d87francis
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I was supposed to spend all day indoors writing an essay on anarchism, however after my new shoes arrived yesterday wiggles dhb R2.0C which were £45 at the weekend!
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-r20c-carbon-road-cycling-shoe/
And then this morning my cleats and pedals turned up http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270949791...WNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_666wt_905 , (I think I've landed a bargain to get full carbon shoes, 105 pedals and cleats all new for under £90).
Well the weather was so beautiful that I just couldn't resist the urge to head out and give them a try. Given that I'm a broke student I have converted to road cycling on a budget, thus ruling out affording any sort of bike fitting and have instead decided to read a lot of guides/Sheldon Brown and do a lot of fettling. So I read a few guides on installing cleats and getting used to using them, all of which told me at some point I will fall over!
Having installed the pedals and cleats I headed out for a beautiful 40 miles in the sunshine, I stopped a total of three times to adjust the cleats and once to slacken off the straps on my shoes slightly, but by the end of my ride I was very happy with the feel of my shoes and am confident I purchased the right size. I may try some Specialized insoles though as before I slackened off the straps the bottom of the outside of my feet were just starting to ache; reinforcing my thoughts that I may have high arches.
I also very nearly had my clip-less moment, riding past a long stretch of parked cars a lady in a people carrier decided not to wait and drive at me, forcing me to duck in. Forgetting I was attached to the pedals I started to track stand, but annoyingly other traffic then started to follow her, thankfully though I managed to clip out just before making a tit of myself. The SPD SLs may have had one positive on the incident however, as normally I would have shouted something/maybe even just stop in the road and wait for her to reverse, but my lack of confidence and diverted attention made me do neither of these and wait it out like a polite/timid cyclist.
I now can't wait to get this essay finished so I can get out there and enjoy more of the amazing weather, and I'm wondering if that will be my only clip-less moment? My advice to anyone on a budget concerned about moving over to clip-less would be to do it. I was umming and ahhing for ages but decided upon Wiggle as if I'd ordered the wrong size they would have been easy to change as opposed to ebay from where I buy most of my bike parts on the cheap.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-r20c-carbon-road-cycling-shoe/
And then this morning my cleats and pedals turned up http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270949791...WNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_666wt_905 , (I think I've landed a bargain to get full carbon shoes, 105 pedals and cleats all new for under £90).
Well the weather was so beautiful that I just couldn't resist the urge to head out and give them a try. Given that I'm a broke student I have converted to road cycling on a budget, thus ruling out affording any sort of bike fitting and have instead decided to read a lot of guides/Sheldon Brown and do a lot of fettling. So I read a few guides on installing cleats and getting used to using them, all of which told me at some point I will fall over!
Having installed the pedals and cleats I headed out for a beautiful 40 miles in the sunshine, I stopped a total of three times to adjust the cleats and once to slacken off the straps on my shoes slightly, but by the end of my ride I was very happy with the feel of my shoes and am confident I purchased the right size. I may try some Specialized insoles though as before I slackened off the straps the bottom of the outside of my feet were just starting to ache; reinforcing my thoughts that I may have high arches.
I also very nearly had my clip-less moment, riding past a long stretch of parked cars a lady in a people carrier decided not to wait and drive at me, forcing me to duck in. Forgetting I was attached to the pedals I started to track stand, but annoyingly other traffic then started to follow her, thankfully though I managed to clip out just before making a tit of myself. The SPD SLs may have had one positive on the incident however, as normally I would have shouted something/maybe even just stop in the road and wait for her to reverse, but my lack of confidence and diverted attention made me do neither of these and wait it out like a polite/timid cyclist.
I now can't wait to get this essay finished so I can get out there and enjoy more of the amazing weather, and I'm wondering if that will be my only clip-less moment? My advice to anyone on a budget concerned about moving over to clip-less would be to do it. I was umming and ahhing for ages but decided upon Wiggle as if I'd ordered the wrong size they would have been easy to change as opposed to ebay from where I buy most of my bike parts on the cheap.
