> and learning how to balance on a stopped bike There are a couple of techniques, but both actually require a small amount of forward movement so if it's a lon

> and learning how to balance on a stopped bike There are a couple of techniques, but both actually require a small amount of forward movement so if it's a long delay then you do creep closer to the car ahead. But neither is actually necessary; I generally prefer to declip one foot and stick it on the ground as that is quicker and safer particularly when wearing a backpack or conveying a child-seat, since that puts the CoG quite high. But the fact that I had to come to a halt indicates that I didn't correctly manage the approach and I thereby wasted energy. And please change-down gears as you approach the light. As a fellow cyclist it's frustrating to be stuck behind other cyclists moving-off slowly as they "pedal through molasses" because they're still in a high gear. It annoys drivers, too.