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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:58:59 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: Badger_South wrote: Trouble with getting in and out of clips is that I keep looking down and lose my bearing and swerve a bit. I'm workin' on it. Here's a basic tip, and then a couple more arcane tips. When you're starting out, forget about the clip you came out of. For the first five pedal strokes (or twenty, depending what's going on) just push on the bottom of that pedal. Get up to speed. Hey Frank! Thanks for taking the time to post those tips. ;-) Trouble with pedalling on the bottoms of the pedals is the clips scrape the street, but just a little. I'll keep your tip in mind next time, as well as the one about practicing in a parking lot. Best, -B |
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Badger_South wrote:
Trouble with getting in and out of clips is that I keep looking down and lose my bearing and swerve a bit. I'm workin' on it. Here's a basic tip, and then a couple more arcane tips. When you're starting out, forget about the clip you came out of. For the first five pedal strokes (or twenty, depending what's going on) just push on the bottom of that pedal. Get up to speed. That will get you across an intersection without being distracted, and you'll be fast enough to be stable. _Then_ you can deal with the toe clip. Second tip: I still use toe clips. I once found a product called "toe flips" that bolt onto the back of the pedal. They're just tabs of sheet metal that sort of angle down and back from the top surface of the pedal. Hmmm - let's try ASCII art: ___________ | |\ OK, that's super-crude, but the square parts | | \ are the pedal, and the slanted parts are toe flips They're actually a bit closer to horizontal. They make it easier to flip the pedal, and they kind of funnel your foot in there. I _really_ doubt they're for sale any more, but it would be really easy to make that using thin sheet metal, a pair of tin snips and a drill to make screw holes. E-mail me (note corrected address below) if you want more details. Third tip: Sometimes getting into toe clips is hard because the shoe bottom has little lugs that catch and interfere. I took a utility knife and angled the front of each little lug, so the shoes slid in more smoothly. It helped significantly. Fourth, more general tip: Go to a parking lot, practice flipping into the toe clips, and carefully watch to see what, if anything, is making it difficult. Do your shoelaces snag something? Is the toe strap too low on the one side? Whatever - you may be able to identify a culprit and fix it pretty easily. Good luck! -- --------------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com, replace with cc.ysu dot edu] |
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:09:59 -0400, K-Man said:
I just ignored him and biked on. "Ignore" is the root of "ignorance". You should never ever EVER ignore an asshole like that. Always carry some rocks or something to throw at them. |
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 08:43:59 -0700, Terry Morse
said: Sidewalk riding is a no-no in virtually all situations. In the Cincinnati suburbs where the roads are horrid, riding on the sidewalk is often the safest way. |
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Badger_South writes: How about this. Fantasize soaping the windshield. But, never, never be the one that escalates. Always de-escalate. Yeah, that's probably best. And I say this as a guy who'd rather fight at the drop of a hat...it's what I do - BJJ/Mauy Thai) ;-p In fact fantasize even more drastic things, but then blow it off. Or just think about the scene in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' where Gregory Peck just wipes the spit off his face. cheers, Tom -- -- Powered by FreeBSD Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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"Florence Henderson Had A Mullet" wrote In the Cincinnati suburbs where the roads are horrid, riding on the sidewalk is often the safest way. Pray tell...what specific suburbs in Cincinnati? I ride here, and I've never, ever, had reason to take to the sidewalk. Not once. Cincy is no worse than many, many other places. Better than some. Pete |
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"maxo" wrote in message
news The classic "pass" around here is the guy that MUST get past you because you are a cyclist (!), then slows down and cuts you off making a right turn. [slaps forehead and says duh...] I get a couple of these per day even with my "assertive" style. I had one of these Must Get Around Cyclist drivers yesterday -- a big black Ford Imposition, or whatever those things are called. It just got around me, and duh, there was a flagger -- why did the driver think I was slowing down? I scootled around the hulking SUV, and chatted with the flagger. I mentioned in a sort of jolly fashion that the driver of the car behind me nearly put me into ditch so he could get up to the front first. All smiles, he said he saw that behavior, and suggested that I go ahead of the vehicle to ensure that he drove through the construction area at a safe enough pace, which I did. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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