Comments on: The Clipless Pedal Monologues http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Bike Commuting Wisdom Learned: Part VIII (Problems or It’s All About The Been-jammed and 143 cheaper ways to bike-commute | cheapcyclist http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-662207 Bike Commuting Wisdom Learned: Part VIII (Problems or It’s All About The Been-jammed and 143 cheaper ways to bike-commute | cheapcyclist Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:32:46 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-662207 [...] you’ll be doing yourself a favor. 4. wear a helmet unless you enjoy having a cracked skull 5. use flat pedals-For commuting, there WILL be plenty of stop-and-go. Using a racy pair of shoes and being clipped in [...] [...] you’ll be doing yourself a favor. 4. wear a helmet unless you enjoy having a cracked skull 5. use flat pedals-For commuting, there WILL be plenty of stop-and-go. Using a racy pair of shoes and being clipped in [...]

]]> By: Deaner http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661537 Deaner Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:58:16 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661537 This guy has some interesting thoughts on clipless pedals vs flats... http://www.bikejames.com/strength/the-flat-pedal-revolution-manifesto-how-to-improve-your-riding-with-flat-pedals/ This guy has some interesting thoughts on clipless pedals vs flats…
http://www.bikejames.com/strength/the-flat-pedal-revolution-manifesto-how-to-improve-your-riding-with-flat-pedals/

]]> By: Libby http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661404 Libby Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:31:14 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661404 oh my this is hilarious! When I got mine I found a "how to" on a cycling magazine site (Women's cycling?) and it said it wasn't "if" you fall but "when" you fall & suggest strongly to practice on soft ground. Usually I fall and just miss impaling myself on stumps. My first time was in the parking lot of my work...just as I arrived. Fell between the only two mud puddles in the parking lot. After I crossed the finish line (for day 1) of the Ride to Conquer Cancer, it had drizzled and slightly rained all 125km of the route, my husband greeted me with "unclip! unclip! unclip!" because I was so wiped out I was just going to stop moving. I would've fallen into a mudfest. I did unclip just in time. I have often had the same questions about these non-clips, but I like the traction it gives me...I need all the help I can get to go faster. oh my this is hilarious! When I got mine I found a “how to” on a cycling magazine site (Women’s cycling?) and it said it wasn’t “if” you fall but “when” you fall & suggest strongly to practice on soft ground.

Usually I fall and just miss impaling myself on stumps. My first time was in the parking lot of my work…just as I arrived. Fell between the only two mud puddles in the parking lot.

After I crossed the finish line (for day 1) of the Ride to Conquer Cancer, it had drizzled and slightly rained all 125km of the route, my husband greeted me with “unclip! unclip! unclip!” because I was so wiped out I was just going to stop moving. I would’ve fallen into a mudfest. I did unclip just in time.

I have often had the same questions about these non-clips, but I like the traction it gives me…I need all the help I can get to go faster.

]]> By: centurion http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661323 centurion Mon, 09 Mar 2015 18:45:18 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661323 The only time I have to look down to clip in is when I'm in the middle of a busy intersection and the cars are waiting for mr to get TF out of the way. Any other time, I'll clip in easy, even when I don't want to. The only time I have to look down to clip in is when I’m in the middle of a busy intersection and the cars are waiting for mr to get TF out of the way. Any other time, I’ll clip in easy, even when I don’t want to.

