LHT First Ride Report

[Catrin]

I have a confession to make, I can't avoid it any longer. I start the bike when seated. My bare tip-toes are only touching the ground yet I still manage to do it - though it unbalances me. I have this mental block about doing it properly - though I've certainly seen plenty of people do this. It is TIME to change this, it slows me down at intersections/so forth and isn't the safest way to start.

I think it is a trust thing - I am afraid the bike will fall over if I commit my weight to that one pedal

Am I unique here? If I am not, how did you get over it?

[t.ruf]

I have a confession to make, I can't avoid it any longer. I start the bike when seated. My bare tip-toes are only touching the ground yet I still manage to do it - though it unbalances me. I have this mental block about doing it properly - though I've certainly seen plenty of people do this. It is TIME to change this, it slows me down at intersections/so forth and isn't the safest way to start.

I think it is a trust thing - I am afraid the bike will fall over if I commit my weight to that one pedal

Am I unique here? If I am not, how did you get over it?

I'm having trouble visualizing what you're doing and what you think you're supposed to be doing. My husband does some nifty guy thing of stepping on the left pedal with his left foot, and then swinging his other leg over the seat while in motion. Looks very cool, and he can even do it with clipless pedals, although it scares me a bit to watch him do it. Is that the kind of commitment to one pedal you mean?

Or do you mean that you balance yourself at stops on both tiptoes rather than leaving one foot on a pedal and propping yourself up with the other? (Like one leg is a kickstand...)

[Catrin]

I'm having trouble visualizing what you're doing and what you think you're supposed to be doing. My husband does some nifty guy thing of stepping on the left pedal with his left foot, and then swinging his other leg over the seat while in motion. Looks very cool, and he can even do it with clipless pedals, although it scares me a bit to watch him do it. Is that the kind of commitment to one pedal you mean?

Or do you mean that you balance yourself at stops on both tiptoes rather than leaving one foot on a pedal and propping yourself up with the other? (Like one leg is a kickstand...)

This thread wound up in two places - sorry about that...

Neither of the above - if you go to the other thread found here then it might help clarify things - at least I hope so.