OK, so I don't do this, but my DH does. His pedals are counterbalanced, so they don't drag the ground when the shoes are on (don't know how that happens, but it does). My friend, a pro triathlete, uses rubber bands to have her shoes in the ready position. She rubber bands around the pull tab on the heel of her shoe to the seat stay on each side. Then when she gets on and puts her feet in the shoes to pedal, the rubber bands break and she's on her way.
DH also does the flying dismount, but I have yet to master that one. I figure that as clumsy as I am, it's worth the extra 20-30 seconds it takes for me to safely mount and dismount at a dead stop. I can just see me shaving seconds, but doing a faceplant that costs me the race.
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09-06-2008, 06:04 PM #2
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