After I got spuds years ago, I spent an evening practising on the NEPN. after I got comfortable,I went home,and proudly cycled to work. On the way home, in the rain, the traffic lights outside Somerfields turned red and I stopped. And neither pedal released. TIIMMMMBBBBBEEEERRRRR… And even lying on Dalry Road, Icouldn't release, so I had to take my boots off and walk home in my socks, till I could get an Allen key and slacken the bolts. It was a good lesson in humility
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Clipless pedals - what have I been doing wrong?
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Posted 10 years ago #
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@EddieD - I've just spent an hour on the NEPN practising with clipless for the first time. Multi-release cleats with the lowest tension and it wasn't too bad. I made it there and back ok. Big test will be the trip to work on Monday morning!
Posted 10 years ago # -
"Presumably stopping during a race could be achieved by leaning over and puling at the strap as mentioned by charterhall."
It's easy to release the toe strap buckle, I used to ride fixed wheel with cleats and straps and so long as I knew in advance that I needed to stop I could usually do it in the split second as the pedal came round to 12 o'clock. The difficulties came when I had to stop suddenly or after an all out effort like an uphill finishing sprint or a hill climb. Hence the need for people to catch you at the finish of some races.
Posted 10 years ago # -
I had a wonderful fall where my cleats failed to disengage at a traffic light. The horror of it was that this was as part of a 20 strong chaingang group in front of lots of cyclists I didn't know. I imagine they were quite panicked and thinking "who is this newbie and who does he think he is joining a chaingang when he can't even disengage his cleats"
Posted 10 years ago # -
I have fallen off a few times through clipless moments. I imagine those old enough to remember straps must have a much easier time of it since the main problem isn't the actual action required to get out, but just remembering that your feet won't lift off of their own accord! :\
Posted 10 years ago # -
I've been riding with SPDs since 2006 and haven't had a clipless moment either.
Santa brought me some SPD-SL pedals for Christmas, so here's hoping the changeover doesn't spoil it.
Might be next week before I find out though as I am thick with the cold this week so will probably stay off the bike. (I know, I know.... man up!)
Posted 10 years ago # -
The last clipless moment I had was infront of the EEN photographer and many forumites and their chiddlers, when we were doing some publicity shots for PoP #1.
He had us cycling on the grass past the daffodils and I took the foot out on the wrong side of the slope, meaning when it went to go down on the ground there was nothing there but air.
Posted 10 years ago # -
I have face-planted in front of many CCE people (and non-CCE friends, and strangers and startled wildlife) and only one of them was a clipless moment. I don't need mere clipless pedals to fall off.
You're just an amateur!
Posted 10 years ago #
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