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track stands are well cool...for 15 year-olds.
Tried the saucy wink commute but my commute is only one mile nowadays and there was no nice ladies last night. It might be a Swanage thing. Would work well on bournemouth prom with all the yummy mummy joggers. On the plus side I was described as a DILF by a barmaid.
Today's saucy wink commute: I shall take pugsley along the beach. That should do the job on such a nice sunny morn.
Why trackstand - just go thru the red lights. Easy then
And get fined £30 - it happened to me!How did they catch you?
'Cos I hadn't checked behind and there was a police man in his big BMW who pulled my friend and I over.
It was, I might add a Pelican crossing with no sign of human beings wishing to cross the road 🙄
Not much chance for me even if I had the combined skills of Danny MacAskill and Steve Peat, as the Mersey is in the way @ I can't ride through the tunnel the underground involves 3 steep flights of steps & 2 escalators + turnstiles & grumpy staff policing any riding fun 🙁
No dabs for me, over bridge to main road, over bridge to canal, 13 miles along canal, over bridge and down a street to work.
No dabs for me, 15 miles without a single set of traffic lights
One of the reasons I moved up to cumbria 😉
My commute is 12 miles into Edinburgh. Can sometimes do it in the morning (6am - noone about) but coming back home, no chance. The lights at Tollcross take forever and the thought of me being clipped in and tumbling over always makes me put my foot down! Might have to try it on Monday though.
Are all you trackstanders riding fixies? I can get from door to door without touching anything no problem on a fixie but it's much more difficult on a 'normal' bike, although not impossible. On a fixie the challenge is to do it without touching anything and without using any brakes.
Did this last night.
4 miles through central Bradford.
Was track standing so well at one set of lights that.....I forgot about the lights!!! 😳
Cue much hornblowing from the queue of traffic behind me and several obscene comments as drivers passed by me.
Trackstanders are such tryhard showoffs. I tracksit 
doing trackstands at traffic lights makes you look like a massive dong!!
i had a guy doing it next to me at some lights t'other day and I couldn't help but giggle whilst he heaved and strained to keep himself upright.
it's not big or clever (or skillful)
Yes, a few times recently, because I tried because I remembered this thread. I will now try and get out more (as well as putting my feet down less 🙂 )
I manage it most mornings on a 10 mile commute.
Track stands for the win, they need not look like they require effort.
iv done a couple of trips whare iv had 1-2 dabs but will try and do a full 15 miles with no dab one end of bristol to the other.
I tried this morning failed badly as there are 56 set of lights on my commute to London
There are 6 gates to get through so not much chance of not putting my feet down.
There are 6 gates to get through so not much chance of not putting my feet down.
Same for me on the route I currently take across the Quantocks 😕
Same for me on the route I currently take across the Quantocks
I don't know about you Dibbs but I'm really jealous of these people who get to ride through the traffic on roads to work. My ride home yesterday was so dull that I had to put my feet down several times just to stop and look at the view. 🙂
I ride fixed, not putting a foot down becomes second nature
7 miles no problems Milton Keynes is all cycle ways so no roads and no stopping.
Why trackstand - just go thru the red lights. Easy then
Genius. That won't piss off other road users will it? Try following the same rules and maybe, just maybe, they might treat you with a bit more respect. But of course, you being you will know better.
Easy. I do it fixed as well. Mind you, it is only 2.5 miles door to door and I ride out of my house (down the steps!) and can ride straight into the garage at work if I have my swipe card ready!