The art of stationary balancing
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:52 pm
Hello everyone,
I have the honour of making the first post in this new “Section” (excuse the pun!) and I’m going to make it a question on the art of stationary balancing.
I’m looking for some serious tips on how to develop this skill on a slab of concrete at normal tyre pressures.
Yes, I’ve read all about turning the bar all the way to the right or left and sticking your front tyre in a dirt track or small ditch and keeping the breaks on. And I can balance like this easy now. But the real goal is balancing without this kind of assistance (the ditch I mean!). As I’ve noticed that the more I try to achieve this goal the less I “dab” in a section.
So far my son and I have trained for several hours in total. I still can't keep the bike up for more than 3 or 4 seconds . My 13 year old son, in contrast, can now balance and then kick start the bike. But he still needs to work on putting it into gear and riding off (thank god!!)
I know that some of this is the 30 years between us. But there must be techniques that some of you have used to develop your balance over the years.
My thanks to Keith, for creating this section at my request. But as I explained in my email to Keith. We owe it to our sport and each other to share this kind of information (Trials Techniques) around as often and as best we can. Only then can we hope to see our sport grow here in Australia because we'll ALL get more skillful and more impressing in the eyes of other potential trials riders.
Please join me in making this Section a frequently used one. It doesn’t have to be a reply to this post. You can just offer your own best lessons in Trials for all to read and benefit from.
Cheers.
Neo
I have the honour of making the first post in this new “Section” (excuse the pun!) and I’m going to make it a question on the art of stationary balancing.
I’m looking for some serious tips on how to develop this skill on a slab of concrete at normal tyre pressures.
Yes, I’ve read all about turning the bar all the way to the right or left and sticking your front tyre in a dirt track or small ditch and keeping the breaks on. And I can balance like this easy now. But the real goal is balancing without this kind of assistance (the ditch I mean!). As I’ve noticed that the more I try to achieve this goal the less I “dab” in a section.
So far my son and I have trained for several hours in total. I still can't keep the bike up for more than 3 or 4 seconds . My 13 year old son, in contrast, can now balance and then kick start the bike. But he still needs to work on putting it into gear and riding off (thank god!!)
I know that some of this is the 30 years between us. But there must be techniques that some of you have used to develop your balance over the years.
My thanks to Keith, for creating this section at my request. But as I explained in my email to Keith. We owe it to our sport and each other to share this kind of information (Trials Techniques) around as often and as best we can. Only then can we hope to see our sport grow here in Australia because we'll ALL get more skillful and more impressing in the eyes of other potential trials riders.
Please join me in making this Section a frequently used one. It doesn’t have to be a reply to this post. You can just offer your own best lessons in Trials for all to read and benefit from.
Cheers.
Neo