A simple track stand, according to Washington Post’s Matt McFarland. In July, Google brought its self-driving car testing program to Austin , which holds new challenges for the prototype ...

The self-driving cars are notoriously careful, and tend to brake when anyone else is moving forward into the vehicle’s path. In a track stand, a rider on a fixed-gear bike may shift ever so ...

On Friday, a friend of mine was riding into downtown via the Hawthorne Bridge. As he approached a red light at First Street he came to a stop, but his feet did not leave his pedals (this is known as a ...

To let the car go first, he did a track stand: a maneuver riders of fixed-gear bikes often do to stand in place without dismounting, which requires turning the front wheel back and forth.

If you're not allowed to have a track stand start, i.e. you have to start with one foot on the ground, it can be hard to get clipped in on time with clipless pedals, but then you might win more ...

How A Fixed Gear Bike Can Mess With Google’s Self-Driving Cars. 2 minute read. By Naina Bajekal. ... Texas, one of the vehicles met its match: a cyclist doing a track stand ...