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What do you do when everything goes wrong?
Kathy wrote: Bleve wrote: It was only Hawthorn so nearly flat. She did however have the 2 accidents one has on a velo.. ie falling off then sliding down. Right on where the start finish line would be if there were one. A lot of damage for a low speed fall. Can I suggest that clipping in and out be done at the carpark just up behind the velodrone instead? It's flat. Dealing with a lean (even the slight 2 degrees or so at hwtn) is only going to make it harder. and, SPD-SL's and SPD's are (from the PoV of disengaging) identical, and if anything, you'll need to flick out your heel further in old SPDs than in newish SPD-SL's. Just back off the tension to its lowest setting. You'll get it ... Ummm. No. The action is identical - flick heel out to ~25 degrees or so, and pop - out they come. If they're backed way off, they are very easy to get out of. The amount of force required is trivial from a leg. That won't be the problem. It sounds like a confidence/balance issue more than anything to do with the pedals. I have not used SL before. They are backed all the way off. And if I have the pedal in one hand and the shoes in the other i can JUST disengage em by twisting my wrist. And I aint a weak bunny. Now I know the leverage of a leg is much more. But I can easily disengage my SPDs with the same test. And in fact I have backed em off absolutely all the way since so they are sloppier than when I tried that. Yeah the movement may be greater but the effort is minimal. Try the same, with the pedal held by a crankarm in a bike. Yes the SLs were ajusted right. In fact if I turn em up I cant even clip em in with the bits in my hands. The spring is designed to hold against vertical forces - they have to deal with quite a lot of force in one direction. That you can't clip into them by hand is not suprising, unless again, they're hooked up to a bike. Its possible that there is something wrong with the Sls I guess. I really dont know. I was going to tru em on my shoes but I dont have the internal plates for them. Im interested cos I have pulled the shoes out of the cleats a couple of times and was thinking of trying these myself. They are PD-R540s All advice gratefully received. That's the black 105 ones? I have a pair of them 2m from me right now on my beater. The transition from SPD to SPD-SL I found to be almost unnoticable when I did it (2 years ago or so now), except that they're more comfortable and lighter (and easier to clip in!) Kathys one of these people who need to know how things work. So I have been showing her the way it all works. Hopefully it starts to come together Its distressing to see her hurting her confidence (and self) so badly. A confident kathy is well a good thing. Does she have good bike balance? I would imagine that if one is a bit spooked, that one will tend to ride slowly, and that causes 2 problems with cleats - 1 - you don't have the rolling balance to keep things stable when you flick your leg out, and 2 - you don't have much time before the bike becomes unstable (if it isn't already), ie: you have to rush it. Fear takes over .. and *bang* one is sitting on the ground! What I've done in the past with nervous riders is get them riding reasonably quickly, and ride beside them, and get them to (20km/h+) click out while not worrying about having to actually stop, and then click back in - this gets them used to the action without having to worry about actually stopping. If it helps, you can rest an arm on their shoulder when they do it (not necessary, but provides a mental aid more than anything real) My golden rule with cleats is "click out earlier than you think you need to". You can always click back in again and get going if the lights change! |
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Claes wrote:
Bike serviced a few months ago, came out with rear wheel out of dish, so now I have scraped off paint on the chain stay. Trying to get that fixed today. Last 3 pair of gloves have lasted less than 3 weeks before a seam has ripped. Handed last pair in today. Pedals have been gone for warranty repair/service, comes back after 6 weeks, just as bad as before. Waiting for manager to call me today. Last ride, new tool, adjusted seat, scratched the seatpost. It ended up with a puncture not far down beach road, then the rain starts, got home wet and cold, and the bike covered in sand and muck, WTF is that stuff that your bike gets smeared in when it rains on beach road? I have just lost it, everything with cycling at the moment just end up in tears. Not fun anymore. I'd suggest you hang yourself, but the rope would probably break. P -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA |
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In article . com,
