View Poll Results: Do you unclip your left or right foot first?
Right Foot
80
44.44%
Left Foot
91
50.56%
Either Equally
9
5.00%
Voters: 180. You may not vote on this poll
Do you unclip your right or left foot first?
04-06-10, 03:48 PM
#1
'09 Synapse Carbon 3
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Posts: 727
Bikes: '09 Synapse Carbon 3, R5000, R2000
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Do you unclip your right or left foot first?
I unclip my left foot first every time.
Just gathering a little useless knowledge.
Just gathering a little useless knowledge.
04-06-10, 03:50 PM
#2
Banned.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Upland Ca
Posts: 19,895
Bikes: Lemond Chambery/Cannondale R-900/Trek 8000 MTB/Burley Duet tandem
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Left foot first..... Right handed, wonder if there is any relation?
04-06-10, 03:52 PM
#3
SLO-1
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 2,691
Bikes: '09 BMC Road Racer SL01
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
left foot, if I unclip the right I tend to give myself the cat5 tattoo.
right handed. but I taught myself to unclip the left, before I would always do the right.
right handed. but I taught myself to unclip the left, before I would always do the right.
Last edited by Yaniel; 04-06-10 at 03:56 PM.
04-06-10, 03:54 PM
#5
CAT4
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Posts: 1,681
Bikes: 2009 Cervélo S1, 2009 Felt F75, 2010 Cannondale Synapse Carbon 5, 2011 Cannondale CAADx, 2011 Specialized Transition Elite
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Left foot and left handed.
04-06-10, 03:57 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Kansas
Posts: 64
Bikes: What is a bicycle?
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Left always.
Is there anyone here who seriously unclips their right foot first (unless from the UK)?
Is there anyone here who seriously unclips their right foot first (unless from the UK)?
04-06-10, 03:59 PM
#8
Hills hurt.. Couches kill
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Brazil, IN
Posts: 3,370
Bikes: 1991 Specialized Sirrus Triple, 2010 Trek Madone 6.5 Project One, 2012 Cannondale Caad10, 2013 Trek Crockett
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
I unclip whichever foot I plan to put down first.
04-06-10, 04:00 PM
#9
Hills hurt.. Couches kill
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Brazil, IN
Posts: 3,370
Bikes: 1991 Specialized Sirrus Triple, 2010 Trek Madone 6.5 Project One, 2012 Cannondale Caad10, 2013 Trek Crockett
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
or the side that I'm falling toward after another unsuccessful trackstand.
04-06-10, 04:04 PM
#11
Retro-guy
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Danville, CA
Posts: 285
Bikes: 1980 Raleigh Super Record
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I unclip left, and am right-handed.
The only thing that is weird about my left/right preferences is that I punt a football with my left foot, and would also do a field-goal kick with my left foot. But for writing, throwing a ball, batting, etc., I am right-handed.
If it makes any difference, I snow-board "regular" (versus "goofy"), which means that my left foot is normally my front foot on the board. (I don't know if this usually correlates with "handedness", or not.)
Oh, and if I was going to skid my bike to a stop (like I used to do as a kid, with a coaster-brake, and like some fixie riders do), I'd do it with a left turn. Similarly, when ice-skating, a skating-stop to the left is a tad more natural to me, than to the right.
The only thing that is weird about my left/right preferences is that I punt a football with my left foot, and would also do a field-goal kick with my left foot. But for writing, throwing a ball, batting, etc., I am right-handed.
If it makes any difference, I snow-board "regular" (versus "goofy"), which means that my left foot is normally my front foot on the board. (I don't know if this usually correlates with "handedness", or not.)
Oh, and if I was going to skid my bike to a stop (like I used to do as a kid, with a coaster-brake, and like some fixie riders do), I'd do it with a left turn. Similarly, when ice-skating, a skating-stop to the left is a tad more natural to me, than to the right.
04-06-10, 04:06 PM
#12
SLO-1
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 2,691
Bikes: '09 BMC Road Racer SL01
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I unclip left, and am right-handed.
