I love my SPDs

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:10:23 +0100, in
<[email hidden]>, Succorso

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Hi again,

Just did my first 50k with SPDs (the magic wiggle fairy
came through again - with sweeties). They are brilliant
(the SPDs, not the sweeties)!!

If I'd known how much they would help with comfort, and
performance, I would have taken the plunge months ago.

Thanks to everyone who offered advice. At the moment the
pedals are set on minimum tension - this seems fine, they
are easy to get out of - yet I haven't had one "nuisance"
release yet. Doubtless one of the SPuD gotcha's will get me
eventually (forgetting to unclip the remaining foot before
attempting a dismount perhaps?) but for now I am a convert!

I ordered £180 worth of stuff from Wiggle today ... in the
special instriction box on the webform I asked for some
wine gums.

They'd better oblige :-)

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Doubtless one of the SPuD gotcha's will get me eventually
(forgetting to unclip the remaining foot before attempting
a dismount perhaps?) but for now I am a convert!

Practice falling off!

Go somewhere soft, clip in, try to forget you are clipped
in, try balancing, don't even think about uncliping until
you are definitely falling over.

Once you know how to unclip when you are falling over
you'll be safe.

Richard Bates said:

I ordered £180 worth of stuff from Wiggle today ... in the
special instriction box on the webform I asked for some
wine gums.

They'd better oblige :-)

I got some on Thursday with my new Briko glasses and a pair
of shorts. That was a lot less than £180!

Zog The Undeniable said:

Richard Bates said:

I ordered £180 worth of stuff from Wiggle today ... in
the special instriction box on the webform I asked for
some wine gums.

They'd better oblige :-)

I got some on Thursday with my new Briko glasses and a pair
of shorts. That was a lot less than £180!

I didn't get any with my 400 quid Pace forks :-(
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Reply to Succorso

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Just did my first 50k with SPDs

Oddly enough, yesterday I did my first 50k in *ages*, in
brand new Shimano SPD sandals. (Feeling foolish, I packed my
regular Rockhoppers & socks, in case the sandals were
seriously uncomfortable; they were fine.)

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At the moment the pedals are set on minimum tension - this
seems fine, they are easy to get out of - yet I haven't
had one "nuisance" release yet.

When I started on SPDs, I set the release to minimum,
planning to increase the tension when I was confident. I've
never had a problem (touch wood), but I've never bothered to
change the setting.

One thing I really don't know about SPD pedals & cleats:
what sort of maintenance they need. Common sense tells me I
ought to grease the mechanism some time.

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there is no sin but to be rich; And, being rich, my virtue
then shall be, To say there is no vice, but beggary.

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I ordered £180 worth of stuff from Wiggle today ... in the
special instriction box on the webform I asked for some
wine gums.

Don't people find Wiggle a little pricey? I've used
cycleXpress and chain reaction and find them both excellent
- quick, cheap and with free postage! Though I see that
Wiggle do have an excellent range.

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I love my SPD-SL's

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Don't people find Wiggle a little pricey? I've used
cycleXpress and chain reaction and find them both
excellent - quick, cheap and with free postage! Though I
see that Wiggle do have an excellent range.

I've used both Wiggle and CycleXpress - depends what I
want to buy & check

the

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prices on both.

Cheers, helen s

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I find Evans cycles and CycleXpress much better value
than Wiggle.

Succorso said:

Doubtless one of the SPuD gotcha's will get me eventually
(forgetting to unclip the remaining foot before attempting
a dismount perhaps?) but for now I am a convert!

I get "gothchad" every then and now, but not nearly as often
as I used to get caught by toeclip/strap gothchas or still
get caught by platform pedal gotchas (like feet flying off
over big bumps). Clipless are Just Plain Better over any
sort of distance.

Pete.
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On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 22:01:21 +0100, in
<[email hidden]>, Richard Bates

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I ordered £180 worth of stuff from Wiggle today ... in the
special instruction box on the webform I asked for some
wine gums.

They'd better oblige :-)

Got 'em!
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In my opinion it is as bad as software piracy.

Which is a good thing.

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In my opinion [cyclingforums claiming our posts as its
own for profit with no opt out] it is as bad as software
piracy.

Which is a good thing.

No it isn't. Piracy is too strong a word for the illegal
copying of software (lots of people are still murdered each
year in the cause of piracy), but it's immoral not to pay
for things you use, IMHO.

