Dumb/Stupid/Idiotic Move

[Zen]

(If I'm reading this right) why can't you put the shoe-pedal on the crank then take the shoe off?

[tantrumbean]

This might help (various methods in there)... Then again it might not...

Good luck!!!

http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/sh...ht=cleat+stuck

[ny biker]

(If I'm reading this right) why can't you put the shoe-pedal on the crank then take the shoe off?

I'm thinking that's what the guys at the LBS would do.

It would never have occurred to me that you can't get the pedal off the shoe in that situation.

And if it were me, I would go into the LBS laughing at myself.

Before I got clipless pedals, my trainer told me not to get them because he thought I would not be able to laugh at myself when I did the inevitable horizontal trackstand. I proved him wrong - I laugh at myself every time I fall over due to not clipping out in time. I think laughing at yourself is key when you go clipless.

[Aquila]

I would TOTALLY have done this if the bike pedals hadn't been put on the bike when the LBS guys built it up before I picked it up.

But I've put the shoes on the bike without my feet in them, and it isn't that hard to get them off. So I'm wondering if there's a mechanical thing without being on the pedal, or just a hold/leverage thing? (Because now I sort of want to try it, but I wouldn't know how to get my pedals off...)

Good luck with it!

[Zen]

. So I'm wondering if there's a mechanical thing without being on the pedal, or just a hold/leverage thing?

Hammer time

[Karma007]

I so would have done that! Instead I experiment with clipless balancing in my garage between ex's 2 corvettes...unwise as well...

[7rider]

I had my shoe stuck in a pedal on my bike once when (unbeknownst to me) I lost a bolt on the cleat and the other was loose. Had a bear of a time trying to get them disconnected, and it was a freaky-scary ride home, because it was on my left shoe - the foot I normally disengage at stop signs, etc.
Lesson learned: ALWAYS check your cleats and make sure they are tight!

[Blueberry]

Got a shoe stuck in a spin bike - took 3 people to get it out. Yep, the screws came loose. No idea how that happened.

CA

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wow, that was really dumb.




(JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!)


Good thing you live in GA, where there's little likelihood of anyone daring you to stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole....



Hope you get your problem solved without further embarrassment.

[OakLeaf]

No, not dumb at all (but the LBS is not being very helpful). When I brought my shoes and pedals with me to install on a rented bike, I clipped the cleats into the pedals so that everything stayed together in my suitcase. All you need to do is screw the pedal into the crankarm. Fully engage the threads, but you don't have to tighten them. Now you've got enough leverage to unclip. You don't need to put your foot in the shoe, remember it's actually pretty small muscles in the ankle that you use to unclip, so you'll be able to do it with your hands. If you didn't tighten the pedals when the shoes were on them, do it now so you don't forget later - although they don't have to be very tight.