Wife wont let me have clip ins

[Dave Cass]

I have been cycling in London for about 4 months now and am keen to increase efficiency. Someone i know was recently seriously injured on a bike and the wife has now "asked me nicely" not to get clip ins. Does anyone know a hard shoe (to increase efficiency) that doesnt have clip ins? Also, is it worth it, or is the real difference felt from the upward pull of clip-ins.

Thanks.

 

[Gary E]

How fond of the wife are you?

 

[The Brewer]

Best get clipless then, sorted

 

[Friz]

Best get clipless then, sorted

There ye go. Follow the letter of the law. Not the spirit of the law.

 

[numbnuts]

Tell her your the boss Ouch what was that for.....

 

[PaulSecteur]

These are decent for the cash, and they also have screw on cover hiding the SPD fittings...just in case your missus changes her mind... or you change the missus!

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/shimano-mt32-shoes-id_8126372.html

 

[Deleted member 1258]

These are decent for the cash, and they also have screw on cover hiding the SPD fittings...just in case your missus changes her mind... or you change the missus!

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/shimano-mt32-shoes-id_8126372.html

I've got two pairs of those, one pair with cleats for use when I'm on clipless, and one pair without cleats for when I'm on clips and straps.

 

[Noodley]

Not quite seeing the reasoning, does she think that having 'clip ins' is in any way related to safety?

Tell her that if you are clipped in then the efficiency will make you more able to get out of trouble than wobbling about with your feet all over the place.

 

[The Jogger]

Not quite seeing the reasoning, does she think that having 'clip ins' is in any way related to safety?

Tell her that if you are clipped in then the efficiency will make you more able to get out of trouble than wobbling about with your feet all over the place.

Maybe it's when you stop at the lights and forget to unclip in time, then fall in the direction of the front of a bus, could be running through her mind as it did mine.

 

[subaqua]

Maybe it's when you stop at the lights and forget to unclip in time, then fall in the direction of the front of a bus, could be running through her mind as it did mine.

or put into 1st and pedal hard and wheelying as you go up a cobbled towpath falling off with the bike still attached to your feet and now on top of you with your legs in the air and you on your back. no never ever ever done that Mlud honest.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Get some spd's and then tell her how much you're gonna miss her.

 

[YahudaMoon]

Wife Won't let me have clip ins

It's your wife, not your mother. Get a grip man

I have been cycling in London for about 4 months now and am keen to increase efficiency

This is what you need to tell the wife. Cycling does not make you infertile. Its a myth
It could improve you night times

Someone i know was recently seriously injured on a bike and the wife has now "asked me nicely" not to get clip ins

Don't be nice back, don't ask her. Tell her your getting clip ins

Does anyone know a hard shoe (to increase efficiency) that doesnt have clip ins? Also, is it worth it, or is the real difference felt from the upward pull of clip-ins.

No point in asking this question as yet. You need to sort the wife out first

 

[derrick]

WTF

 

[HLaB]

I'd guess that since I've got cleats, I'm actually safer on the bike my balance has become better

 

[Steve H]

Jeremy Kyle would tell you to grow a pair!