"Bleve" wrote: The action is identical Are you sure you're not thinking of SPD-Rs, rather than plain old SPDs? -- Shane Stanley |
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osc Wrote: -Osc...This is what has happened this month pretty much. Start of the year, three abscesses after a sort of nasty kite surfing incident, kept me off the bike for months. I also have problems with my right calf, real high up towards the knee, gets very sore when I ride, keeps me off the bike. - -Oh, yeah, I forgat to tell you, I have not been allowed to run since I was 21, I suffer from Perthes Disease, which means that I will probably have to replace my hip before the age of 40. Every step I take, every second of the day, I feel that ****ing hip, sometimes the pain is so bad I limp quite bad, sometimes, very very rarely, I can NOT get out of bed.- - - Sorry, this was not meant to be a sob story but at the mo, everything is ****ed. Do not get me started about work too. Claes, sounds as though it was the proverbial straw! It's always therapeutic to share these things though..sometimes helps to see the lighter side (if there is one!). I certainly wasn't intending to minimalise the issues either. I can relate to the calf issue, I have the same problem..intermittantly! Lots of calf stretching tennis ball work on the calf and luck seem to work! If you tend to ride a bit 'pointy toed' like me, try working on keeping the heel down and/or possibly lowering seat a mm or 2 (no more). It might help There's still nothing like the enjoyment of being out on the bike when everything feels good and that is what makes it all worthwhile. Hope everything improves as much as it can! Stewart Yeah, I am going for a spin tonight, I think, if the bike has been fixed in the shop. Have no gloves or water bottle, but I'll live. Thanx for the words. -- Claes |
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Shane Stanley wrote: In article . com, "Bleve" wrote: The action is identical Are you sure you're not thinking of SPD-Rs, rather than plain old SPDs? yep. Never owned SPD-Rs, only had SPDs then SPD-SLs. The action (your foot ...) is the same for both - twist out. The release angle is very similar and is a function of the release faces on the cleat. They -look- very different of course, but the actual release mechanism does the same thing (as most cleat systems do .. except for speedplay and eggcheaters etc) I don't notice a difference when I switch between my MTB and the road bikes, SPD, SPD-SL ... flick the ankle out. I have my SPD-SL's set a lot tighter than the SPDs of course, so notice I have to flick harder for the first 2 or 3 exits after getting back on the roady. |
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Bleve wrote: Kathy wrote: Bleve wrote: snip Can I suggest that clipping in and out be done at the carpark just up behind the velodrone instead? It's flat. Dealing with a lean (even the slight 2 degrees or so at hwtn) is only going to make it harder. That was the theory behind moving onto the grass, in a low gear, so it would be easier... snip again Does she have good bike balance? I would imagine that if one is a bit spooked, that one will tend to ride slowly, and that causes 2 problems with cleats - 1 - you don't have the rolling balance to keep things stable when you flick your leg out, and 2 - you don't have much time before the bike becomes unstable (if it isn't already), ie: you have to rush it. Fear takes over .. and *bang* one is sitting on the ground! Very nervous - and with Dave there watching - more nervous... What I've done in the past with nervous riders is get them riding reasonably quickly, and ride beside them, and get them to (20km/h+) click out while not worrying about having to actually stop, and then click back in - this gets them used to the action without having to worry about actually stopping. If it helps, you can rest an arm on their shoulder when they do it (not necessary, but provides a mental aid more than anything real) My golden rule with cleats is "click out earlier than you think you need to". You can always click back in again and get going if the lights change! I like this idea - will try this when I get up enough confidence to even think about using the cleats again - which won't be today... The really stupid thing about it is that I know I can stop the bike and track stand for a little while on my normal pedals - wouldn't even have contemplated starting to use the cleats if I hadn't got to that point - but when it came time to stop AND remove my foot from the cleat AND just get it all together, it didn't happen - so I hurt myself and Dave's yelling at me cos I scared him too - and so it was just all bad... And once that happened, I was afraid it was going to happen again, and so on and so on! Oh well... More time practicing on the wind trainer - now that I know how NOT to practice on the wind trainer - then eventually back out to the real world... |
