Mtb Instruction & Skills

[Artista]

I've also found that I have more latitude in my mtb fit than I do with the road bike. Yes, stopping more must have something to do with it, but I think our bodies just plain move differently while mtb'ing compared to road riding.

On another note, I changed from Frogs to SPD's on my road bike when I put SPD's on my mtb. It seemed safer & more efficient to teach my feet to unclip the same way on both bikes.

Today was my first road bike ride with the new pedals. The road bike pedals were way easier to unclip than the ones on my mtb. I was sure that there was a difference in the pedal tension between the two bikes. I did back-to-back test rides for comparison. It turns out that there is no difference at all. After riding the road bike, I was able to unclip easily on the mtb. Once I reproduced the "trapped" effect on both bikes, it messed with my ability to unclip from the road bike too.

At this point, I'm thinking that my unclipping drills on the mtb are doing more harm than good. I have a plan...this weekend, I'm going to take the road bike out for a quick ride to get that unclipping muscle memory back & then go straight to the trail with the mtb where I'll have less opportunity to over-think the unclipping process. I'll let you know how it goes.