clipless
06-22-10 | 07:51 PM
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I ride with Eggbeaters an awesome pedal that said I'm switching to DX Clones and a set of Holdfast type straps. Because I commute a short distance 4 times a day and changing my shoes everytime I get on my bike is annoying, but I will be keeping them for long rides
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06-23-10 | 05:32 AM
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I'm going to start riding with Look Keo Classics and Sidi Genius 5 Pros as my first clipless setup. I always have a bag with me though so I figure I'll just change shoes when I get to work/the library/wherever. Does anyone have any beginner's tips? I sort of want to avoid 0 km/h falls, as it's dangerous for both me and my bike... D: Is it safe to start with the tension dialed down a lot so it's easy to unclip? Or is that less safe than it sounds?
06-23-10 | 08:30 AM
#30
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If you are going clipless for the first time (a very good move by the way) you are guaranteed to topple over once. It's a right of passage. If you choose a system with adjustable tension you will be likely to dial them down too low due to fear of toppling over but you will find yourself pulling out of the pedals. That is unnerving. You will then crank it up and as I stated you will topple over once at some point. Again, this is a universal right of passage. You will not escape. Anyone who tells you they never toppled over in clipless is lying. The only thing you can do is try not to use your best bike at first. If you only have one then try riding in the park on grass or something until fate chimes in. After that, you'll be fine. But, you must fall once.
06-23-10 | 09:31 AM
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From: Saint Paul, MN
Bikes: 1989 Ritchey Outback, 2014 All-City Macho Man Disc, 2016 Wilier GTS
Yes you must fall. It's great. I highly recommend it.
I fell in the Dairy Queen parking lot. I went down, and four other bikes went down. It was poetry.
(New SPD M-520 pedals, similar to my old pedals, but tension was higher. Just wasn't used to it.)
I fell in the Dairy Queen parking lot. I went down, and four other bikes went down. It was poetry.
(New SPD M-520 pedals, similar to my old pedals, but tension was higher. Just wasn't used to it.)
06-23-10 | 10:03 AM
#32
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If you are going clipless for the first time (a very good move by the way) you are guaranteed to topple over once. It's a right of passage. If you choose a system with adjustable tension you will be likely to dial them down too low due to fear of toppling over but you will find yourself pulling out of the pedals. That is unnerving. You will then crank it up and as I stated you will topple over once at some point. Again, this is a universal right of passage. You will not escape. Anyone who tells you they never toppled over in clipless is lying. The only thing you can do is try not to use your best bike at first. If you only have one then try riding in the park on grass or something until fate chimes in. After that, you'll be fine. But, you must fall once.
06-23-10 | 10:45 AM
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Yep, agreed, when you make that 0 MPH fall, you get your membership in Club Toombay! Toombay is a corruption of tomber, French for "To fall down" or tip over, if you're curious as to the origin of Toombay..
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
06-23-10 | 10:55 AM
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Luckily my bmx skills have kept me from entering this club as of yet.
I'm still of the ilk that you should have road shoes as the primary setup. Keep some chucks/vans/etc and some retro clips for the city fashion show. I obviously split my bike riding and my walking into two separate activities.
I'm still of the ilk that you should have road shoes as the primary setup. Keep some chucks/vans/etc and some retro clips for the city fashion show. I obviously split my bike riding and my walking into two separate activities.
06-23-10 | 11:01 AM
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I ride Look Quartz pedals(mtb) with Specialized Road shoes. I dig the road shoes, I carry a pair of $20 old navy shoes in my bag for when I need to mingle sans-bicycle.
06-23-10 | 11:02 AM
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Luckily my bmx skills have kept me from entering this club as of yet.
I'm still of the ilk that you should have road shoes as the primary setup. Keep some chucks/vans/etc and some retro clips for the city fashion show. I obviously split my bike riding and my walking into two separate activities.
I'm still of the ilk that you should have road shoes as the primary setup. Keep some chucks/vans/etc and some retro clips for the city fashion show. I obviously split my bike riding and my walking into two separate activities.
06-23-10 | 11:40 AM
#38
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My best Toombay moment, by the way, was when I was screwing around, trackstanding outside of the AΦ Sorority, showing off my middle aged dirty old man skills and I tipped over into their rose bushes. Never saw so many Sorority girls as the ones that came to help me untangle myself from the rose bushes. 
It was worth the thorn wounds. 
My evil plan worked perfectly. Mwahahaha!
It was worth the thorn wounds. My evil plan worked perfectly. Mwahahaha!
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. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
06-23-10 | 12:24 PM
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My best Toombay moment, by the way, was when I was screwing around, trackstanding outside of the AΦ Sorority, showing off my middle aged dirty old man skills and I tipped over into their rose bushes. Never saw so many Sorority girls as the ones that came to help me untangle myself from the rose bushes. It was worth the thorn wounds. My evil plan worked perfectly. Mwahahaha!
It was worth the thorn wounds. My evil plan worked perfectly. Mwahahaha!And leave it to Americans to butcher "tomber" into "toombay"... haha.
06-23-10 | 05:55 PM
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My best Toombay moment, by the way, was when I was screwing around, trackstanding outside of the AΦ Sorority, showing off my middle aged dirty old man skills and I tipped over into their rose bushes. Never saw so many Sorority girls as the ones that came to help me untangle myself from the rose bushes. It was worth the thorn wounds. My evil plan worked perfectly. Mwahahaha!
It was worth the thorn wounds. My evil plan worked perfectly. Mwahahaha!Damn I wish I had a story like that I went down in my own driveway practicing track stands....all I had was my dog licking my face as I sat on my side (still clipped in) feeling foolish
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