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| 2862.1 | Practice, Practice, Practice... | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Tue Oct 04 1994 09:09 | 10 |
| "How do you get the Carnagie Hall..."
Funny, I don't remember beating my shins up last year when I went
my SPD's. I did loosen the adjustment up as much as possible with
the intent of tightening them up once I go used to them.
I did get used to them and never did tighten them. I never pre-release
and always pop out when I have/need to...
Chip
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| 2862.2 | Different Bumpers? | USCTR1::VINCENT | | Tue Oct 04 1994 11:30 | 11 |
| There are different "bumpers" to make getting in/out of the pedals
easier/harder....also, I've been told that it takes a few rides to get
the "bumpers" broken in.
One thing that I noticed with my SPD's is that the contact point on the
shoe is different than my road pedals (speedplays). For a while, I was
trying to jam my foot in and just hitting sole instead of cleat. I
suspect with some practice you won't have any problems...and no doubt
being in "chase mode" contributed to bloody ankles!
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| 2862.3 | | STOWOA::SWFULLER | | Tue Oct 04 1994 12:47 | 11 |
| I have the same problem. When I need break loose of the pedal and need
to clip back in, while attempting to follow some mountain goat, I have
a real problem lining up the contact points. Once found, foot drops in
easy.
I have been advised strongly to grease the contact points on ONZA's.
This helps once contact is made, but finding it is the challenge. I
assume this is a problem with all clipless pedals while in challenging
single track.
steve
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| 2862.4 | Give it some time | AIMHI::LARSON | | Tue Oct 04 1994 17:37 | 17 |
| I was playing with my cleat set up last night. I think I had the cleat
too far forward. It looks like the sole of the shoe was too close to
the cleat, so I slid the cleat back 1/2 inch. I've heard that the set
up on clipless ATB should be different than road pedals anyway. The
spindle on road should be under the ball of the foot while the ATB
should be 1/2 - 3/4 inch behind the ball. I'll give it some time and
reply in a week or so. Hopefully, my feet will begin to "remember"
where the sweet spot on the pedal is by then.
Mike
PS
pete, the blood was definitely caused by chasing those heartless pedal
mashers. And they were enjoying my frustration so much that we did an
extra loop in my honor. I had the last laugh because a bloody day on
the trails is better than a lazy slob day on the couch...I still had a
blast.
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| 2862.5 | Whadya mean? | AIMHI::LARSON | | Tue Oct 04 1994 17:45 | 7 |
| pss
Chip, what's "how do you get the carnagie hall?" mean?
I am horrible at Trivial P
mikeursuit
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| 2862.6 | MTB = Blood Sport | USCTR1::VINCENT | | Tue Oct 04 1994 19:31 | 6 |
| re:.4
Your buddies would fit right in on one of our rides....
We usually don't end a MTB ride until ALL participants are bleeding
from someplace ;^)
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| 2862.7 | | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Wed Oct 05 1994 09:29 | 5 |
| -2 It's an old joke... A guy hails a taxi and asks the driver how to
get to Carnagie Hall. The taxi driver responds "Practice, practice,
practice..."
Chip
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| 2862.8 | | NOVA::FISHER | Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady | Wed Oct 05 1994 09:29 | 11 |
| The joke was:
Fellow walking along avenue in NYC, looking at all the street signs,
stops and asks a kid who's practicing violin on the steps of his apt
building.
"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?"
"Practice, practice, practice."
ed
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| 2862.9 | | NOVA::FISHER | Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady | Wed Oct 05 1994 09:29 | 1 |
| notes collision...
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| 2862.10 | | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Wed Oct 05 1994 09:30 | 1 |
| <- Treated and released... :-) No serious injuries reported.
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| 2862.11 | | NOVA::FISHER | Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady | Wed Oct 05 1994 09:30 | 1 |
| :-)
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| 2862.12 | Any Corn in a storm | HERON::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Wed Oct 05 1994 10:57 | 8 |
| Is that the same joke as the guy in the hospital after a bad accident?
"Doctor, doctor, will I be able to play the piano when I get out?"
"Of course you will, my friend."
"-That's great , I couldn't when I came in."
;>)
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| 2862.13 | Onza vs. Speedplay "Frog" | ASABET::PWARD | | Tue Nov 15 1994 12:30 | 5 |
| I'm thinking of getting clipless pedals. Are Onza the best choice, in
terms of easy/dependable entry and exit, feel, etc? Has anyone tried,
a very different pedal, the Speedplay "Frog".
Patrick
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| 2862.14 | | SMURF::LARRY | | Wed Nov 16 1994 12:42 | 5 |
| You might want to take a look at last months (Oct 94?) Bicycling magazine.
It reviewed lots of pedals. Included in the analysis was ease of entry/exit.
If I recall the Onza's were not rated easy to get into. I have a friend
who has them and must admit that he does not click in too quickly but
I'm not sure if he just needs to get used to them.
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| 2862.15 | | STOWOA::SWFULLER | | Wed Nov 16 1994 14:27 | 3 |
| I have found Onza's not easy to get in, but easy to get out.
steve
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