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evenen all,
went shopping yesterday, lotsa new things, including a pair of diadora shoes and some VP-133 pedals =) SPD type numbers =D i've been walking around in the shoes all day and they're quite cumfy. now i'm just about to fit the pedals to the bike... i expect that once they're on i won't be able to not go out for a ride, but its really wet and slippery this mornen =/ any tips and tricks i should know? cheers, kim |
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Kim wrote:
evenen all, went shopping yesterday, lotsa new things, including a pair of diadora shoes and some VP-133 pedals =) SPD type numbers =D i've been walking around in the shoes all day and they're quite cumfy. now i'm just about to fit the pedals to the bike... i expect that once they're on i won't be able to not go out for a ride, but its really wet and slippery this mornen =/ any tips and tricks i should know? If you've never used clipless pedals before, make sure you: a) Practise unclipping while leaning up against something before you ride anywhere b) don't get freaked out by the loose feeling you get from having pedal float c) Unclip before you stop d) Make sure when you stop that you lean towards the unclipped foot... e) When you *DO* topple over at 0km/h consider yourself part of the family... Have fun. -- BrettS |
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On 2005-07-13, BrettS (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Kim wrote: went shopping yesterday, lotsa new things, including a pair of diadora shoes and some VP-133 pedals =) SPD type numbers =D i've been walking around in the shoes all day and they're quite cumfy. now i'm just about to fit the pedals to the bike... i expect that once they're on i won't be able to not go out for a ride, but its really wet and slippery this mornen =/ any tips and tricks i should know? If you've never used clipless pedals before, make sure you: f) don't walk on the wet roads. Especially don't make a dash across the road when traffic is coming. Woopsie! -- TimC Quantum Mechanics is a lovely introduction to Hilbert Spaces! --unknown |
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"KimF" == Kim writes:
KimF evenen all, went shopping yesterday, lotsa new things, KimF including a pair of diadora shoes and some VP-133 pedals =) KimF SPD type numbers =D Nice. I've got straight SPDs, not sure what sort, which can be annoying when all I want to do is ride down the shops. If you don't mind I'd like to hear how you go without the cleats. KimF any tips and tricks i should know? I've found that Sheldon's mounting technique helps a lot: http://sheldonbrown.com/starting.html With the addition of this bit. Don't try to clip in the other shoe until you've got your bottom well and truly planted in the saddle. This is important becaue it gives your body a reference point of where everything should be. With practice you'll clip in on the first rotation 95% of the time. Bearing above in mind, find somewhere relatively free of traffic and practice practice practice till you can clip in from take off virtually every time. That should also give you enough practice unclipping, which is just as important :-) If you wear your cleats all the time (I wear mine about 70% of the time), get used to friends, colleagues and associates looking at you strangely and asking if you ride a bike. Resign yourself to the knowledge that cleat on concrete is an awful sound that you're just going to have to put up with. Resist the urge to do a tap dance in tiled buildings just because you can. Don't get cocky. I was riding in to work after a year of incident free clipless pedalling. Rolled to a stop at the traffic lights. Fell over. Completely forgot about the whole putting your foot down thing. Nothing bruised except ego as all and sundry guffawed around me. I can live with that :-) -- Cheers | ~~ __@ Euan | ~~ _-\, Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*) |
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Euan wrote in :
If you wear your cleats all the time (I wear mine about 70% of the time), get used to friends, colleagues and associates looking at you strangely Are you sure that it's not the high heels that the cleats are connected to that are getting the looks? Graeme |
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first timer? Maybe don't have the tention up to much on them. They're new so they'l be *******s to get out of in a hurry I find. (Even now after 5yrs o SPDs I still bungle the exit out of newly replaced SPD cleats) -- Marx SS |
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Kim wrote went shopping yesterday, lotsa new things, including a pair of diador shoes and some VP-133 pedals =) SPD type numbers = *dribble i've been walking around in the shoes all day and they're quite cumfy now i'm just about to fit the pedals to the bike.. Woohoo. Congratulations on taking the big step Kim any tips and tricks i should know Practise, practise, practise. It's really not that hard once you ge the hang of it, but you *can* get into trouble... have fun with it. You are now officially FAST!! LotteBu -- LotteBum |
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"Graeme" == graeme writes:
Graeme Euan wrote in Graeme : If you wear your cleats all the time (I wear mine about 70% of the time), get used to friends, colleagues and associates looking at you strangely Graeme Are you sure that it's not the high heels that the cleats Graeme are connected to that are getting the looks? Probably more the fishnet stockings over unshaven legs... -- Cheers | ~~ __@ Euan | ~~ _-\, Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*) |
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Graeme wrote:
Euan wrote in : If you wear your cleats all the time (I wear mine about 70% of the time), get used to friends, colleagues and associates looking at you strangely Are you sure that it's not the high heels that the cleats are connected to that are getting the looks? Graeme Ah, crap. Tam *removing ugg boots with cleats* |
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LotteBum wrote:
Kim wrote: went shopping yesterday, lotsa new things, including a pair of diadora shoes and some VP-133 pedals =) SPD type numbers =D *dribble* i've been heading in this direction for some time =) been saving ... next is replacement BB i've been walking around in the shoes all day and they're quite cumfy. now i'm just about to fit the pedals to the bike... Woohoo. Congratulations on taking the big step Kim! i decided to go clipless (strapless) as the pedal i had were driving me nuts. the running shoes i had were chewed up by the previous pedals and the boots i wear to work don't fit in the straps (hitting end of life anyways)... so to kill multiple birds with one stone =) can't find a link to them on the web anywheres, but they are a mountain bike shoe with decent lace ups and a wide velcro strap over =D very happy wearing them so far. any tips and tricks i should know? Practise, practise, practise. =) i've spent about 30 minutes clipping and unclipping in between ad-breaks watching the TdF tonight =D ankles hurt a bit =/ It's really not that hard once you get the hang of it, but you *can* get into trouble... have fun with it. not had the chance to get on the road yet, been too wet =( You are now officially FAST!!! heh ... now i know you're kidding =) next week back to work will be the real test tho. cheers, kim |
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