Is it harder to learn to ride backwards (sitting on the bike normally but allow the bike to roll backwards on a slope) than forwards?
I spent half an hour practicing riding backwards on a mt bike but didn't seem to make much progress.
There's a practical reason for this: I have to back my motorcycle out of my garage which is on a slope and there is no space to U-turn inside the garage. Right now I have to back up very carefully and slowly out the slope. If I could ride backwards, then it would be a piece of cake.
Is it harder to learn to ride backwards (sitting on the bike normally but allow the bike to roll backwards on a slope) than forwards?
It's is nearly impossible to ride a normal two wheeled bike like this for any distance due to the fact the wheel that steers is in back.
On a bike, when you start to fall to the left, steering to the left causes the bike to move back under you, stopping the fall. When going backwards, this doesn't work, as the bike moves further out from under you.
Is it harder to learn to ride backwards (sitting on the bike normally but allow the bike to roll backwards on a slope) than forwards?
It's is nearly impossible to ride a normal two wheeled bike like this for any distance due to the fact the wheel that steers is in back.
You obviously haven't seen that "bike ballet" video then! (E-mail that went around few months ago.) Those freaking guys were freaking unbefreakinglievable! (Granted, fixed gears, but still...)
Is it harder to learn to ride backwards (sitting on the bike normally but allow the bike to roll backwards on a slope) than forwards?
I spent half an hour practicing riding backwards on a mt bike but didn't seem to make much progress.
There's a practical reason for this: I have to back my motorcycle out of my garage which is on a slope and there is no space to U-turn inside the garage. Right now I have to back up very carefully and slowly out the slope. If I could ride backwards, then it would be a piece of cake.
I believe you could learn to do this on a motorcycle. The big problem I think is that we riders of freewheel bikes use forward pressure on the cranks to slow the bike, whereas of course you have no cranks, and will probably have to drag the front brake if the slope requires a speed-check. If the slope is slight you might be able to get by with just coasting it back. Stand on the pegs instead of sitting.
In article <nYt6f.10146$Io4.661@trnddc06>, "peter" <[email hidden]>
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Is it harder to learn to ride backwards (sitting on the bike normally but allow the bike to roll backwards on a slope) than forwards?
******** Having never ridden anything without coaster brakes (well unless you count those few minutes before the bike tipped over) it would be immpossible for me to pedal backwards.
