Standing at stops still clipped rather than duckwalking - Page 4 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

03-11-2005, 09:46 AM

Tom Sherman wrote:
> Tom Keats wrote:
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>> ...
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>>> Should I just accept that I will fall a few times if I try to learn
>>> that?
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't see why anyone should fall by uncoupling one cleat/pedal....
>
>
> Just don't lean in the direction of the clipped in foot!
>

I found that when learning to use clipless on the mtn bike, I made this
mistake often, and when I was not skilled at unclipping, could not
recover. I don't think it is uncommon.
Unclip both until you can do panic unclips easily.

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03-11-2005, 12:45 PM

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:56:30 -0000, wafflycat wrote:
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> "Roger Daniel Pease" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>> I've been cycling for almost a year now. Right now I stop by unclipping
>> both pedals while remaining on the seat and letting my two feet balance me
>> when I reach a complete stop. If I need to move I 'duckwalk'.
>>
>> A lot of riders I've seen will keep one foot clipped in and stand over
>> their bike (unseated) while stopped. Is that an easy habit to get into?
>> Should I just accept that I will fall a few times if I try to learn that?
>> Any suggestions for ways to master that habit?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Roger
>
> I always stop with one foot unclipped (right foot) and the other (left foot)
> still clipped in. It's automatic for me to do that.

Which foot, right or left (and what style of driving UK or the rest of
the worl).

On the back roads I ride on I unclip the left by instinct (US roads
and I'm a righty by birth). I find that others I ride with unclip the
right. Some of the roads I ride are so bad that you unclip with the
right you end up in the drainage ditch. Several feet below the road
level.

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03-11-2005, 04:52 PM

B i l l S o r n s o n wrote:

> rdclark wrote:
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>>Claire Petersky wrote:
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>>>>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:03:40 -0800, <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
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>>>>>>I have to remind myself not to unclip when riding the trike.
>>>>>
>>>>>Heck, I've twisted my foot to "unclip" from the car accelerator.
>>>>
>>>>I've bumped my head on the steering wheel reaching for a toe strap.
>>>
>>>When I made it in my car to the top of the hill I usually go up to
>>>get to work, I started to rummage around the passenger seat, looking
>>>for my water bottle.
>>
>>I become disoriented when my car's side mirror doesn't move when I
>>turn my head. And my eyes look up and to the left when I hear another
>>pedestrian behind me on the sidewalk.
>
>
> When I drive over a pothole, I sometimes start to point down with my right
> hand to warn those behind me.
>
> I also try to use "body english" once in a while when a tricky automotive
> maneuver presents itself.
>
> Neither has proven particularly effective.

Your passengers think you are REALLY weird when you yell "Car Back" or
"Gravel".

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03-11-2005, 06:44 PM

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:13:54 -0500, jj <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:50:25 -0800, "Claire Petersky"
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>>"Zoot Katz" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>>> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:03:40 -0800, <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
>>> "Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
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>>> >"Tom Sherman" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>>> >> I have to remind myself not to unclip when riding the trike.
>>> >
>>> >Heck, I've twisted my foot to "unclip" from the car accelerator.
>>>
>>> I've bumped my head on the steering wheel reaching for a toe strap.
>>
>>When I made it in my car to the top of the hill I usually go up to get to
>>work, I started to rummage around the passenger seat, looking for my water
>>bottle.
>
>I keep mine in the back pockets of my cycling jersey. It's mildly
>uncomfortable because the car seat back makes it dig into my kidneys a
>little. I figure no pain, no gain. ;-)

Worst thing for the car is when I forget to upshift because I don't feel spun
out yet.

Ron

03-12-2005, 06:50 AM

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> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:03:40 -0800, <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> "Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
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> >"Tom Sherman" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> >
> >> I have to remind myself not to unclip when riding the trike.
> >
> >Heck, I've twisted my foot to "unclip" from the car accelerator.
>
> I've bumped my head on the steering wheel reaching for a toe strap.

When I made it in my car to the top of the hill I usually go up to get to
work, I started to rummage around the passenger seat, looking for my water
bottle.

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