity would arise.

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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1. Hello from Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA! I biked here from neighboring Somerville for the annual Cambridge Dance Party, which takes over the street in front of City Hall for an outdoor dance.

The street (Massachusetts Avenue) is on top of the MBTA Red Line subway. It's also fairly bike-active. There are door-zone bike lanes, frequently used for double parking, lolsob.

My bike is chained to a sign post at a corner protected by a bored cop. Should be fine.

Track stands are weird with my e-bike, but I have never successfully done it on any bike.

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Q1. Edmonton/amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, in so-called Canada.

Q2. Never quite learned how to do a "proper" trackstand, of the sort that one can do indefinitely. I've gotten a lot better at a pseudo-trackstand, where one barely inches forward, often while moving left to right to try to keep balance, but it's (apparently) not the same thing.

This technique seems solid, I just suck at practicing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDjo53gbDLo

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A1. Rushford, Minnesota

Nope, never.

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A1 #BikeNite Today, from the west coast of FL. Haven't done much biking this week, on account of Florida roads and weather and errands (might dash out tonight for beer and granola).

I cannot really track stand; my reflexes for wiggling the handlebars at very low forward speed take over and interfere. I still keep trying. I am on a cargo bike, not a fixie. I am nonetheless balanced enough that I can sometimes manage a 6-mile commute w/o foot to ground.

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A1) Posting from rainy Minneapolis. I dont true track-stand (without moving), but if I can move forward 1cm every couple seconds, I can wait through most of a stoplight.

I could also stay up by hopping the front wheel instead of creeping forwards, but it looks silly, is more work and is still not a motionless trackstand.

@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1: Sydney, Australia. The SW part near Campbelltown today.

Can't properly track stand, can sort of do it for a short time. Can balance while stationary for a bit as well, and roll or hop backwards a little. More trials riding than track stand.

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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1:, Hudson Valley. I can’t quite track stand but I’m getting close. I’ve really enjoyed videos of Glen Gittens recently as he tries to re-create all the cycling tricks he could do 50 years ago. Highly recommend!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYfvhihiq6N/?igsh=MzlkYWkycThjcTl2

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A1. I am posting from Berkeley, CA as usual tonight. I can track stand for short periods of time, say 5-10 seconds before I loose my balance. I have found track standing to be a particularly useful skill for restarting a stalled climb on really steep mtb trails when you are in your lowest gears.

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@ascentale @bikenite A1. Posting from Minneapolis. I can track stand for about 15 seconds; 30 seconds at best.

Sometimes I see people corking intersections on group rides with a rock-solid track stand. It looks like a fun way to flex on drivers, but also seems to require a fixie.

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A1) Posting from Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
I cannot track stand - but watching the video @streetmeme posted I realize I probably can, I was just doing it wrong :-P That's next ride's project!

@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite #BikeNite A1. Home in New England, as usual. Can I track stand? I honestly don't know. I used to be able to, but it's been a long time since I needed to do it, so I'm not sure, at my age.

It's obviously much easier to do on a fixie, since you have the ability to apply torque in both directions. And no, without the ability to fall over, there really isn't an equivalent with more wheels, unless they are all inline.

#BikeNite A1: Posting from #Burlington, Ontario right now. Probably won't be able to answer more than this question before I have to head bsck to #WaterlooRegion.

Track stand? I can't even ride no-hands! And there was the time I fell over with the bike just trying to dismount. That was the time when I decided I was old.

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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1: hi from Denver metro!

I don’t know what track standing is. Trying to balance on the bike without moving forward/backward or putting a foot on the ground?

If so, definitely not on the ebike, because I can’t even ride no handlebars on that, and probably not on the mountain bike because I’ve never tried.

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Naarm
I think the closest on a trike is holding position up hill with your pressure on the pedals instead of the brakes. Not sure why anyone would bother.

I've never tried to learn to track stand. When stopping at lights/etc I usually enjoy the rest more than wanting to waste energy trying to launch fractionally faster.

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London. Back after epic few days in Wales

Yes(ISH).

I can stand for long enough for the lights to finally change etc. but anything extended is so wobbly I dont

@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A1 Withington, Manchester, UK and I didn’t ride a bike yesterday (unusually), nor can I track stand, although I did spend a while trying when I road fixed in London in the late 1980s (yes I’m that old): I compensated by learning to flow through traffic and and approach traffic lights very slowly ;-)

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A1. Londres, UK

Not really. Once upon a time I thought it was a good skill to have but now I can't be bothered and just put a foot down.

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This morning I'm posting from the boiling hellscape of East Manchester, on the edge of the Pennines.
I've suffered the early stages of heat exhaustion this week, which has been nice.

Re: track standing? Hahaha no.