]]> By: Ratadog http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661268 Ratadog Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:31:14 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661268 As I embarked on my career as a newly minted mid life crisis mountain biker, I spent one morning read all the guff about how wonderful clipless pedals were and how they would make me speedier, more beautiful, slimmer, more intelligent etc. and the fact that I would regularly fall over whenever I stopped and water would leak up through the soles of my boots everytime it rained, which it does a lot in the UK, was, I was informed, a small price to pay for all these advantages as opposed to the large price I should be glad to pay for a decent set of clipless pedals and spare cleats when compared to the cost of flats. Thankfully, I looked at the date, realised it was the first day of April and have happily used flats ever since. As I embarked on my career as a newly minted mid life crisis mountain biker, I spent one morning read all the guff about how wonderful clipless pedals were and how they would make me speedier, more beautiful, slimmer, more intelligent etc. and the fact that I would regularly fall over whenever I stopped and water would leak up through the soles of my boots everytime it rained, which it does a lot in the UK, was, I was informed, a small price to pay for all these advantages as opposed to the large price I should be glad to pay for a decent set of clipless pedals and spare cleats when compared to the cost of flats.
Thankfully, I looked at the date, realised it was the first day of April and have happily used flats ever since.

]]> By: Amy Thompson http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661244 Amy Thompson Sat, 07 Mar 2015 02:58:08 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661244 At last year's Gran Fondo in Santa Rosa I fell over leaving a rest stop. A kind volunteer came over and said, "I didn't know whether to come over and help or pretend I didn't see you fall." At last year’s Gran Fondo in Santa Rosa I fell over leaving a rest stop. A kind volunteer came over and said, “I didn’t know whether to come over and help or pretend I didn’t see you fall.”

]]> By: GJMAlcyon http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661227 GJMAlcyon Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:00:59 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661227 Swapped out my Looks for Ultegras the NIGHT BEFORE the MS150 City to Shore ride. In the cattle chute with several hundred of my closest friends, we move a little then come to a stop. I. CAN'T. UNCLIP. Over I go, to muted applause and, "At least you got THAT out of the way early." Sigh. Swapped out my Looks for Ultegras the NIGHT BEFORE the MS150 City to Shore ride.

In the cattle chute with several hundred of my closest friends, we move a little then come to a stop.

I. CAN’T. UNCLIP.

Over I go, to muted applause and, “At least you got THAT out of the way early.”

Sigh.

]]> By: PNP http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661204 PNP Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:47:54 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661204 My one and only fall attributed to clipless pedals was at a busy intersection leading out of a shopping center. I was already clipped out, waiting for the light to change, and my friend said, let's go this way instead, so I tried to wheel over to her with one foot on the ground and the other on the pedal, and over I went. I landed hard on my knee in front off a couple of hundred people. Fortunately, I just bruised my knee, and two nice ladies in the car behind me stopped to ask if I was okay. It seems that I never fall until I have an audience. My one and only fall attributed to clipless pedals was at a busy intersection leading out of a shopping center. I was already clipped out, waiting for the light to change, and my friend said, let’s go this way instead, so I tried to wheel over to her with one foot on the ground and the other on the pedal, and over I went. I landed hard on my knee in front off a couple of hundred people. Fortunately, I just bruised my knee, and two nice ladies in the car behind me stopped to ask if I was okay. It seems that I never fall until I have an audience.

]]> By: Skye http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661180 Skye Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:27:19 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661180 And this post justifies why I took the clipless dealies off of my shoes, and traded my fancy pedals for some plain old flat ones. And although I sometimes wonder why I wouldn't jump on the clipless-while-clipped-in bandwagon, I am now reminded why I will for at least one more season stick with my outdated and really easy way, upstroke be darned! And this post justifies why I took the clipless dealies off of my shoes, and traded my fancy pedals for some plain old flat ones. And although I sometimes wonder why I wouldn’t jump on the clipless-while-clipped-in bandwagon, I am now reminded why I will for at least one more season stick with my outdated and really easy way, upstroke be darned!

]]> By: MikeL http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/comment-page-1/#comment-661177 MikeL Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:41:36 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2015/03/04/the-clipless-pedal-monologues/#comment-661177 This hits to close to home. At least once per year something will make me fall. It is usually a gust of wind when I have not payed attention and unclipped on the upwind side first. This hits to close to home. At least once per year something will make me fall. It is usually a gust of wind when I have not payed attention and unclipped on the upwind side first.

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