had a nasty shock today

[threebikesmcginty]

Kind of an Isadora Duncan moment as far as cycling goes!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I cycle to work using ordinary flat soled lace-up trainers and flat pedals, I've never had a problem.

 

[4F]

I cycle to work using ordinary flat soled lace-up trainers and flat pedals, I've never had a problem.

Obviously not a serious cyclist !, pob

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Obviously not a serious cyclist !, pob

I can wear normal training shoes because I'm not 'at one with the bike' grasshopper!

 

[Jonathing]

I had this happen to me a little while ago on my fixed. It caused no small amount if tendon damage to my ankle as the pedalling motion turned my foot over with my toes still in the straps. Usually I tuck my laces in to the shoe on the 'outside' away from the bike but for some reason that day I'd missed a lace. Shan't be doing that again. I wish I could afford some of those SPD trainers as I don't have opportunity to change my footwear when I get to work.

 

[apollo179]

Ive not had problem with laces but i do find my jeans constantly catching on the chainset resulting in all my jeans being ripped to bits down the boottom.
Ive started tying them in with elastic bands that the postman leaves by the front dooe for me. How does he know i want the elastic bands - ive never asked him ? Whatever - respekt to the royal mail for the great service.

 

[John the Monkey]

I cycle to work using ordinary flat soled lace-up trainers and flat pedals, I've never had a problem.

I ride in "normal" shoes from time to time. I tuck the laces into my shoe, personally. Oh, and if I'm wearing long trousers, I tuck the chainset side into my sock. No problems.

 

[chillyuk]

I'm sorry but if adults are incapable of tying shoelaces so that the ends don't flap about then they deserve any problems they get.
Beats me how we ever survived years ago.

 

[thnurg]

The revolting flared trousers that parents used to make us kids wear in the 70s were lethal. My face became intimate with the pavement thanks to them.

 

[fenfirsttimer]

You only see NEDS, chavs and numptees cycling in them.

Just wondering if I am a NED chav or numptee .......

I do make sure my laces are short but this is certainly food for thought. Not sure I am good enough to invest in cycling shoes for my pootles round the fen lanes yet You'll be telling me to wear lycra next....

 

[Mugshot]

A friend of mine swears that when he was a kid he got his trousers caught and managed to literally tear them from his body, leaving him to ride home in his underpants, he's not usually a liar and it's likely that these trousers had been made by his mum, so I like to think it's true.

 

[Jonathing]

For some reason my physio gave me a high viz 'slap band', the likes of which children enjoy slapping on to your wrist as hard as they can and watching in wrap around. This works great as a trouser clip and also provides literally hours of entertainment for the kids with whom I work.

 

[Davidc]

For some reason my physio gave me a high viz 'slap band', the likes of which children enjoy slapping on to your wrist as hard as they can and watching in wrap around. This works great as a trouser clip and also provides literally hours of entertainment for the kids with whom I work.

I use two of those as trouser clips at night, and put two more on my wrists. Excellent for the job and reflective, but not quite as good at holding trousers as the traditional spring steel ones I bough in 1967 and still have!

 

[lulubel]

I normally tuck my laces underneath the rest of the lace which is fastened up (if you know what I mean?) keeps it down and stops it flapping around.

+1

Still waiting until I get my weight down to 8 stone before I can reward myself by going clipless.

When I lived in Cornwall, my LBS was near work, so if I needed some work done on the bike, I'd cycle to work, then ride it to the LBS in my break with my uniform trousers tucked in my socks, then walk back to work. All fine until I got back and my workmates all pointed at my feet and laughed, and I realised I'd walked right through town with my trousers tucked in my socks.

 

[Xiorell]

I don't wear "propper" cycling shoes, but I brought a pair of shoes specially for when I'm out riding, they got that pull string thing going on, not actual laces.