Dragging Toe Clips
08-09-08 | 04:13 AM
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Without, mine do.
This is on an old Dawes Galaxy, and the BB is low to the ground, and the clips are large.
This is on an old Dawes Galaxy, and the BB is low to the ground, and the clips are large.
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i jam my thumbs up and back into the tubes. this way i can point my fingers straight out in front to split the wind and attain an even more aero profile, and the usual fixed gear - zen - connectedness feeling through the drivetrain is multiplied ten fold because my thumbs become one with the tubing.
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08-09-08 | 08:41 AM
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Its not unusual. My metal ones drag a bit and I occasionally bash them when I miss a pedal flip. I generally get about 15 years daily use out of a set so its not a major concern.
Do make sure you have an appropriate size clip (s/m/l).
Do make sure you have an appropriate size clip (s/m/l).
08-09-08 | 12:59 PM
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Normal, unless you want a [humour]"jacked-up mountain bike with an extremely high bottom bracket" [/humour]
That's why we ride with our feet in the toe clips, and indeed, one of the major benefits I found from moving to clipless pedals was that starting up at intersections was easier to do.
That's why we ride with our feet in the toe clips, and indeed, one of the major benefits I found from moving to clipless pedals was that starting up at intersections was easier to do.
08-09-08 | 01:33 PM
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
08-09-08 | 01:53 PM
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From a stop, I usually start my right foot on the ground. My left foot is in the clips, straps tight, with the crankarm aimed up. When I take off, I shift the weight onto the left foot to give it a 1/2 turn. At the EXACT SAME TIME, I toe the right pedal and flip it up and stick my foot into the pedals. Takes less than a second and 5-10ft max. Then I step on the right pedal and off I go.
