Fifty Plus (50+) - Never thought I'd post these pics...

But here they are:

Ruby, all dressed up and ready to go!

Took my first rides today on the clipless pedals and really love 'em. I bought Shimano M520s to pair up with my new Sidi Bullet 2's. I'm loving the shoes -- so comfortable!

Clipping in and out has been really easy. I do like the feel of being clipped in. The only thing I'm puzzling over is that my right foot began to "fall asleep" at about 5 miles or so. I unclipped it and shook the leg a few times and went back to the ride.

Here's the clipless porn, for your viewing pleasure:

Gasp!

Your journey to the dark side is complete.

:eek: Timberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!


Have fun. We want to see pics of your bruises too.

Congrats on the move to clipless, DG. You may wish to try some inserts with arch support. If foot numbness is like my former hot foot issues, the inserts cured it.

Try altering the position of the plate on your shoe sole. It may not be in the ideal spot and that's why your foot is going to sleep.

I also had to wedge my own plates to tip my foot inwards very slightly. A couple of folds of innertube rubber under the outer edge worked wonders. Not saying that's what you need but to just "listen to your foot" and try some stuff that it seems to be telling you.

And what took you so long? :D

Try altering the position of the plate on your shoe sole. It may not be in the ideal spot and that's why your foot is going to sleep.

+1. A small cleat adjustment may be all you need. When you are spinning along easily, your feet should feel comfortable without any pressure from one side of the shoe. Be careful of the knees when tweaking cleat position!

:twitchy:The Horror! :twitchy:

Working on the circular pedal stroke helps with foot problems too, something I've never been able to master myself.:)

The Joy!

:beer::beer:

Another convert -- well done!

Glad you're enjoying your new pedals. Now you can keep up with DD. ;)

Ruby looks embarrassed about having to wear MTB pedals. ;)

They look great on Ruby:thumb:

Be sure to give us a full report of the first fall. Pics would be welcome, too:rolleyes:

WTG DG, you will never be sorry. Except for right after when you fall.

Way to go DG. Try moving the shoe clips back a little, for the numbness.

So, when are you getting an orange bike, DG?

I recall the first time I clicked in.......a real feeling of being committed to the bike. So much so that I fell over at a stop light 10 mins. later. Otherwise, I would never go back to clips and straps although they worked well enough. Congrats.

I recall the first time I clicked in.......a real feeling of being committed to the bike. So much so that I fell over at a stop light 10 mins. later. Otherwise, I would never go back to clips and straps although they worked well enough. Congrats.

Committed to the bike, that's exactly the feeling, clipped in and riding like the wind... at one with the bike and the universe. Like when I bought the Felt a few weeks back, clipped in and went for my first ride. Totally committed, what a great feeling. And then, suddenly, somehow, lying in the creek, still fully committed to the bike. Clipless pedals are great. You're gonna love 'em Deeg.:love:

Have you crashed yet?
Have you crashed yet?
Have you crashed yet?

Congratulations - I'm glad you're enjoying 'em. Your bike looks great, and as you know, it's the right colour.

I agree with the advice to fiddle with the cleat position on the shoe. My experience on using spd clips for the first time was surprise at how tiny a cleat adjustment made how significant a difference in feel. Less than a millimeter of adjustment made a clearly discernable difference. When you get it right, use Locktite, or they'll gradually lose their position

:D
Did hell freeze over when I wasn't looking?

Through the wonders of digital photography, we see a pedal on a bike. Ok, but if you're foot is falling asleep after only 5 miles, I think you've got a problem. It ain't going to get better.

:D
Did hell freeze over when I wasn't looking?

Taken this morning.:D

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/rallen94402/hellfreeze.jpg

Here's the clipless porn, for your viewing pleasure:

Hey DG, it's ok to post larger pictures than those 400x300 images. Try some 1024x768 sizes. Then we can get a good look at those alleged clipless pedals. ;)

We're all waiting to welcome you to Club Tombay! Let us know when you arrive.:)

Hey DG, it's ok to post larger pictures than those 400x300 images. Try some 1024x768 sizes. Then we can get a good look at those alleged clipless pedals. ;)

Yeah, but i'm trying to keep 'em under 100mg...

