Yeah, it’s not as hard as it looks. One can even steer it like that, on the right bike. The one I have now isn’t configured in a conducive manner. (That, or I’m getting too old at 56).
I flash back to being about ten and riding my bike in the neighborhood. I went over a bump and the front wheel came off. As bikes really aren’t designed to work without the front wheel, down I went, face first. Pretty lucky to walk home with just some bumps and scrapes, as this was before kids wore bike helmets.
I was a new Navy enlisted in San Diego and for fun would sit up at attention and salute oncoming officers with no hands on the bars while riding my bicycle on base. An official memo came out from command headquarters placing official priority on keeping hands on the bars over saluting officers.
When I was thirteen or so, one of my teachers passed me in her car while I was riding my bike to school, hands-free on a major street, reading a book. When I saw her in class that morning, she said that if she ever caught me doing that again she’d run me down on principle.
She was my English teacher, though, so you’d think she’d have at least quizzed me on the book…
I don’t adopt the “habit” (biking togs), but as to hands-free riding, I often find my neck getting stiff after a few hours on the road, so sitting up straight, or even leaning back significantly, relieves the discomfort considerably. Oh yeah, I’m 69 for a week or so yet, and the trips are to a breakfast buffet about 37 miles up the road. Build an appetite getting there, stoke up, burn it off getting home..No rush, just recreational.
alviebird over 12 years ago
Yeah, it’s not as hard as it looks. One can even steer it like that, on the right bike. The one I have now isn’t configured in a conducive manner. (That, or I’m getting too old at 56).
Hillbillyman over 12 years ago
I did that a lot as a child…it soon got to easy and was not as impressive…everyone was doing it.
frumdebang over 12 years ago
I flash back to being about ten and riding my bike in the neighborhood. I went over a bump and the front wheel came off. As bikes really aren’t designed to work without the front wheel, down I went, face first. Pretty lucky to walk home with just some bumps and scrapes, as this was before kids wore bike helmets.
PoodleGroomer over 12 years ago
I was a new Navy enlisted in San Diego and for fun would sit up at attention and salute oncoming officers with no hands on the bars while riding my bicycle on base. An official memo came out from command headquarters placing official priority on keeping hands on the bars over saluting officers.
fritzoid Premium Member over 12 years ago
When I was thirteen or so, one of my teachers passed me in her car while I was riding my bike to school, hands-free on a major street, reading a book. When I saw her in class that morning, she said that if she ever caught me doing that again she’d run me down on principle.
She was my English teacher, though, so you’d think she’d have at least quizzed me on the book…
<95> over 12 years ago
I don’t adopt the “habit” (biking togs), but as to hands-free riding, I often find my neck getting stiff after a few hours on the road, so sitting up straight, or even leaning back significantly, relieves the discomfort considerably. Oh yeah, I’m 69 for a week or so yet, and the trips are to a breakfast buffet about 37 miles up the road. Build an appetite getting there, stoke up, burn it off getting home..No rush, just recreational.