New Year pedolutionists

aeek Wrote:
Ceiling racks! Perfect for that empty space above the bed.

But they obscure the mirrors!

hippy


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hippy

Michael Warner Wrote:
On 6 Jan 2006 05:46:09 -0800, Bleve wrote:
Myth. Except when sprinting, you don't pull up. Or if you do,
you're
wasting energy.

True, although I've read that you should pull up enough to counteract
the dead weight of each non-pedalling leg. I have no idea how you
could learn to do this without the help of pressure sensors in your
pedals, though :-)

I expect he does reach down and loosen the strap, in fact.
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There's an article about "unweighting" the non-pedaling foot floating
around somewhere. You don't pull up as such (I think it was proved to
be a waste of energy anyway) rather you lift enough to reduce the load
on the pedaling foot. You're not pulling on the pedal you are just
lifting your non-pedaling foot.

I've seen power graphs of the pedal stroke so I guess there is
equipment to measure it. Don't know if a standard power meter can do it
though. They seem to measure Left/Right power split.. hmm..

hippy


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hippy

In aus.bicycle on Sat, 7 Jan 2006 04:25:15 +1100
hippy wrote:

There's an article about "unweighting" the non-pedaling foot floating
around somewhere. You don't pull up as such (I think it was proved to
be a waste of energy anyway) rather you lift enough to reduce the load
on the pedaling foot. You're not pulling on the pedal you are just
lifting your non-pedaling foot.

Which would mean that you don't need your straps tight.

I found that snug straps over street shoes - usually some form of
running shoe with tread - worked nicely for commuting.

I could spin and handle bumps, and get into and out of them easily.
Didn't have to spend a lot of money on fancy gear and have special
shoes.

I think the last time I looked in a bike shop they didn't have such
things, and it was one of the reasons I didn't buy a bike to replace
the grotty old MTB. I didn't want the hassle of clipless.

Zebee

hippy wrote:
aeek Wrote:
Ceiling racks! Perfect for that empty space above the bed.

But they obscure the mirrors!

You can use them as trapeze

"Zebee Johnstone" wrote in message
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In aus.bicycle on Sat, 7 Jan 2006 04:25:15 +1100
hippy wrote:

There's an article about "unweighting" the non-pedaling foot floating
around somewhere. You don't pull up as such (I think it was proved to
be a waste of energy anyway) rather you lift enough to reduce the load
on the pedaling foot. You're not pulling on the pedal you are just
lifting your non-pedaling foot.

Which would mean that you don't need your straps tight.

I found that snug straps over street shoes - usually some form of
running shoe with tread - worked nicely for commuting.

I could spin and handle bumps, and get into and out of them easily.
Didn't have to spend a lot of money on fancy gear and have special
shoes.

I think the last time I looked in a bike shop they didn't have such
things, and it was one of the reasons I didn't buy a bike to replace
the grotty old MTB. I didn't want the hassle of clipless.

Zebee

You could always swap the old pedals over onto the new bike.

"Random Data" wrote in message ...

XC whippets get the ****s when you do that as well, but I think I might
try singlespeeding at the crits tomorrow.

Oh no! There might be a big SS turnout, we had 3 on Wednesday night.

Parbs

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:00:20 +0000, Zebee Johnstone wrote:

I think the last time I looked in a bike shop they didn't have such
things, and it was one of the reasons I didn't buy a bike to replace the
grotty old MTB. I didn't want the hassle of clipless.

That's odd. I know a bike shop that's been open for about 2 months that
already has a box full of the bloody things. It's in the workshop, because
toe straps are great for holding things in place while you manipulate
other bits.

If you're after some, contact me via email
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Dave Hughes |
"SCSI is *not* magic. There are fundamental technical reasons why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then."
- Daniel M. Drucker

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Sat, 7 Jan 2006 04:25:15 +1100
hippy wrote:

There's an article about "unweighting" the non-pedaling foot floating
around somewhere. You don't pull up as such (I think it was proved to
be a waste of energy anyway) rather you lift enough to reduce the load
on the pedaling foot. You're not pulling on the pedal you are just
lifting your non-pedaling foot.

Which would mean that you don't need your straps tight.

I found that snug straps over street shoes - usually some form of
running shoe with tread - worked nicely for commuting.

I could spin and handle bumps, and get into and out of them easily.
Didn't have to spend a lot of money on fancy gear and have special
shoes.

I think the last time I looked in a bike shop they didn't have such
things, and it was one of the reasons I didn't buy a bike to replace
the grotty old MTB. I didn't want the hassle of clipless.

We sell toestraps and pedals with them. There's always luddites around
... some ride guzzis ...

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:23:16 +1100, Aeek wrote:

nah, downhill, power from gravity. By the time (not long) I decided this
was too fast I was only game to stop further acceleration. Figured slowing
down would cause a crash.

Yeah, but your idea of "too fast" could well be higher than theirs, even
allowing for a bike that's probably better suited to the conditions. I
took my brother, who hasn't ridden for about 5 years, for a ride - he had
my 5" duallie, I had a rigid SS and I was faster both up and down hills.


--
Dave Hughes |
"SCSI is *not* magic. There are fundamental technical reasons why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then."
- Daniel M. Drucker

aeek wrote:
Euan Wrote:

Michael Warner writes:


On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:04:52 GMT, daveL wrote:


I'm not entirely sure what this comment is getting at though.

Ok, I'll spell it out - the problem is that MTBs are slow and wide,
and trying to pass them safely is often a bit of a worry in busy

traffic.

Then exercise some god-dammed common courtesy and wait. You have no
right to go faster than the person in front of you.



Um, from how I read Michael he is waiting - not like the clowns who
blow past my ear at red lights.
Showing courtesy is one thing, being happy about it can be another.



Usually someone riding those funny little bikes with the really low
seats ... what are they? (Those *young people* and their crazy bikes.)

jimmay