yeh one of my mates nearly got an asbo for riding on the pavement he got hes bike took off him and £30 fine which i think is stupid police should have somthing better to do with there time !
im talking about wheely and hopping into it but ye you can do it from static buts i find it harder. get abit of momentum if u do it the wheely and hop way
i think you should get some decent cranks or hubs so you can get use to the gearing and they won't break so you wont have to mess about changing gears and things when you have to upgrade