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Simon Brooke
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in message <[email protected]>, Peter Clinch
('[email protected]') wrote:
> Richard Belcher wrote:
>
>> The one thing everyone will tell you is to stick with it.
>> Yes, you will fall over a few times but it's usually when
>> you stop go to put your foot down then...TIMBER... we've
>> all been there so don't worry. Practice, practice,
>> practice...it'll soon be second nature to clip
>> in/out & you'll wonder how you ever used to get around
>> without them.
>
> Worth noting is that once you're used to it it's actually
> *easier* than getting out of clips and straps, especially
> if you've got straps done up tight and have to stop
> unexpectedly.
Oh, gosh, yes, *much* easier. Back in the day getting your
foot out was such a bloody hassle that you'd adopt any sort
of strategy to avoid doing it, up to and including track-
standing at traffic lights. Clipless is *far* easier.
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[email protected] (Simon Brooke)
http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the
dawn. ;; Jim Morrison
('[email protected]') wrote:
> Richard Belcher wrote:
>
>> The one thing everyone will tell you is to stick with it.
>> Yes, you will fall over a few times but it's usually when
>> you stop go to put your foot down then...TIMBER... we've
>> all been there so don't worry. Practice, practice,
>> practice...it'll soon be second nature to clip
>> in/out & you'll wonder how you ever used to get around
>> without them.
>
> Worth noting is that once you're used to it it's actually
> *easier* than getting out of clips and straps, especially
> if you've got straps done up tight and have to stop
> unexpectedly.
Oh, gosh, yes, *much* easier. Back in the day getting your
foot out was such a bloody hassle that you'd adopt any sort
of strategy to avoid doing it, up to and including track-
standing at traffic lights. Clipless is *far* easier.
--
[email protected] (Simon Brooke)
http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the
dawn. ;; Jim Morrison