New bike - clipless question

[dachshund]

Cool, thanks!

[Sheherazade]

Hi Amy-

I struggled with mine a lot at first. I haven't been riding much more than a week and I have gotten the hang of it. My pedals are Ultegra too- I loosened the adjustment screw all the way and I can get in and out of them a lot faster. I know you mentioned they set them up loose in the store, but you might want to check that anyway. It made a lot of difference to me.

Wendy

[Grog]

Strangely, my 105 pedals are much tighter than BF's Ultegra pedals, and both are at the loosest setting. (I am a bit annoyed by that. And I don't seem to have the right hex key to try to loosen it up more.) Maybe it was a similar problem with your Wellgo... Anyone else noticed this?

[latelatebloomer]

While we're on the subject, what's the proper position of the pedal from which we're unclipping? I seem to want to be at the top - (1pm if not high noon) but I'm sort of pell-mell and inelegant.

I do SO want to be elegant.

[susanm8048]

I had been using SPD pedals for ever and decidied that now I am a REAL rider to progress to a road pedal/shoe system about 6 months ago.

I bought some new Look Keo pedals but had the hardest time getting in and out of them. I even took them to the bike shop to get them to loosen the tension as much as possible. They instead TIGHTENED the tension to the max and of course I had a tumble soon after.

And of course, once you have lost confidence, it all gets worse and worse.

The point of this ramble is, make SURE that the tension is as loose as possible and then practice, practice, practice.

[KnottedYet]

Froggies: no tension, no moving parts, nothing to adjust. It's gotta be something simple to work with my simple mind....

Someday I might look into "real" roadie clipless, because I can see where Frogs let go too easily sometimes. That "slippery like ice" sensation that someone mentioned once can get a little freaky. But Frogs are a good introduction to clipless for me!

[Duck on Wheels]

While we're on the subject, what's the proper position of the pedal from which we're unclipping? I seem to want to be at the top - (1pm if not high noon) but I'm sort of pell-mell and inelegant.

I do SO want to be elegant.

At first I unclipped at the top of the circle, so the other foot wouldn't push 'round and catch my free leg. Now I'm sitting here trying to think what I do and I don't think it matters much any more. I may tend now to unclip towards the bottom of the circle. If I'm stopping, then that's the foot I'm going to stand on and I'll be keeping the other one raised anyway. I'm no longer afraid of spinning the loose pedal into my shins. That only happens when I tip over to the clipped side. Got a rather big bruise on the inside of my unclipped-foot calf after a near FU-fall Saturday. But it'll heal eventually. And I did manage a panic-speed unclip that saved me from falling.