"Check to make sure the toes are even (thus making sure the cleats are positioned equally)."
You would think this would be sensible but I definitely feel better with my left cleat a few mills behind the right.
― surfing on hokusine waves (ledge), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, unless your feet are exactly the same size, shape and angle why would the cleats be?
On the subject of pedals, I just need to brag for a second. Last night I did some PROPER fettling. I took apart my new MKS Sylvan track pedals (which, brand new, felt a bit grindy - as others did in the shop when I checked them yesterday), greased the bearings, and sealed, as best I could, the unsealed area with grease. It took FOUR spanners/wrenches, and some tricky and tough effort, but I managed it and now both pedals are much smoother and hopefully less open to the elements!
― Mark C, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 10:04 (fifteen years ago) link
WHY ARE THEY CALLED CLIPLESS WHEN YOU ARE CLIPPED IN I AM SO CONFUSED
still need to get a pair of these, might go w/the ones j.o.n.a. plumped for as well
― coz (webinar), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 10:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Because clips = toe clips.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
- the main mechanism of which is A STRAP. not A CLIP. it's madness.
― surfing on hokusine waves (ledge), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 11:35 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/oct/19/shimano-clipless-pedals Noticed this yesterday while I was explaining to my girlfriend that nearly falling off 3 times isn't that dangerous really, then spent ages looking at the pedal museum pages. Cycling this morning I thought about the Cinelli ones mentioned in that post with levers, and decided I was actually doing alright. Loosening the tension on the pedal helped a lot this morning. It'd be so much easier if you could adjust the cleat position while your actually on the pedal though.
coz, they're less than £20 at SJS Cycles at the moment.
― j.o.n.a, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 12:39 (fifteen years ago) link
the clip is what the strap goes into, man
― cutty, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
some people used to ride with clips, no straps
Even that's hardly a clip, in the sense of "a device that grips and holds tightly." It's more of a housing. A socket. A sheath. Well anyway "clipless" is still fucking stupid GOD IT MAKES ME ANGRY
― surfing on hokusine waves (ledge), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
are you still confused?
― cutty, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 14:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i was never confused. JUST ANGRY.
― surfing on hokusine waves (ledge), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link
considering clips+straps for the lolpollo. hold off on clipless until get proper road bike, i reckon.
― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Fwiw, clipless is a lot easier to use than toeclips/straps, if that's a concern.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
^ Yep. The only benefit to using toeclips and 'traditional' pedals is that you can still ride the bike without wearing cycling shoes.
― Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I am going to dissent and say that they're both about equally easy to use, I'm not particularly troubled by either. I don't know why folks are insinuating that toeclips are that difficult?
― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
the only thing fussy about clips and straps is actually cinching the strap once you're underway. actually flipping the pedal over is muscle memory thing that takes zero time to master
― how rad bandit (gbx), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
imo
btw has anyone used feetbelt style nu school straps that all those pesky hipster children are using? seem like a cheap alternative to GTX clipless boots in the winter
― how rad bandit (gbx), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i never cinch the strap fwiw, it's kinda like shoes with laces that you just slip on/off.
― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
be patient with the technical stuff on spds
xpost
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2009/07/hold_fast.php
http://prollyisnotprobably.com/3679826489_dbe8f778ee_b.jpg
― how rad bandit (gbx), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
is that a partial bashguard for trials type stuff?
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i think it's for grinding rails and stuff, actually! it's partial, i assume, because fixie grinds are always gonna have their crank arms in the same position
― how rad bandit (gbx), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
i want lake winter boots so bad :(
― how rad bandit (gbx), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm w shasta, never cinch the straps on my clips unless my shoes are a lot larger/smaller than the ones I wore last time. Set them once per ride, leave them alone.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
^kind of how i'm imaging it - this is more so i don't have to don bike shoes just to go up the shops or to the pub or whatever! i have no problem with clipless for impending purchase of serious bike, tho.
― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah this^^^
for city/leisurely biking = clipsfor RIDING = clipless
― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Lidl shoes mentioned upthread have finally given up, culminating in a frantic 'I'm turning my ankle, why aren't I unclipping oh shi-' moment. I have to cycle home later, and I won't have a chance to buy new shoes. Bike has these pedals http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=3759 Do I:wear my work shoes and try not to slip off the pedalstake the cleats out of my SPD shoes, and try not to slip off the pedals/get the pedal stuck in the cleat-recess areapretend what happened this morning didn't really happen?
― Map Ref 52°N 6°W (useless chamber), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
a). I had to ride home with normal shoes on my fixie with eggbeaters recently. One worrying moment at the beginning where my feet flew off the pedals at speed, but after i slowed down a bit it was easy enough.
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not even riding fixed anymore, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem. I overthink things.
― Map Ref 52°N 6°W (useless chamber), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link