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Old 03-01-05 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TheRCF
Nah, that isn't embarrassing. What is embarrassing is to have clipped out on one side and be sitting at a stop light - then casually shift your weight to the other side which is still clipped in and fall over!!! Yes, I did that. It's amazing the things you do on "normal" pedals without thinking which get you in trouble with clipless pedals. I got in the habit of leaning the bike over more than I normally would just to remove any tendency to shift my weight on it.
I was doing that and almost falling over every time I pulled into my driveway. For a while, I couldn't figure out what the problem was ... then it dawned on me. I unclip with my right foot. I was doing a sharp left turn into the driveway, and was still leaning to the left when I unclipped. I started making a point of straightening up as soon as I rounded the corner and solved the problem.
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