I just joined the clipless timber club!

[CorsairMac]

SAC
just could not resist...typed so fast I actually used my sorta dead left hand.
Your good therapy for this SAC Corsair

and that my friend - was YOUR conquered hill for the day!! Glad I could be of service! although we need to change your acronym to SCA=Snow-Challenged Angel

[Surlygirl]

and that my friend - was YOUR conquered hill for the day!! Glad I could be of service! although we need to change your acronym to SCA=Snow-Challenged Angel

I don't know Corsair, I think she has a bit of the devil in her too. Said with a good Irish Brogue. (Just kidding Karen).

[massbikebabe]

'Tis Fine....


The devil still lives in me



karen (SCA)

[bikerz]

I started out with clipless pedals, just to get all the new stuff over with at once, and everyone said - "well, you'll fall 3 times and then you'll get it". So after my third fall, I thought "yay - so that's done with!" and proceeded to fall 3 more times. Always at a standstill, usually with the maximum audience possible given the circumstances, and only once ending up with any damage to more than my ego! I think it was fall #4 that occurred on my first ride with TE gals Trek420 and aka_kim - I was hoping to make a good impression - meeting these really nice women who know a lot about riding... and they very kindly gave me "style points" - which was nice!

[DebW]

Anybody else here old enough to remember the days before clipless pedals, when wearing cleats meant you had to reach down with your hand and loosen the toe strap to get out of the pedals? Oh, and the cleats were nailed to your shoe. I went over once with clips and cleats when I forgot to loosen the strap. You really had to plan ahead before you got to the intersection. Clipless pedals are wonderful.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Anybody else here old enough to remember the days before clipless pedals, when wearing cleats meant you had to reach down with your hand and loosen the toe strap to get out of the pedals? Oh, and the cleats were nailed to your shoe. I went over once with clips and cleats when I forgot to loosen the strap. You really had to plan ahead before you got to the intersection. Clipless pedals are wonderful.

Me too! I started with cleats and straps - but my cleats weren't nailed to my shoes. And yes, I did go over once with clips and cleats. And once again with clipless. But I love my clipless pedals, can't imagine riding without them!

--- Denise

[Bike Goddess]

Anybody else here old enough to remember the days before clipless pedals, when wearing cleats meant you had to reach down with your hand and loosen the toe strap to get out of the pedals? Oh, and the cleats were nailed to your shoe. I went over once with clips and cleats when I forgot to loosen the strap. You really had to plan ahead before you got to the intersection. Clipless pedals are wonderful.

Funny that you should ask! When I first started cycling in the 60's I got special shoes that had a ridge on the bottom that fit on the pedal, PLUS the toe clips. The shoes didn't fit very well, so I usually just rode using my tennis shoes! Those were the days when I also rode with "sew ups" as they were lighter than "clinchers". Oh the good old days of cycling! OF course that was when all we had were 10 speeds in light road bikes. Other bikes had more speeds but I was too snobby to ride one of "those"!

RE Old La Honda Road- You'll appreciate the power of "clipless" on the climb!
Let us know how you do (My old stomping grounds way back when!!)

[cusepack]

Welcome to the club It's always good to get that first fall out of the way! After my first fall I actually felt so much more secure on the bike and knew what I would need to do the next time, that I didn't do the first time - like clip out!!!

[Duck on Wheels]

... everyone said - "well, you'll fall 3 times and then you'll get it". ... I think it was fall #4 that occurred on my first ride with TE gals Trek420 and aka_kim - I was hoping to make a good impression - meeting these really nice women who know a lot about riding... and they very kindly gave me "style points" - which was nice!

I am SO relieved to hear that Trek420 is kind about this kind of thing. I'll be trying out clipless on the road for the first time, prob'ly together with li'l sister Trek420, in a couple of weeks. Hard to get my 3 falls out of the way in spin class, though I am practicing clipping and unclipping. I've been busy seeing my life in review, just to check whether Trek has anything to take revenge for. I don't think I've done anything particularly nasty. In fact, I even rescued her once when she got a cramp while swimming in a cold lake. Guess I'm about to cash in on that soon.

[Trek420]

bikeless in WI

"I am SO relieved to hear that Trek420 is kind about this kind of thing."

Jeepers bikeless, it's me? What'dja ya expect? I'm generally kind to animals and falling cyclists...;-)

"....I've been busy seeing my life in review, just to check whether Trek has anything to take revenge for."

Not that I can think of...hmmm. Reviewing my life...will let you know.

"I don't think I've done anything particularly nasty. In fact, I even rescued her once when she got a cramp while swimming in a cold lake. Guess I'm about to cash in on that soon."

She did! Norwegian lakes are coooold.

Going clipless is minor, keep that one for a major favor.

[mtkitchn]

I took a few falls when I first got clipless pedals, most notably in my front room when I took down the Christmas tree. Since then I've had a good month of not falling, and assumed I had this clipless thing figured out. But two days ago I took my worst dump yet, coming to an emergency stop and not getting clipped out. Banged up my knee pretty bad, put on a show for about 30 people and haven't been able to work or work out since.
So I guess I still need to think about what the heck I'm doing at all times!!!!

[Jen]

Took my first clipless fall last weekend too. Right at two major intersections. I was ready to come off the bike before my pedal was ready to let me go! I also almost went over a guard rail. I was looking at my rear cassette and did not notice that i was running into the guard rail that protected me froma 20ft. drop. OOPs! Good news, I recovered and went on to fall two more times. Hopefully I am done fallling for the season. I think I will do what the manual says to do and loosen up the clip so it is easier to get out.