Originally Posted by Terror_in_pink
eh, but i dig your humor..
also did anyone feel a little sore after riding clipless? I know when im clmbing a hill on my fixie and my cadence has slowed down i pull my clips up to help climb. Anyhow, after doing this for a while i notice my legs feel more tired. Probably because i'm not used to such a full pedal stroke and those muscles may be under-developed from riding clips and never really having to pull up. Well, i was thinking, because clipless kind of forces you to pull the pedal back up did you guys notice any soreness the first few weeks or a change in muscle strength/develoment in muscles you never used before etc?
yeah that'll make you real sore when starting out, don't over do it. I'd been riding clipless occasionally on the weekends in 94' not much. Thought a good time to get the hang of it would be a long road ride so I wouldn't have to unclip a bunch, so with maybe only a hundred miles clipless I went and rode from Houston to Austin on the weekend with my new SPDs, then 40 miles from where I got off the bus back in Houston. So sore for a few days and totally blamed the pedals like a dork when it was all me.