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Claes Wrote: There's still nothing like the enjoyment of being out on the bike when everything feels good and that is what makes it all worthwhile. Hope everything improves as much as it can! I am always trying to improve my ways when riding, like today went out and bought a kevlar spoke and spoke tool just in case something happens along the way. Also bought a chain breaker just in case I break a chain, I actually have broken a chain and walked 18k home. These items are long overdue but I have them now. I bought a new road bike a little over on month ago and was riding in the rain some 60k from home and got three punctures in a row. The next day went out and bought two new kevlar belted tyres costing $120, no more punctures now. I could talk a long time about the mishaps I have had but I try to improve each time. Went out on Tuesday for a big big ride and all was well, no problems apart from that magpie that got me going each way at the end of station street in Bonbeach/Carrum. -- Dancier |
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Kathy wrote: Bleve wrote: Kathy wrote: Bleve wrote: snip Can I suggest that clipping in and out be done at the carpark just up behind the velodrone instead? It's flat. Dealing with a lean (even the slight 2 degrees or so at hwtn) is only going to make it harder. That was the theory behind moving onto the grass, in a low gear, so it would be easier... Fatal mistake! You're going too slow on the grass, which means you have less time to unclip. Very nervous - and with Dave there watching - more nervous... Partners are the world's worst teachers, alas. As one who has tried to teach partners to ride, ski, dive, drive ... too hard! What I've done in the past with nervous riders is get them riding reasonably quickly, and ride beside them, and get them to (20km/h+) click out while not worrying about having to actually stop, and then click back in - this gets them used to the action without having to worry about actually stopping. If it helps, you can rest an arm on their shoulder when they do it (not necessary, but provides a mental aid more than anything real) My golden rule with cleats is "click out earlier than you think you need to". You can always click back in again and get going if the lights change! I like this idea - will try this when I get up enough confidence to even think about using the cleats again - which won't be today... Suggestion - do it in this order Get up to speed - make it 25km/h. At this speed, you can roll for oh, 500m or so before you'll get unstable? Ages anyway ... click out with one foot while rolling. Don't even think about stopping etc .. just click out and then click back in again. With the bike going that fast, it'll be stable (you can get shoved in the hip at that speed and the bike will just wobble a bit). Once you get comfy doing that, do the other foot - it does help to be able to pull both feet out Then, once happy with that, take a foot out, wave the leg around, pop it back in again .. repeat until really annoying everyone with your showoff antics. Then, rolling along at 25km/h, unclip and *then* brake to stop. So you're already off the cleat before you think about stopping. Repeat ..... As you get better at it, you can decrease the time you give yourself between unclipping and stopping. You'll pick it up in a flash. The really stupid thing about it is that I know I can stop the bike and track stand for a little while on my normal pedals - wouldn't even have contemplated starting to use the cleats if I hadn't got to that point - but when it came time to stop AND remove my foot from the cleat AND just get it all together, Wrong order, that's why. Unclip, then stop, not stop, then unclip. Give yourself time to unclip! If you can trackstand, balance is not an issue, but time is. it didn't happen - so I hurt myself and Dave's yelling at me cos I scared him too There's that "partners make bad teachers" thing again! It was pretty windy out there too I'd bet? Doesn't help when you're learning a new skill. |
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Claes wrote: Oh, yeah, I forgat to tell you, I have not been allowed to run since I was 21, I suffer from Perthes Disease, Isn't that a psychological disorder that manifests itself in its sufferers all baracking for the west coast beagles, and wanting to succeed from the commonwealth?! I hear there's a cure, baracking for the Freemantle clockwatchers and finishing school! which means that I will probably have to replace my hip before the age of 40. ahha, that's because you have "kick-a-vic-itis". Too much kicking Victorians! I've been to Perth ... I know a bloke with Krones' disease, he reckons it's about his guts, but I know he just can't help but use a punchtool on every bit of loose wire he sees. |
