New pedals
Nov. 30th, 2005 03:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julietI have shiny new SPD pedals on my bike & they are *lovely*.
SPD pedals have to be worn with cycling shoes - the pedals have cleats on them, and the shoes have an inset bit in the sole with a bit of metal on that, and the two lock together. So you're held onto the pedals, making cycling more efficient, & avoiding your feet sliding around & so on. Also beneficial from a knee point of view, as my knees are now nicely held over my toes.
The downside, of course, is that you have to remember to take your feet *out* of the cleats before stopping, or you fall over. Thankfully, whilst the whole thing was a bit of a trial when I experimented in the bike shop last night (after bike maintenance class), it became much easier when actually cycling (rather than hanging onto a bike stand with Ben-the-mechanic making encouraging noises as I totally failed to be able to clip-in (out is actually much easier, as I suppose it should be)). And I didn't fall over once on the way in this morning. Hopefully this will last
Anyway: they are very lovely & make me happy. Hurrah.
Things that do not make me happy include: the tail-end of the cold that had me off work yesterday; the stupid Dell engineer who showed up yesterday & switched the wrong damn disk (& clearly didn't run the BIOS tests to check all was well or would have noticed this...); the fact that it's not hometime yet. Curses.
SPD pedals have to be worn with cycling shoes - the pedals have cleats on them, and the shoes have an inset bit in the sole with a bit of metal on that, and the two lock together. So you're held onto the pedals, making cycling more efficient, & avoiding your feet sliding around & so on. Also beneficial from a knee point of view, as my knees are now nicely held over my toes.
The downside, of course, is that you have to remember to take your feet *out* of the cleats before stopping, or you fall over. Thankfully, whilst the whole thing was a bit of a trial when I experimented in the bike shop last night (after bike maintenance class), it became much easier when actually cycling (rather than hanging onto a bike stand with Ben-the-mechanic making encouraging noises as I totally failed to be able to clip-in (out is actually much easier, as I suppose it should be)). And I didn't fall over once on the way in this morning. Hopefully this will last
Anyway: they are very lovely & make me happy. Hurrah.
Things that do not make me happy include: the tail-end of the cold that had me off work yesterday; the stupid Dell engineer who showed up yesterday & switched the wrong damn disk (& clearly didn't run the BIOS tests to check all was well or would have noticed this...); the fact that it's not hometime yet. Curses.
