Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Sometimes though on an incline upwards, from a stop with both free and unclipped, it can be a problem to get enough forward momentum to rotate the pedal and clip in, and the cleat is slippery on the wrong side of the pedal, and on a couple of occasions banged my shin on the pedal.
I tried riding with cleat covers for traction on such short distances, but I’ve lost two separate cleat covers doing that, and I prefer the “old soft shoe” routine.
Practice makes perfect. But for "
Hill Climbs", I prefer double sided cleats, just slam the foot down and go.
My first attempt on those rides took, me to
Brynwood where I found myself over-geared and under-prepared for the pull (20% to 30%). And, I took more than a few driveway rests/restarts. And, restarts were tricky, needing to be clipped in for both pulling and pushing.