Forgot I was using clipless pedals...
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Forgot I was using clipless pedals...
So I'm on my way home from work with the new CAAD9 5 in the middle of downtown Ottawa.. about a block from Parliament hill when I have to stop for a red light. So I stop and realize my foot isn't coming off the pedal.. There are dozens of pedestrians & cars, busses, EVERYWHERE, most of whom were checking out my sweet-*** whip. I panic. I see a light pole 12" to my left and grab it just before teetering over.
I will NOT/NOT forget I'm using clipless pedals again.
I will NOT/NOT forget I'm using clipless pedals again.
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But you didn't fall over. This time.
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I'm going from a sloppy comfort/mountain bike w/ platforms to a roadie (an unforgiving CAAD9 no less) w/ clipless. This is a pretty huge jump for me. I think if I can stick it out another week or so, I can avoid the falling over phase... I don't want to jinx it though so I should shut up now.
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i do the same thing...not sure if i unclip at 20 feet or 10 feet before i need to stop, but i certainly unclip a couple seconds before i come to a dead stop so i'm prepared to put my foot on the ground.
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So I'm on my way home from work with the new CAAD9 5 in the middle of downtown Ottawa.. about a block from Parliament hill when I have to stop for a red light. So I stop and realize my foot isn't coming off the pedal.. There are dozens of pedestrians & cars, busses, EVERYWHERE, most of whom were checking out my sweet-*** whip. I panic. I see a light pole 12" to my left and grab it just before teetering over.
I will NOT/NOT forget I'm using clipless pedals again.
I will NOT/NOT forget I'm using clipless pedals again.
I thinking of buying a pair of Speedplay LAs too since missing the "clip in" (ie pedal is up side down) is growing old as well
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Touch wood, but I've ridden around there since 1970, and I still do now... never fallen over once, neither with toe clips or clipless pedals. Guess I'm just lucky, or too scared to fall over... some of that OC Transpo and Outaouais bus traffic on Wellington can be deadly.
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once you get over the "forgetting to unclip" phase, you'll move on to the "unclip one foot and accidentally lean to the other side and fall over" phase.
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Touch wood, but I've ridden around there since 1970, and I still do now... never fallen over once, neither with toe clips or clipless pedals. Guess I'm just lucky, or too scared to fall over... some of that OC Transpo and Outaouais bus traffic on Wellington can be deadly.
Don't have to fall to be killed dwtn.
Just love Rideau/Sussex intersection...
To the OP: the clipless fall will happen when you'll be used to your pedals...this confidence will trick you
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That's still my problem. I'm so used to unclipping the right and stepping forward and off the saddle at lights and such that whenever I'm in the position that I need to step out with my left I forget to clip out and have had a few of those nice public falls because of it.
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I fell over when I changed clipless pedals and thought i would take them for a spin and adjust the tension at stops till i got it just right. I fell twice before I had to admit to the wife i would need to return home and adjust them holding onto a pole.
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LOL, that's the intersection I was at. Actually it was Rideau/Mackenzie but basically same place.
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+1 - but I usually figure it out after I have kneed myself in the chin at the start of the first couple of climbs.
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