The only thing that is weird about my left/right preferences is that I punt a football with my left foot, and would also do a field-goal kick with my left foot. But for writing, throwing a ball, batting, etc., I am right-handed.
If it makes any difference, I snow-board "regular" (versus "goofy"), which means that my left foot is normally my front foot on the board. (I don't know if this usually correlates with "handedness", or not.)
The only thing that is weird about my left/right preferences is that I punt a football with my left foot, and would also do a field-goal kick with my left foot. But for writing, throwing a ball, batting, etc., I am right-handed.
If it makes any difference, I snow-board "regular" (versus "goofy"), which means that my left foot is normally my front foot on the board. (I don't know if this usually correlates with "handedness", or not.)
goofy and regular is completely independent of "handedness"
04-06-10, 04:06 PM
#13
SLO-1
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 2,691
Bikes: '09 BMC Road Racer SL01
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
04-06-10, 04:09 PM
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 419
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
04-06-10, 04:14 PM
#16
Still can't climb
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Limey in Taiwan
Posts: 23,024
Mentioned: 25 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
6 Posts
right handed, right footed, right foot first.
is this the most boring thread ever? there are only 2 possibilitties. left and right. let's see how many times we can say left, right, right, right, left left....etc. you get the picture.
is this the most boring thread ever? there are only 2 possibilitties. left and right. let's see how many times we can say left, right, right, right, left left....etc. you get the picture.
__________________
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
04-06-10, 04:15 PM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 670
Bikes: Bianchi Axis (commuter), Specialized Tricross S-Works, BMC Team Machine SLT01, Mercier Kilo TT
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I always clip in/out with right foot first. I am left handed?
04-06-10, 04:19 PM
#18
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,235
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 353 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 92 Times
in
67 Posts
Left handed, right foot first
Though I am kind of weird because I write and eat with my left but do everything else with my right hand.
Though I am kind of weird because I write and eat with my left but do everything else with my right hand.
04-06-10, 04:20 PM
#19
Dances With Cars
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 10,527
Bikes: TBL Onyx Pro(ss converted), Pake SS (starting to look kinda pimped)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Righty right, and I am left handed.
04-06-10, 04:40 PM
#21
In the wind
Stopping temporarily: left foot
Dismounting: right foot
Dismounting: right foot
04-06-10, 04:41 PM
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: alameda, CA
Posts: 262
Bikes: 2004 Cinelli Supercorsa, 2005 Tommasini track, 1983 Specialized Expedition, 1991 Fuso Cyclocross, 1991 Masi Team 3V, 1989 Serotta, De Rosa Neo Primato
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
left foot, left handed. Due to the curvature of the roadbed, my left foot is closer to the ground than the right, so unclipping on the left side feels safer.
Last edited by stripes; 04-06-10 at 04:43 PM. Reason: phrasing
04-06-10, 04:49 PM
#23
LET'S ROLL
I also ride motorcycles, we are trained to put our left foot down for stops.
Since our right foot is used for the rear brakes. Left foot down, left handed.
Since our right foot is used for the rear brakes. Left foot down, left handed.
__________________
One day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20X43026ukY&list=UUHyRS8bRu6zPoymgKaIoDLA&index=1
One day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20X43026ukY&list=UUHyRS8bRu6zPoymgKaIoDLA&index=1
04-06-10, 05:04 PM
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Zang's Spur, CO
Posts: 9,083
Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3376 Post(s)
Liked 5,522 Times
in
2,862 Posts
I'm ambidextrous, so I unclip both feet simultaneously.
04-06-10, 05:19 PM
#25
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,700
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
Right-handed, but left-footed. Go figure...
Anyway, I usually unclip the left foot first. That way if I mess it up and fall over my ample butt is between the expensive drivetrain parts and the ground.
Anyway, I usually unclip the left foot first. That way if I mess it up and fall over my ample butt is between the expensive drivetrain parts and the ground.