I ended up putting pics on photobucket and then 1)clicking on the image i want to post 2)when the image comes up, right clicking and then 3)clicking on properties and doing a highlight and COPY of the URL then 4)going to the reply and clicking the mountain looking button and 5)pasting in the URL into the window that comes up.

Yeah, but i'm trying to keep 'em under 100mg...

Hmm. I resize on my computer and upload to:
http://www.imageshack.us/

Then I just post the link in the thumbnail for forums per below:
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/255/1024x768madone55onyxredcw6.th.jpg (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1024x768madone55onyxredcw6.jpg)

And voila! You have the thumbnail in the post and a clickable link to a larger image.

Yeah, but i'm trying to keep 'em under 100mg...

It would be nice if larger attachments were allowed. I made that suggestion in the Suggestions Forum, so I'm sure that will be implemented in a day or so. :)

Long ago, I rode an early version of clipless pedals. I began by purchasing bike-specific shoes and cleats. This is difficult for me to remember, but I believe I combined the two into one by pounding some thin, short nails into the holes in the cleats, which stuck in the hard soles of the shoes. I still had to use pedals with toe clips. But the toe clips straped, when tightened down on the shoes, locked the cleats in place onto the pedals, and the only way to come out was by loosening the straps.

First time in my cleats, I was inside my apartment. I climbed onto my bike and leaned to my left, my shoulder against the wall, to get an idea of what it was like to tighten the toe clip straps over my bike shoes. Once clipped in, I pedaled backwards for a bit. Hmmm.......not so difficult. As I reached to my right, to loosen the strap on the toe clip, my shoulder came off the wall and of course I immediately fell on my right side, thudding onto the carpet. It would have been embarrassing, but no one was around to see what I'd done (well, now you have). :o

The second time I fell over, I riding up an extremely steep hill in Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), in the Santa Monica Mts. How steep? The chain broke (I managed that stunt at least a couple of times). The forward progress of the bike on a 15% or so grade was almost instantly converted into lateral movement that this time had me crashing onto pavement instead of a carpet. No harm was done and luckily, I was carrying a chain tool.

Over the ensuing years, until true clipless pedals came into being, I witnessed numerous riders - usually at traffic light - hit the pavement because they forgot to loosen their straps before coming to a stop. If it ever happened to me, mercifully I can't remember.

For me, by the time clipless pedals arrived, I was more than up to the challange. It probably didn't hurt that I'd already skied for may years, long before the creation of clipless pedals, so the basic idea - that force applied to the pedals would release me - wasn't an alien concept. It's been close, but I've never fallen in my clipless pedals because I failed/forgot to release myself from them.

Gary - double sided mountain bike pedals on your road bike?!? Actually, I have a Roubaix, too, and I have the same pedals. Mainly because I've told myself that I like being able to get off my bike and walk around, to make a photo (small world, I know you from pbase.com), or walk into Starbucks. I've told myself I can use one pair of shoes on both my road bikes and my mt. bike. I suspect the real reason I put mt. bike pedals on my road bike is because I'm too lazy and to cheap to purchase new road pedals and road shoes.

A foot falling asleep may indicate a shoe that is tied too tight.

Well, DG, now that you have bought into this unreasonably dangerous product, and can expect to fall several times before you get the hang of it, You should keep a lawyers business card handy. You never know when an 'accident' will turn a profit. Happy cycling! bk

just remember that extra points are awarded if you get at least one nurse to stop the blood flow as you lay in the road.

Knowing your luck- it will turn out that those bikini babes will just happen to be riding past and they will all be nurses.

A foot falling asleep may indicate a shoe that is tied too tight.

It also may indicate that his shoes stink and the foot passed out...

Okay, just get it over with. Find somewhere that there will be a pretty girl, ride up next to her, smile, and fall over. You know it is going to happen, but the suspense can be bad for you. Might as well get it over with.

