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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
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Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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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?
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