Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

Light grey, warm, still and sticky.

I'm out of milk so a corner shop visit is imminent.

 

[biggs682]

Rain is falling gently

 

[Illaveago]

We were out with some friends last night and they said they had Lexa. I was just wondering. What if they had a Minah bird?

 

[Illaveago]

That was fun! I bought some shoes 2nd hand which came with the clip in pedals which came with a bike I bought for a friend. He wouldn't use them so I swapped them over for some pedals off my bike . Not having used clip in shoes and pedals before I was just seeing how the clipper in whilst not on the bike. I couldn't remove the shoe. Ah! I will fit them on my bike and then I will be able to do so.
Good idea at the time but not in reality! I fitted the pedals and wheeled my bike out to the garden where there was a concrete bench which I could rest against. Good in theory! I then tried to put my left foot into the shoe. The crank kept moving around. I couldn't keep the blighter still! I couldn't swing my leg up over the frame as it was supporting me. I was hopping around trying to press my foot into the shoe which was going round and round whilst trying not to fall over. I didn't want to fall and hit my bike against the concrete bench but I was dancing around like a mad thing. I eventually got my foot firmly into the shoe and eventually freed it from the pedal.
I could have got £250 if someone had filmed it!

 

[Pduk]

I've been thinking quite a bit recently about getting clip ins, but struggle to convince myself to pull the trigger.
You've just helped me decide against it

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That was fun! I bought some shoes 2nd hand which came with the clip in pedals which came with a bike I bought for a friend. He wouldn't use them so I swapped them over for some pedals off my bike . Not having used clip in shoes and pedals before I was just seeing how the clipper in whilst not on the bike. I couldn't remove the shoe. Ah! I will fit them on my bike and then I will be able to do so.
Good idea at the time but not in reality! I fitted the pedals and wheeled my bike out to the garden where there was a concrete bench which I could rest against. Good in theory! I then tried to put my left foot into the shoe. The crank kept moving around. I couldn't keep the blighter still! I couldn't swing my leg up over the frame as it was supporting me. I was hopping around trying to press my foot into the shoe which was going round and round whilst trying not to fall over. I didn't want to fall and hit my bike against the concrete bench but I was dancing around like a mad thing. I eventually got my foot firmly into the shoe and eventually freed it from the pedal.
I could have got £250 if someone had filmed it!

I've done something vaguely similar in the past. It's surprising how much twisting power you get with your feet, especially when compared with the hands, isn't it?

 

[Illaveago]

I've done something vaguely similar in the past. It's surprising how much twisting power you get with your feet, especially when compared with the hands, isn't it?

Yes. I just rang a friend who has been using them for years and laughed. He said that they need to be on the bike with your foot in them to get them free.
I was hopping around with my foot stuck in the shoe which was firmly fixed to my bike!

 

[biggs682]

I swapped to the MTB style a few years back and just put the adjustment on the lowest setting and it took a while but they do help.

 

[Moon bunny]

In Costas. Woman across the aisle is in a works Teans meeting, "Rabbit ears" in 10 seconds...

 

[Mike_P]

I use the MTB style, you can get adaptors for 3 hole shoes. Use a normal one on left shoes and a quick release version on right shoes whereby quickly moving your foot in any direction releases the shoe from the pedal. Would not go back to flats.

 

[Pduk]

I use the MTB style, you can get adaptors for 3 hole shoes. Use a normal one on left shoes and a quick release version on right shoes whereby quickly moving your foot in any direction releases the shoe from the pedal. Would not go back to flats.

Interesting. Will have to look into this, currently have flat pedals and normal trainers.

 

[biggs682]

Very humid lunchtime stroll completed.
Brown garden waste bin has been emptied.

 

[Pduk]

Very muggy round these 'ere parts too.

 

[Hover Fly]

In Costas. Woman across the aisle is in a works Teans meeting, "Rabbit ears" in 10 seconds...

She did ' n' all. "Whatcha' laughin' at guys?"

 

[Illaveago]

The ride must be really getting to the riders in the TdF as they are having difficulty finding their mouths with their drinks bottles.