Since it is assumed you will take my advice, it would be most considerate for all of us here if you have a photographer on standby to record this event so it can be posted afterwards... :innocent:

Testing to see if I understand imageshack:

http://http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2975/clipless2ld5.jpg

EDIT: Obviously, I don't.

Trying again:

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2975/clipless2ld5.jpg

EDIT: Well, I can't seem to get the little thumb link. Oh well.

I is proud of you!

Gary - double sided mountain bike pedals on your road bike?!? Actually, I have a Roubaix, too, and I have the same pedals.

1) Mainly because I've told myself that I like being able to get off my bike and walk around, to make a photo (small world, I know you from pbase.com), or walk into Starbucks.

2) I've told myself I can use one pair of shoes on both my road bikes and my mt. bike.

3) I suspect the real reason I put mt. bike pedals on my road bike is because I'm too lazy and to cheap to purchase new road pedals and road shoes.

1 is a fairly reasonable argument although I have no problem with short walks like that with my Look pedals with Kool Kovers.

2 is an often used argument that makes absolutely no sense to me. Do you have only one pair of non-cycling shoes that you wear everywhere for all purposes?

3 makes sense

Trying again:

snip

EDIT: Well, I can't seem to get the little thumb link. Oh well.

DG,

Check your PMs.

A foot falling asleep may indicate a shoe that is tied too tight.

Maybe it's just bored.

Okay, I'm trying VERY hard to follow speedlever's instructions on posting from imageshack.

So, here goes:

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7739/cliplesspedalspn8.th.jpg (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cliplesspedalspn8.jpg)

Voila! It works!!! Thanks, speedlever!:)

I hate Image Shack.


While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.

Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.

Welcome, You graduated to the dark side. You will never regret the advancement to a real bike.

I hate Image Shack.


While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.

Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.





Hmm. No problems here on my end looking at DG's link. Sorry you had a problem.

Hmm. No problems here on my end looking at DG's link. Sorry you had a problem.

Did you by any chance pass over the picture with the cursor and expand it using the + sign. That's when I got hit.

Did you by any chance pass over the picture with the cursor and expand it using the + sign. That's when I got hit.

There's no + sign on my page to expand when I click his link. I'm using a 19" monitor, so maybe that's why I'm not getting the + sign? But I know what you're talking about when an image comes across that's larger than my screen and I have the option to expand it.

OOC, did you get hit by the same virus when you clicked my example links above?

It would be nice if larger attachments were allowed. I made that suggestion in the Suggestions Forum, so I'm sure that will be implemented in a day or so. :)

:lol:

There's no + sign on my page to expand when I click his link. I'm using a 19" monitor, so maybe that's why I'm not getting the + sign? But I know what you're talking about when an image comes across that's larger than my screen and I have the option to expand it.

OOC, did you get hit by the same virus when you clicked my example links above?

No, did not get hit............got an ad but that closed in a normal manner without insisting that I engage another window to close it. Norton however did report having to block other content from the site when I looked at your example.

No, did not get hit............got an ad but that closed in a normal manner without insisting that I engage another window to close it. Norton however did report having to block other content from the site when I looked at your example.

What browser are you using?

I hate Image Shack.


While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.

Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.





Me too, kinda. I didn't have to completely abandon the screen, but I certainly had an annoying pop up. I didn't have any problems enlarging the first photos DG posted.

DG I'm glad to see you've gone clipless FINALLY. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. When I first went from MTB to a road bike I stayed with the SPD pedals so I wouldn't have to get different shoes and I could walk around in my MTB shoes. Within a year I found that I was off of my bike and walking around so seldom that it really wasn't a valid argument anymore to not go with road pedals. Enjoy.

And nice pedals, too, if you'll allow me to say so.
A pair of those came with my OCR -which worked out, since I was using SPDs at the time- and I liked them so much that I replaced them with a set of Zeros. The M520s are now on my Fisher (since they *are* actually MTB pedals, after all) where they replaced the M324s I had there.

What browser are you using?

The venerable and much maligned IE.