Zippy
New Member
- Location
- Camborne, Cornwall
My first morning using SPDs on my MTB. I added an extra 15 minutes to my journey time to cater for practising clicking in and out of my new pedals and shoes and didn't do too badly.
Only two problems I had were the snap on engagement wasn't as positive as I would have liked. It felt like metal on metal which was a bit like walking on ice. It felt like my shoe might slip forward instead of engaging the cleats and I was worried about losing control of the bike, especially when stopping at give ways. Disengaging was ok.
The other problem was my foot naturally engages the pedals at the instep rather than the ball of the foot. Where I had mule type pedal straps I just had to flick the pedal up and shunt my foot forward, but now my placing has to be more precise.
I guess it will come in time.
Only two problems I had were the snap on engagement wasn't as positive as I would have liked. It felt like metal on metal which was a bit like walking on ice. It felt like my shoe might slip forward instead of engaging the cleats and I was worried about losing control of the bike, especially when stopping at give ways. Disengaging was ok.
The other problem was my foot naturally engages the pedals at the instep rather than the ball of the foot. Where I had mule type pedal straps I just had to flick the pedal up and shunt my foot forward, but now my placing has to be more precise.
I guess it will come in time.