Advice for novice cyclist

Big_G_RC

mcfisco wrote: »

I'm sorry but this is not on, every cyclist new to clipless pedals MUST have at least one comedy off at traffic lights, it's a rite of passage, and a bit of entertainment for others

yup. I did 3 rides and thought there's nothing to this "clipped in" lark until I toppled over at the lights. Half the cars were !!!!ing themselves in laughter. the other half didn't know what the hell had just happened. I just dusted myself off and set off avoiding eye contact with everyone!

I then managed 1400 miles before the next incident! I clipped my right foot in first and just as I was about to set off started to fall over to the right and sure enough my foot wasn't coming out and down I went! I was more concerned about my new £240 shoes than anything else

Now I just hold onto cars at the lights or railings, etc

I must say wearing proper stiff shoes clipped in makes a hell of a difference to the power you can put down. I tried popping down to the shops on my Carbon Tarmac in DC's and my sprint off the lights was very laughable

kwmlondon

Whereabouts are you in the country? If you're in London I really, really recommend bikeworks - brilliant people, as helpful and supportive as you could ever hope, non-profit and they will not be out to flog you the most they can. Google them - they're in a couple of locations around the place.

Weird_Nev

Have a read of my MOneysaving expert thead!
I've put some videos there too about basic bike set up too.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4718117

(If anyone else could assist, I have asked that this be made sticky, but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears. If you think it's worthwhile as a guide, I'll keep updating it, and I'd love it to be a sticky!)

Kernel_Sanders

All these clipped calamities could be avoided by adding a pair of these...