A not so great biking day.....(kinda long)

Roger Zoul wrote:

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
::: And now, enquiring minds are saying:
:::
::: "But you don't clip in to toe clips, so how did THEY get THAT
::: name??"
::
:: Toeclip - hint second part of name (is "toeclip" a term originating
:: on this, the European side of the pond??) :-)
::
:: And as clipless are minus the toe*clip*... they are, hence,
:: *clip*less :-)

But they aren't really *clip*less (as in free of clipping) since you
*clip*in and *clip*out. See?

And as I recall, before there were clipless pedals to clip into, nobody
ever spoke of clipping into their toe clips!

So the only pedals you clip into are the ones without clips... whew!


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So the only pedals you clip into are the ones without clips... whew!

Great, isn't it :-D

Cheers, helen s


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In article ,
omcom (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) writes:


Honest - in a short space of time, clipping in and out will become second
nature. Really. In the meantime you just have to *concentrate* on unclipping
anytime you think there's a remote possibility you have to stop. If you are
cycling with another - get the other person to say "Unclip!" to you as you
approach a situation where you may need to unclip - worked for me - I had
husband and son shouting "UNCLIP!!" at me for a good while. Definitely made
me
feel like an idiot, but it worked at drilling into me the need to unclip
*before* stopping :-)

Cheers, helen s



Years ago I use to ride 50 miles with a female cyclist sometimes. Karen was a
small lady but a very fit, strong rider. I was new to clips, my shoes didn't
fit so good, anyway my ankles always would get sore near the end of the ride. I
had a hard time unclipping. Late one Saturday we came to a stoplight, we
stopped, she next to the curb. I just could not unclip. I fell on her front
wheel and taco-ed it! We always rode in larger groups after that.

whinds wrote:
:: In article ,
:: omcom (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers)
:: writes:
::
:::
::: Honest - in a short space of time, clipping in and out will become
::: second nature. Really. In the meantime you just have to
::: *concentrate* on unclipping anytime you think there's a remote
::: possibility you have to stop. If you are cycling with another - get
::: the other person to say "Unclip!" to you as you approach a
::: situation where you may need to unclip - worked for me - I had
::: husband and son shouting "UNCLIP!!" at me for a good while.
::: Definitely made me
::: feel like an idiot, but it worked at drilling into me the need to
::: unclip *before* stopping :-)
:::
::: Cheers, helen s
:::
:::
::
:: Years ago I use to ride 50 miles with a female cyclist sometimes.
:: Karen was a small lady but a very fit, strong rider. I was new to
:: clips, my shoes didn't fit so good, anyway my ankles always would
:: get sore near the end of the ride. I had a hard time unclipping.
:: Late one Saturday we came to a stoplight, we stopped, she next to
:: the curb. I just could not unclip. I fell on her front wheel and
:: taco-ed it! We always rode in larger groups after that.

I've been kind of worrying about this....when I start doing longer rides
again, will tiredness cause me to lose the ability to clip in/out well?

Roger Zoul wrote:
I've been kind of worrying about this....when I start doing longer rides
again, will tiredness cause me to lose the ability to clip in/out well?

well, it doesn't for me. which is another way of saying: if it has become
habit then no, but if it hasn't become habit then mental fatique may come
into play and you may just forget to clip out. it doesn't take all that
long for it to become habit, tho, and i really think the whole problem
is overstated.

at any rate, i can't imagine why your ability to clip in would be impaired
by fatique. it doesn't take that much effort. if you're doing that badly
you've got worse things to worry about (like turnin' the pedals).
--
david reuteler

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:16:59 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
wrote:
I've been kind of worrying about this....when I start doing longer rides
again, will tiredness cause me to lose the ability to clip in/out well?

As somebody who has far exceeded his limits more than a few times
last year, I can tell you definitively that the answer is no. It is
probably the _only_ thing that continues to work well when you're
excessively tired.
--
Rick Onanian

David Reuteler wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: I've been kind of worrying about this....when I start doing longer
::: rides again, will tiredness cause me to lose the ability to clip
::: in/out well?
::
:: well, it doesn't for me. which is another way of saying: if it has
:: become habit then no, but if it hasn't become habit then mental
:: fatique may come into play and you may just forget to clip out. it
:: doesn't take all that long for it to become habit, tho, and i really
:: think the whole problem
:: is overstated.
::
:: at any rate, i can't imagine why your ability to clip in would be
:: impaired by fatique. it doesn't take that much effort. if you're
:: doing that badly you've got worse things to worry about (like
:: turnin' the pedals). --

Good points. I'm thinking ahead to my first century that I can't imagine
completing at this point. I've only done 50 miles up to now.