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10-20-2011, 12:39 AM
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I can haz pedals!
My pedals showed up today!! Dropped everything and put them on the bike, and yeah it's kinda a weird feeling the first couple times you clip in. It's dark, cold, and pouring so I haven't been able to ride with them yet but they look cool!
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10-20-2011, 02:06 AM
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TwoJ
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lol, you will get lazy and when you try to ride when you are not clipped in it will feel like your feet are sliding all over the pedals 
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10-20-2011, 04:26 AM
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A couple of quick suggestions. While its raining, bring the bike either inside or in a garage where you can lean up against a wall for support to practice getting in an out of them. When you first start, start unclipping earlier than you think you need to for a while in situations like approaching a stop sign or light. In no time you just develop a sense of when to get in an out of the pedals that you really don't have to think about it that much if at all. It just becomes second nature.
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10-20-2011, 01:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photosbymark
A couple of quick suggestions. While its raining, bring the bike either inside or in a garage where you can lean up against a wall for support to practice getting in an out of them. When you first start, start unclipping earlier than you think you need to for a while in situations like approaching a stop sign or light. In no time you just develop a sense of when to get in an out of the pedals that you really don't have to think about it that much if at all. It just becomes second nature.
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Yeah I had the bike in the apartment and clipped in and out for about 10 minutes, and pedaled backwards for a bit. It definitely took more effort to clip in than I first expected, the first time I tried to do it I was off the bike and trying to clip one foot in then swing my other leg over the bike. Yeah that didn't work out so hot! LOL
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10-20-2011, 07:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photosbymark
A couple of quick suggestions. While its raining, bring the bike either inside or in a garage where you can lean up against a wall for support to practice getting in an out of them. When you first start, start unclipping earlier than you think you need to for a while in situations like approaching a stop sign or light. In no time you just develop a sense of when to get in an out of the pedals that you really don't have to think about it that much if at all. It just becomes second nature.
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What Mark said about it becoming second nature is true. But that only happened after i took a spill 
I realized it had become second nature after being run off the road and into a ditch by a dog that was chasing me. by sheer habit I had unclipped and avoided a nasty fall.
They will improve your riding ability and are worth the effort to learn though. G'luck
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10-20-2011, 09:36 PM
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Shore Rat
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I use spds for all my riding xcountry,free ride and downhill I cannot imagine trying to ride hard and fast and not be clipped in ,it's a learning curve but once you get it you'll never go back.
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10-20-2011, 10:41 PM
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...also, with most clipless pedal systems, you can adjust the tension and make it easier or more difficult to clip in and out. It will become old hat sooner than you know. Having said that, do not be surprised if you do happen to fall over because you "forgot" to unclip  .
Cheers,
Brian J.
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10-21-2011, 12:30 AM
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For a beginner, adjust your pedals to the lowest tension.
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10-21-2011, 03:04 PM
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It wasn't that I forgot to unclip, in my case it was the friggin thing wouldn't unclip. A little oil later fixed the problem and I didn't get hurt, but I went over in front of the best looking 25 year old blond I have seen in a long time. At least she didn't laugh till after I was gone and ok.
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10-21-2011, 10:04 PM
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So I got my first chance to actually ride the bike today. I didn't go far cause it's still freezing, it's supposed to be warmer tomorrow so hopefully that will help. But in 6 miles I discovered that it feels like my shoes are tightening as the ride goes on, which was weird but possibly psychological. It also felt like I was more aware of what the bike was doing, more connected to it to use the cheesy cliche (literally and figuratively lol.) Which was kinda unnerving going through corners the first few times, it almost felt like the tires were sliding a bit through the corner. But at the same time, it felt like the bike was more in control of me than I was of it. I don't know if that's just my n00bness showing through but it really felt like if the bike wanted to chase after a squirrel I was going to chase after a squirrel.
And sorry mark, no hot doctors to fall in front of today 
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