"Martin Newstead" <
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> Martin Bulmer wrote:
> > As a recent convert to attaching myself securely to my bike, I was
> > telling a non-cycling mate about how good they were.
> > "What if you come off, the bike comes with you?"
>
> No it doesn't.
>
Yes it does, especially if you fall in the river !
If any convincing were needed, my wife was utterly convinced that she wasn't
going to try them. She almost cracked some ribs laughing though !
I'm still a convert, just need to be a little more carefull. I'd previously
poo-pooed a concept where you needed special shoes to cycle in, and stuck to
toe-clips. Having had a go with "combination" pedals - SPD one side, plain
the other, I v. soon swapped for dedicated double-sided SPDs (Time's variant
to be exact), since I'd never want to use the non-SPD side as you can't then
have toe-clips. I did contemplate fitting cleats to my brogues, but sold-out
to conventional thinking and bought the special bike-shoes.
Hywel