Ping.....Martin Anderseck

A guy at NAUCC was doing the trials with clip-ins. He was
fantastic. He was obviously one with the machine and his
connection with it was tighter than the hand-on-handle
thing. I wasn't able to watch all his runs, but the ones I
saw were very impressive.

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Yes the guy at the NAUCC was petty good, but I think
clipless pedals are better suited to trials riding than
other types of riding.

After seeing the guy at the NAUCC, I thought I'd give
clipless a try on my muni, just to see what it would be
like. For hopping around, it was fine, but I didn't find
myself jumping any higher.

The problem came with forward riding. It's easyy to unclip
while just hopping or staying in one spot, but it's not so
easy when riding. I practiced riding across my grass yard
and I coudn't safely dismount while riding forward.

So, off with the clipless pedals.

later.... Mojoe

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Nope, I won't add a bloody picture because my face is still
ok 😉 I just tried it for about one hour to see what it's
like. The pedals were set to dismount easily and the cleats
in the shoes were already very "destroyed" by walking. So it
was very easy to leave the pedal, I only had one "almost-
crash" where my feet were on the ground somewhat later than
normal. Anyway: I'd never do that for muniing because the
danger of falling and not being able to dismount is much too
big. But I can imagine that for one foot cycling it could be
quite useful as you're able to push and pull the pedal. All
in all a nice experience but I wouldn't recommend it for
every day's use, the pedals fit better to my b**e....

Bye, Martin with the healthy face 😄

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The guy at NAUCC also fell on one of the harder obstacles,
and I think he broke his arm. Not sure if it was broken, I
never saw him go to the hospital. I did se him asleep on the
park bench in front of the gym icing his arm. That was about
the time that the Muni Orienteering started. If any body
here knows him, do you know if he was alright? He took one
hell of a spill.

Those that competed in the trials event would remember the
obstacle. I believe it was the hardest one. It started with
a car then went to I believe a cable reel to some boards set
up like this /\ /\ /\ /\ and as he was hopping from one to
the next he slammed into the top of one of those /\. I
cringed as I watched him hit and when he got up his arm
looked limp.

It may have happened even if his feet weren't clipped in,
but I am sure it didn't help.

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bugman said:

*The guy at NAUCC also fell on one of the harder
obstacles, and I think he broke his arm. Not sure if it
was broken, I never saw him go to the hospital. I did se
him asleep on the park bench in front of the gym icing his
arm. That was about the time that the Muni Orienteering
started. If any body here knows him, do you know if he was
alright? He took one hell of a spill. *

Jack Hughes took a spill on the trials course and hurt his
arm. I don't know if he broke it or not. But he spent a good
portion of the day after that laying on the bench in front
of the gym putting ice on his wrist. It may have been Jack
Hughes that you saw take the fall, but Jack was not using
clipless pedals.

I did see the guy doing the trials with the clipless pedals.
Slightly crazy to think of doing that, but he was doing OK.

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john_childs said:

* Jack Hughes took a spill on the trials course and hurt
his arm. I don't know if he broke it or not. But he spent
a good portion of the day after that laying on the bench
in front of the gym putting ice on his wrist. It may have
been Jack Hughes that you saw take the fall, but Jack was
not using clipless pedals.

I did see the guy doing the trials with the clipless
pedals. Slightly crazy to think of doing that, but he was
doing OK. *

I stand corrected. Thanks John.

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