Cyrill666
Senior Member
- Location
- Stockton-on-Tees
OK, first ride out today on clipless, found them to be good. Felt confident that my feet would remain connected to the bike at all times (which didn't always happen with the toe cages I had previously, especially if a gear change wasn't smooth) - so that was good. Steep hill climbing seemed a little easier, but that might just be psychological
The ride was a 20 mile lunch time jaunt, traffic on the "quiet" single track country roads was busier than usual (I normally see no-one on at least half of the route!), so clipping in and out was repeated as I waited for vehicles to pass at various spots. So felt confident that I had mastered them.
You know what's coming right?
At about 18 miles, I ducked into a side road to let a HGV pass, he'd been waiting patiently behind me for half a mile so I felt it was the polite thing to do. Slowed down to a crawl in the side road to turn around and rejoin the main road, next thing I know I'm on the floor under my bike. No real damage or injuries to report, just a few scrapes and a dented ego. Not really sure what happened to be honest I think the bike just stopped moving as I turned and gravity did it's thing.
I was absolutely 100% sure I had the peddles mastered - just goes to show!
The ride was a 20 mile lunch time jaunt, traffic on the "quiet" single track country roads was busier than usual (I normally see no-one on at least half of the route!), so clipping in and out was repeated as I waited for vehicles to pass at various spots. So felt confident that I had mastered them.
You know what's coming right?
At about 18 miles, I ducked into a side road to let a HGV pass, he'd been waiting patiently behind me for half a mile so I felt it was the polite thing to do. Slowed down to a crawl in the side road to turn around and rejoin the main road, next thing I know I'm on the floor under my bike. No real damage or injuries to report, just a few scrapes and a dented ego. Not really sure what happened to be honest I think the bike just stopped moving as I turned and gravity did it's thing.
I was absolutely 100% sure I had the peddles mastered - just goes to show!