View Poll Results: Which foot do you typically unclip or put down at a stop light? (just wondering)
Right Foot
29
43.28%
Left Foot
35
52.24%
Trackstand
3
4.48%
I don't stop rolling!
0
0%
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Another useless poll:
07-09-12, 10:33 AM
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Another useless poll:
Which foot do you typically unclip or put down when you hit a stop light?
07-09-12, 10:39 AM
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most of the time i trackstand at stop lights, but if it's one of the really long cycle lights that i get caught at on a yellow or something, i always clip out with my right foot.
i'm right-handed and right-footed i suppose. makes sense.
i'm right-handed and right-footed i suppose. makes sense.
07-09-12, 10:59 AM
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I don't always unclip, but when I do I prefer the left.
07-09-12, 12:26 PM
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07-09-12, 12:33 PM
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07-09-12, 12:48 PM
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You unclip both feet simultaneously? You can if you want, or one at a time. End result is the same.
If not, why would you unclip both anyway? Better balance, easier to control a heavy bike (think loaded panniers), you just feel like unclipping both feet, fill in the blank
07-09-12, 03:28 PM
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How does that work? You add an option to the poll that says "Both Feet"
You unclip both feet simultaneously? You can if you want, or one at a time. End result is the same.
If not, why would you unclip both anyway? Better balance, easier to control a heavy bike (think loaded panniers), you just feel like unclipping both feet, fill in the blank
You unclip both feet simultaneously? You can if you want, or one at a time. End result is the same.
If not, why would you unclip both anyway? Better balance, easier to control a heavy bike (think loaded panniers), you just feel like unclipping both feet, fill in the blank
BTW the real reason I asked before is because I thought you saying this poll was a fail is rude. It's like saying your answers to my questions is a fail.
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07-09-12, 03:30 PM
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I was noticing the other day that I always put my right foot down on a bicycle, but I put my left foot down on a motorcycle. Mainly because on a motorcycle, the right foot is on the brake when coming to a stop.
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07-09-12, 03:40 PM
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Well, I don't unclip - platform pedals - but I always put down the left leg. I don't think I have ever put down the right foot. Honestly, I had to think back - I never thought about using any specific foot 
07-09-12, 04:07 PM
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Usually my right foot, as I like to set it on the curb (the extra bit of height is more comfortable), but it really depend on which leg I feel like stretching more 
also if the ground is slanted, I usually release the leg on the side that is a bit "higher" for the same reason as the curb.
also if the ground is slanted, I usually release the leg on the side that is a bit "higher" for the same reason as the curb.
07-09-12, 04:12 PM
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07-09-12, 04:23 PM
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There is one light on my commute (where I am crossing the major road) that has such a long cycle length, if I arrive soon after it turns red, I will actually dismount, park my bike on the right stripe, and walk the 4 steps to hit the ped button to call for the next available green. The light's cycle is long enough that I still have time for a drink of water when I get back on the bike.
07-09-12, 04:35 PM
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There is one light on my commute (where I am crossing the major road) that has such a long cycle length, if I arrive soon after it turns red, I will actually dismount, park my bike on the right stripe, and walk the 4 steps to hit the ped button to call for the next available green. The light's cycle is long enough that I still have time for a drink of water when I get back on the bike.
07-09-12, 04:42 PM
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Usually my right foot, but today when I pulled up at a kerbside to stop for a few cars to go by, I couldn't release my foot quick enough. I started to panic and after some frantic kicking I somehow managed to get my foot out and drop it to the floor quickly just before stopping, but on manoeuvring to the ground quickly, I smashed my balls into the front of the seat.
Feebly, I wheeled my bike across the street and up a side alley to nurse the pain and wipe away a tear forming.
Feebly, I wheeled my bike across the street and up a side alley to nurse the pain and wipe away a tear forming.
07-09-12, 07:03 PM
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Left foot down, I'm right-handed and stronger on that side, so I thought it was just common sense to initiate the pedal stroke on the stronger side.
07-09-12, 07:34 PM
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I'm just about always the first out of the gate from a light or other standing start, so the proof is in my pudding, as the saying goes.
07-09-12, 07:49 PM
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Voted left but I often put the right foot down on the curb. Too lazy to get off the saddle and put the foot all the way down to the ground. 
07-09-12, 07:53 PM
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Right foot.
07-09-12, 07:54 PM
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Right foot off.
Thats the one I would use if I had to hoist my bike up onto the sidewalk while some lady on a cell phone decied to rail the corner , apparently not t all concerned that I was stopped there, during the red light I was at the other day.... for example.
Thats the one I would use if I had to hoist my bike up onto the sidewalk while some lady on a cell phone decied to rail the corner , apparently not t all concerned that I was stopped there, during the red light I was at the other day.... for example.
07-09-12, 08:52 PM
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07-09-12, 09:16 PM
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Right foot, because I don't like to remove my left foot from the toe clips unless getting off the bike.
