Stephen brown
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It's so easy when u say it like that lol....Just remember unclip before you stop and lean in the direction of the unclipped foot. Or just learn the hard way like the rest of us!
My first unclipless clipless moment!
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Tcr4x4
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My pedals and shoes arrived yesterday, so I'll get them fitted today hopefully if I can figure out how, and then go for a little ride somewhere away from prying eyes to get used to it!
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
I rode unclipped last night for the first time in years and years and years- it was SO dangerous - feet lifting off the pedals, heels hitting the chainstays, out of control - I'm not doing it again .....
I never do but I'd wear a helmet if
(a) they didn't look like a pudding bowl had been stuck on me head and I was waiting for a haircut and
(it didn't make me look like a knob.
(second thoughts, forget (
Popcorn and comfy chair
Idoru
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Just remember unclip before you stop and lean in the direction of the unclipped foot. Or just learn the hard way like the rest of us!
Unlike me who unclips on the right and then leans left... far, far too often.
There's nothing like that adrenaline rush of a "cr@p, cr@p, cr@p, I'm going doooooooooown!" moment that you just manage to save.
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Tcr4x4
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Just had a first go with the new pedals and shoes, granted ,mounted on the trainer in my back garden, as my front derailler cable snapped yesterday so I cant ride on the road at the moment.
First attempt at clipping in didnt go well, Ive loosened the tension right off, but I just couldnt "find" the clip. Eventually got it and practiced clipping in and out on both feet for several minutes.
Clipping out at first seemed quite awkward and needed a lot of effort, but after a while, I got used to it.
Wont be until next week now until I can actually go for a ride. Im pretty aprehensive, as I struggle to stop "normally" as is, I usually still stop whilst still on the saddle and just use my tip toes to balance.
Im going to have to get in the habbit of getting off the saddle and standing, otherwise, Ill never get going again and end up on me backside.
Might buy some elbow and knee pads to take out on my first few rides!
First attempt at clipping in didnt go well, Ive loosened the tension right off, but I just couldnt "find" the clip. Eventually got it and practiced clipping in and out on both feet for several minutes.
Clipping out at first seemed quite awkward and needed a lot of effort, but after a while, I got used to it.
Wont be until next week now until I can actually go for a ride. Im pretty aprehensive, as I struggle to stop "normally" as is, I usually still stop whilst still on the saddle and just use my tip toes to balance.
Im going to have to get in the habbit of getting off the saddle and standing, otherwise, Ill never get going again and end up on me backside.
Might buy some elbow and knee pads to take out on my first few rides!
sleaver
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That's how I stop. I have on occasions stopped by getting off the saddle but it just seems less natural to me than staying on the saddle and using the end of my foot. Maybe we are just odd people
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Don't worry I fell in a bed of pricks back in the summer after having a blond moment.
Not normally an issue for a girlie but this was a rather large rose bush
You won't avoid it however hard you try.
Not normally an issue for a girlie but this was a rather large rose bush
You won't avoid it however hard you try.
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Tcr4x4
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I did that many years ago on a mountain bike. Wasnt even going fast, just pedalling along happily then fell sideways in slow motion into a bank of stinging nettles. My brother still goes on about it today and it must have been 15 years ago!
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Tcr4x4
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That's how I stop. I have on occasions stopped by getting off the saddle but it just seems less natural to me than staying on the saddle and using the end of my foot. Maybe we are just odd people
Aye, I'm definitely odd..
And proud!
SHornswaggle
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I fell off - unclipped with my left foot first and then leant onto my right knee - slow topple on a loose gravel road.. Made more of a mess of me than if I had been doing 15mph..
But!!! Since then hills have worried me.. You know that big hill that is scary and really steep and you know that your legs will shake like hell IF you make it to the top?? Well those hills I'm too scared to attempt incase I don't have the strength to unclip?!! Do most clipless moments happen at lights or on hills?!!
But!!! Since then hills have worried me.. You know that big hill that is scary and really steep and you know that your legs will shake like hell IF you make it to the top?? Well those hills I'm too scared to attempt incase I don't have the strength to unclip?!! Do most clipless moments happen at lights or on hills?!!
Idoru
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I find the fear of coming to a standstill while still clipped in gives me enough adrenaline to claw myself to the top of a hill. The one time the hill was longer and steeper than I was good enough for I managed to unclip OK but couldn't get restarted... had to turn around and head back downhill instead.
HLaB
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A couple of clipped moments encouraged me to go clipless. I found toe clips pretty unpreictable and changed to clipless
Stephen brown
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To be fair, once you get the hang of them they are ok, I just unclipping prior t stopping now
