benphyr
Guru-me-not
Below is the story of my learning to ride no hands. Your Mileage May Very (YMMV).
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I rode no hands on my diamond frame bike after trying and trying and eventually it became relatively easy and I would zip up my jacket or open a granola bar or cruise along without any issues. That started when I was a kid.
Skip forward to learning to ride the Cruzbike then using it to commute for a year and I didn’t think about riding it any differently than I do about riding the diamond frames - hand signals, shoulder checking, waving, etc. are normal and I read about people riding no hands on their Cruzbikes and I tried and found it scary similar to when I originally learned no-hands on the diamond frame so I remember thinking that it is not worth that kind of effort to learn it and I may not ever be able to learn.
Skip forward a few years and without any conscious training at it I found myself one day doing a bit of no-hands down the paved bike trail maybe zipping up my jacket and thinking Wow.
Since then it has continued to get easier. I don’t usually ride in traffic that way on principle and am wary of more complicated manoeuvres but can cruise down the path easily only putting my hands on the bar out of caution and respect when I meet other trail users. I can’t put out high power without concentrating hard, wobbling, and hands ready, but have not actively practiced it.
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I rode no hands on my diamond frame bike after trying and trying and eventually it became relatively easy and I would zip up my jacket or open a granola bar or cruise along without any issues. That started when I was a kid.
Skip forward to learning to ride the Cruzbike then using it to commute for a year and I didn’t think about riding it any differently than I do about riding the diamond frames - hand signals, shoulder checking, waving, etc. are normal and I read about people riding no hands on their Cruzbikes and I tried and found it scary similar to when I originally learned no-hands on the diamond frame so I remember thinking that it is not worth that kind of effort to learn it and I may not ever be able to learn.
Skip forward a few years and without any conscious training at it I found myself one day doing a bit of no-hands down the paved bike trail maybe zipping up my jacket and thinking Wow.
Since then it has continued to get easier. I don’t usually ride in traffic that way on principle and am wary of more complicated manoeuvres but can cruise down the path easily only putting my hands on the bar out of caution and respect when I meet other trail users. I can’t put out high power without concentrating hard, wobbling, and hands ready, but have not actively practiced it.
