Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site mako.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!mako!jans From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Mounting/Dismounting with cleated shoes... Message-ID: <844@mako.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:18:57 EDT Article-I.D.: mako.844 Posted: Mon Jul 8 16:18:57 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 06:36:27 EDT References: <3010003@acf4.UUCP> Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 29 Summary: In article <3010003@acf4.UUCP> mancello@acf4.UUCP (Dominic Mancello) writes: >... interested ... in mounting and dismounting a bicycle with cleated racing >shoes. Of course REAL CYCLISTS never remove their feet from the clips until they are through with the ride! (Don't believe me? Watch some of the Manhattan bicycle messengers -- and "hello" to any Central Delivery alumnii who might be on the net!) >For example, when I... stop for a red light... I take my right foot off of >the pedal and drop it to the ground. The problem comes when I have to >reinsert my right foot into the toe clip and onto the pedal. Many pedals have a small "kick tab" prjecting from bottom rear of the pedal. Push off with your left leg. (which is still strapped in) As the right pedal comes to the top, tap the "kick tab" with your right toe, causing the pedal to flip right-side-up, then shove your foot in. Any worth-while cleat should have a ramp on the toe side to keep the cleat from hanging up on either the rear or front edge of the pedal cage. Perhaps your cleats are mounted backwards? With the "kick tab" on the pedals, and the ramp on the cleats, getting in is just a matter of practice. Once you've got that mastered, you can begin practicing rocking back and forth against a pebble, or small road surface irregularities, and never have to worry about getting back in. Who says you need a track bike to stand still? -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::