Tonight is the night - my first ride home with clipless pedals

[james]

Succorso <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Lee wrote:
> > I fitted my new clipless pedals this morning and sorted the cleats on the
> > shoes - tonight will be the first test.
>
> You won't regret it

I did, but only once

best wishes
james

 

[Mark Thompson]

> > Clipless pedals make a bicycle a toy for leisure purposes
> > rather than a device for transporting people.
>
> Bollocks (tm).

I think he meant clipless make commutes/utility rides into a fun leisure
ride. Whether that's true of the 8-freight with a fridge on the back I'm
not so sure...

 

[Peter Clinch]

Mark Thompson wrote:

> I think he meant clipless make commutes/utility rides into a fun leisure
> ride.

Maybe, but I think he meant it takes a utilitarian piece of machinery
and over-tunes it into sports equipment at the expense of utility.

> Whether that's true of the 8-freight with a fridge on the back I'm
> not so sure...

It's nothing special to ride empty, but I actually rather enjoy taking
outsized loads about the place, especially when there's an audience who
previously thought You Can't Do That Sort of Thing with a bike.

Pete.
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[Zog The Undeniable]

Simon Brooke wrote:

> OK, tell us, how did it go?
>
He hasn't been discharged from casualty yet ;-)

 

[[Not Responding]]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:05:07 GMT, Simon Brooke <[email protected]>
wrote:

>in message <[email protected]>, Lee
>('[email protected]') wrote:
>
>> I fitted my new clipless pedals this morning and sorted the cleats on
>> the shoes - tonight will be the first test.
>
>OK, tell us, how did it go?

Hold on a bit; give the chap a chance to get home from casulty.

 

[Lee]

"[Not Responding]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:05:07 GMT, Simon Brooke <[email protected]>
> wrote:

> >OK, tell us, how did it go?
>
> Hold on a bit; give the chap a chance to get home from casulty.

Ha! Well i WAS off work yesterday which is why i didnt post.. Not in
Casualty tho!

First impressions were - this is harder to pedal than my old platforms - i
was telling myself that it will get better/easier as i get used to them. My
feet hurt a little but i think thats because the soles of the shoes dont
allow your foot to flex like my old trainers did.

The unclipping thing was a bit daunting at first, i have to swing my foot
with a 'fair' deal of force to unclip but i usually get it just before the
junction! Only once did i not get it and i started to fall but managed to
unclip just in time - a few bunny hops to the left saw to that!!

Whislt re-clipping sometimes i can get it all in first time no problems -
other times i can JUST about get it in before the next junction!

All in all i guess the jury is still out for me - i WONT be changing back to
platforms but i think there must be a different riding technique that i need
to master to get the most out of the new pedals/shoes

 

[James Hodson]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:05:02 GMT, Simon Brooke <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Be sure to lean the bike to the side of the foot you've unclipped!

Hi Simon

Now you tell me!

Several weeks ago, having just returned home from paying last months
council tax (no comments, please, Dave L), I realized I had a letter
to post. So, although there is a post pox only 150 yards from my house
I decided to cycle there as I was still kitted up for another marathon
ride.

I arrived at the box and leant my left shoulder against it while I
popped my letter into the slot. Oh so gracefully I toppled off to my
right. It probably seemed quite weird to a passing dog walker (and to
the dog, I guess) but I couldn't stop laughing for a while.

One would have thought that after some five years of riding clipless I
would have learnt to avoid such incidents.

James