which foot do you unclip? (shoe pic for Zen)

[silver]

Can you quess which foot that I unclip with?



Which foot do you unclip with?

These cleats have 4,700 miles on them. They're done. Putting some new ones on today. I've outlined the cleat with a sharpie in hopes of getting the new one in place.

I'll miss these, we've been so many miles together.

[SadieKate]

Because you asked . . . . .

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ht=side+unclip

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ht=side+unclip

[Zen]

Wow.
I'd say you got your money's worth out of those.

[Bklynmom]

Wow - you can replace them without guilt!

I always unclip on the Left, every time. Maybe it's my politics.

[Bklynmom]

Wow - you can replace them without guilt!

I always unclip on the Left, every time. Maybe it's my left leaning politics.

[Running Mommy]

Yep, I'm a lefty too.. BUT I also have to start with my left clipped in, so it's kind of a pain. I've tried to become one with unclipping on the right, but it just aint RIGHT!! .... Sorry... Had to do that..

[TsPoet]

Don't replace, rotate

[blueskies]

So who else went & looked at the bottom of their shoes after looking at Silver's picture?

[Bklynmom]

OK OK. I'm looking right now...

[light_sabe_r]

Interesting. It's suprising how many of you unclip your left first. I'dve thought you'd all be righties so you can use the kerb when you're stopped at stop signs and stop lights (and so cars don't ACCIDENTLY run over your feet as they take off from the lights either)

I unclip my left foot first because otherwise I'm leaning into the traffic on my commute. If I unclip my left I can rest it on the gutter/traffic islands/etc when I'm stopped at the lights.

[skyhand]

I'm a lefty unclippy kinda girl, all the way

[Mr. Bloom]

I clip in left first and clip out right first.

[Bron]

Interesting. It's suprising how many of you unclip your left first. I'dve thought you'd all be righties so you can use the kerb when you're stopped at stop signs and stop lights (and so cars don't ACCIDENTLY run over your feet as they take off from the lights either)

This is why I unclip left (born and grew up in the UK), so I thought I would swap sides in Germany. No way - I dumped myself in the road at a left turn and have gone back to what I know.

We have rubber "kool-covers" to protect the cleats but there is still no way I am going to get 4700 miles out of mine.

[SlowButSteady]

I mount my bike from the left, clip in the right foot first and when I unclip it is left first.

Personally, this is a habit from having grown up riding horses.

You always handle horses from the left, mount from the left and dismount from the left. This convention arose from the days of swordsmen. I guess your average Joe Swordsman was a rightie....had his scabbard on the left leg so he could reach across with his right hand to draw his sword. It was easier to swing the unencumbered right leg across the horse to mount.

My 11 year old son is riding with me some now. I tell him to mount his bike from the left. Old habits die hard. Maybe I need to show him how to really ride and get out a couple of our pasture pets.

[silver]

I'm pretty uncoordinated. When I wore the spd's I always unclipped both at the same time.

But these were really hard for me to adjust to. So I had to learn to just unclip the one. I always unclip the right first and stand on the right leg. I'd probably fall over if forced to unclip the left first.

This next time I really might consider rotating them. These are too far gone. The yellow part is grippier and without it, they are really slippery.

I've got the new ones on now and hate that they are tight. I do have kool kovers, but I hate carrying them around. I'm going to try to be better about using them this time and see how many miles I can get on them.