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Bleve wrote: Kathy wrote: Bleve wrote: It was only Hawthorn so nearly flat. She did however have the 2 accidents one has on a velo.. ie falling off then sliding down. Right on where the start finish line would be if there were one. A lot of damage for a low speed fall. Can I suggest that clipping in and out be done at the carpark just up behind the velodrone instead? It's flat. Dealing with a lean (even the slight 2 degrees or so at hwtn) is only going to make it harder. Yeah we can try that and, SPD-SL's and SPD's are (from the PoV of disengaging) identical, and if anything, you'll need to flick out your heel further in old SPDs than in newish SPD-SL's. Just back off the tension to its lowest setting. You'll get it ... Ummm. No. The action is identical - flick heel out to ~25 degrees or so, and pop - out they come. If they're backed way off, they are very easy to get out of. The amount of force required is trivial from a leg. That won't be the problem. It sounds like a confidence/balance issue more than anything to do with the pedals. Sure. But the effort to get her foot out screwed her balance. I have not used SL before. They are backed all the way off. And if I have the pedal in one hand and the shoes in the other i can JUST disengage em by twisting my wrist. And I aint a weak bunny. Now I know the leverage of a leg is much more. But I can easily disengage my SPDs with the same test. And in fact I have backed em off absolutely all the way since so they are sloppier than when I tried that. Yeah the movement may be greater but the effort is minimal. Try the same, with the pedal held by a crankarm in a bike. ummm actually with my hand I couldnt twist the SLs off under that test. Like I said fairly decent effort. Now it may be that they are ok in normal use by a normal person.. but just at the moment if they are real easy for kathy to get out of then I am going to be happier Yes the SLs were ajusted right. In fact if I turn em up I cant even clip em in with the bits in my hands. The spring is designed to hold against vertical forces - they have to deal with quite a lot of force in one direction. That you can't clip into them by hand is not suprising, unless again, they're hooked up to a bike. Yep but if the effort increases when I adjust em one way then the other way is backing the tension off. Which accords with the info I found on the web site. Which proves I wasnt sending Kath out with the things done up to deal with Lance on a good day. Which was my point. Its possible that there is something wrong with the Sls I guess. I really dont know. I was going to tru em on my shoes but I dont have the internal plates for them. Im interested cos I have pulled the shoes out of the cleats a couple of times and was thinking of trying these myself. They are PD-R540s All advice gratefully received. That's the black 105 ones? Yep I have a pair of them 2m from me right now on my beater. The transition from SPD to SPD-SL I found to be almost unnoticable when I did it (2 years ago or so now), except that they're more comfortable and lighter (and easier to clip in!) Got space cleat mounting plates? Kathys one of these people who need to know how things work. So I have been showing her the way it all works. Hopefully it starts to come together Its distressing to see her hurting her confidence (and self) so badly. A confident kathy is well a good thing. Does she have good bike balance? Ummm. WHen she is confident I would put her skills at about the 90th percentile of bike path users. Maybe the 30th percentile of road users. She has a way to go. I would imagine that if one is a bit spooked, that one will tend to ride slowly, and that causes 2 problems with cleats - 1 - you don't have the rolling balance to keep things stable when you flick your leg out, and 2 - you don't have much time before the bike becomes unstable (if it isn't already), ie: you have to rush it. Fear takes over .. and *bang* one is sitting on the ground! Yeah What I've done in the past with nervous riders is get them riding reasonably quickly, and ride beside them, and get them to (20km/h+) click out while not worrying about having to actually stop, and then click back in - this gets them used to the action without having to worry about actually stopping. If it helps, you can rest an arm on their shoulder when they do it (not necessary, but provides a mental aid more than anything real) My golden rule with cleats is "click out earlier than you think you need to". You can always click back in again and get going if the lights change! And again yeah. |
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