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A Minging Manc...
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- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
I realise that I post fairly frequently with tales of milestones in my children's cycling careers. Hopefully these are not too boring and I also hope these little stories serve as an inspiration to other children and adults alike.
The latest instalment took place this evening when we decided it was time to try out the new cycling shoes I bought for my oldest 11yr old son over the Easter weekend. The shoes are a pair of end of line Shimano M077 SPD shoes that I spotted on the clearance bench at Swinnerton Cycles. Last pair in the shop and they just happened to be his size. They also happened to be reduced to 50% of the rrp so were a bargain. Annoyingly they are also better than my own M064 shoes, the lucky blighter.
He had experienced clipless pedals briefly when using the Look Delta pedals at the Manchester Velodrome taster sessions but that was in a very controlled environment and only setting off and stopping against the handrail. He was a little unsure as he had had some trouble clipping in to the single sided Look pedals. I did my best to assure him that the double sided SPD system would avoid all that trouble.
Once the cleats had been installed and aligned properly and the pedals screwed into his bike we were ready and away he went. After just 5 or 6 runs up and down the street outside our house I suggested he tried to lift the back wheel using his legs to pull up with the pedals. 30 seconds later I was running into the house for the camera so I could capture this...
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I then told him with a bit of speed he could now jump up kerbs and over trail obstacles so with a branch as a marker we filmed this that he cleared at the first attempt...
(click picture for vid clip)
It started to rain just after we filmed this last clip so it was back into the house and an extra pair of hooks were lined up on the hanging rail....
The latest instalment took place this evening when we decided it was time to try out the new cycling shoes I bought for my oldest 11yr old son over the Easter weekend. The shoes are a pair of end of line Shimano M077 SPD shoes that I spotted on the clearance bench at Swinnerton Cycles. Last pair in the shop and they just happened to be his size. They also happened to be reduced to 50% of the rrp so were a bargain. Annoyingly they are also better than my own M064 shoes, the lucky blighter.
He had experienced clipless pedals briefly when using the Look Delta pedals at the Manchester Velodrome taster sessions but that was in a very controlled environment and only setting off and stopping against the handrail. He was a little unsure as he had had some trouble clipping in to the single sided Look pedals. I did my best to assure him that the double sided SPD system would avoid all that trouble.
Once the cleats had been installed and aligned properly and the pedals screwed into his bike we were ready and away he went. After just 5 or 6 runs up and down the street outside our house I suggested he tried to lift the back wheel using his legs to pull up with the pedals. 30 seconds later I was running into the house for the camera so I could capture this...
(click picture for vid clip)
I then told him with a bit of speed he could now jump up kerbs and over trail obstacles so with a branch as a marker we filmed this that he cleared at the first attempt...
(click picture for vid clip)
It started to rain just after we filmed this last clip so it was back into the house and an extra pair of hooks were lined up on the hanging rail....