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In "]news:[email hidden],
Simonb <[email hidden]> typed:

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In my opinion [cyclingforums claiming our posts as its
own for profit with no opt out] it is as bad as
software piracy.

Which is a good thing.

No it isn't. Piracy is too strong a word for the illegal
copying of

software

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(lots of people are still murdered each year in the cause
of piracy), but it's immoral not to pay for things you
use, IMHO.

I'm not going to buy a second copy of Win2k (or whatever)
just so as I can run it simultaneously on 2 machines at
home. I've already paid for it once!

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:51:25 +0100, in
<[email hidden]>, "Ambrose Nankivell"

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In "]news:[email hidden], Simonb
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In my opinion [cyclingforums claiming our posts as its
own for profit with no opt out] it is as bad as software
piracy.

Which is a good thing.

Are you saying that software piracy is the good thing, or
that my opinion is the good thing?

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No it isn't. Piracy is too strong a word for the illegal
copying of software (lots of people are still murdered each
year in the cause of piracy), but it's immoral not to pay
for things you use, IMHO.

I'd never actually connected "piracy" with "piracy" and had
as such not considered it to be an unsuitable word.

I don't expect to be paid for my posts being published on
cyclingforums. I just want to be given the choice.

Perhaps I'm just a pedantic bugger?

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On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:57:01 +0100, in
<[email hidden]>, "Simonb"

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"Ambrose Nankivell"
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In "]news:[email hidden],
Simonb <[email hidden]> typed:

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> In my opinion [cyclingforums claiming our posts as its
> own for profit with no opt out] it is as bad as
> software piracy.

Which is a good thing.

No it isn't. Piracy is too strong a word for the illegal
copying of

software

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(lots of people are still murdered each year in the cause
of piracy), but it's immoral not to pay for things you
use, IMHO.

I'm not going to buy a second copy of Win2k (or whatever)
just so as I can run it simultaneously on 2 machines at
home. I've already paid for it once!

I wanted a set of front and rear panniers to be used
simultaneously. Should I have just purchased the rear and
stolen the front?

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I wanted a set of front and rear panniers to be used
simultaneously. Should I have just purchased the rear and
stolen the front?

It depends whether the pannier manufacturers had used
extortion to force all rack makers to ship racks with their
panniers pre-installed until there were no other pannier
makers left, at which point they increased the price,
including charging more for old stocks of panniers which
work on lower-spec racks ;-)

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Richard Bates said:

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:57:01 +0100, in
<[email hidden]>, "Simonb"

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"Ambrose Nankivell"
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In "]news:[email hidden],
Simonb <[email hidden]> typed:
>> In my opinion [cyclingforums claiming our posts as
>> its own for profit with no opt out] it is as bad as
>> software piracy.
>
> Which is a good thing.

No it isn't. Piracy is too strong a word for the illegal
copying of

software

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(lots of people are still murdered each year in the
cause of piracy), but it's immoral not to pay for things
you use, IMHO.

I'm not going to buy a second copy of Win2k (or whatever)
just so as I can run it simultaneously on 2 machines at
home. I've already paid for it once!

I wanted a set of front and rear panniers to be used
simultaneously. Should I have just purchased the rear and
stolen the front?

It's allright. I have a copy of Windows that I was forced to
buy but never use. Ambrose can (morally if not legally) use
the extra installation on my behalf.

AC (Who uses free software, rather than pirated)

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Just zis Guy said:

Richard Bates said:

I wanted a set of front and rear panniers to be used
simultaneously. Should I have just purchased the rear and
stolen the front?

It depends whether the pannier manufacturers had used
extortion to force all rack makers to ship racks with
their panniers pre-installed until there were no other
pannier makers left, at which point they increased the
price, including charging more for old stocks of panniers
which work on lower-spec racks ;-)

No no no..

You buy a license to use your panniers on one rack. If you
want to use them on another rack then you have to buy
another license for that rack.

And if you upgrade your panniers then you have to buy a new
license. You can't hang your panniers on the sides of a
supermarket trolley while shopping unless it also has a
pannier license.

..d

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No no no..

You buy a license to use your panniers on one rack. If you
want to use

them

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on another rack then you have to buy another license for
that rack.

And if you upgrade your panniers then you have to buy a
new license. You can't hang your panniers on the sides of
a supermarket trolley while shopping unless it also has a
pannier license.

And, if I wanted to legally sell or donate my bike to
someone else, I am obliged to include the panniers (as well
as all manuals and accompanying printed materials).