I unclip left because it feels more comfortable for me, but my DH who taught me how to ride clipless unclips right. I guess I would have fewer chain tattoos if I unclipped right, but it just feels right to unclip left
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View Poll Results: Do you unclip with your left foot or your right foot?
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Thread: Left or Right?
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04-21-2006, 04:45 PM #1
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04-21-2006, 06:18 PM #2
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I rode half the 21 miles today thinking "I HATE my new cleats!" I was nearly dislocating my hip unclipping at stop lights, and thought I'd fall once. Finally figured out that I just need to use a new forward motion twist to unclip, different from my last cleats. Scary there for a few stops.
I unclip right because that's where the curb is. When I couldn't get my right foot out, I unclipped and leaned left so I wouldn't fall. It wasn't hard, but it was a bear getting my foot back in the clip. I'm used to that left foot just staying put.Run like a dachshund! Ride like a superhero! Swim like a three-legged cat!
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04-21-2006, 06:30 PM #3
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Honestly, I'm not sure. I'll have to pay more attention to it, I guess! I suspect mostly right, but I know that I swing the other way as well. Though I am right handed, I have a goofy right side from the hips down, so my left leg is stornger (and larger) than my right leg. I'm still right side dominant... it just doesn't look that way.
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