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joshtp/mbukman
Joined: 15 May 2008
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Location: the place you drive 4 hours to, WALES! Swansea
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 Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:40 pm |
having just recieved my lovely new dx shoes, and banged out on a quick local, i can confirm that spd's are amazing. it only took me about 10 mins to get used to clipping in and out, 20 mins of gental riding around the street to get used to doing it on the fly, and by the end of my 2 hour ride i was doing it almost without thought. i had one "clipless moment" trying to clear a mega steep slope, but i still managed to unclip before i actually hit the ground, and im even running the cleat tension pretty tight, i prefer the firm feeling.
so, all in all, im chuffed, they do have downsides, like not being quite as good for the kind off hacking about, sessioning stuff, riding i do alot off, but i have my spare bike for that, and they arnt bad.
as well as having no downsides, i found there was plenty to mean i really cant see myself changing back too soon, i get soooooo much better power transfer, can accelarate faster, and i found the climbs alot easyer, i also felt more in controle of the bike, esp in the air, wich is suprising considering i was expecting to feel nervouse in the air!
so, chuffed!
"oh dear, i seem to have hit a tree."
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nicklouseLives Here
Joined: 20 Mar 2003
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Location: A Yorkshire man in Sweden
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BurtonM
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rackgaki
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
Posts: 232
Location: Loughborough
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:55 pm |
spd moment?
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yeehaamcgee
Joined: 07 May 2007
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Location: Worth Nails
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:57 pm |
my money's on his next ride, whenever that may be.
Mae'n enw i wedi ei grafu, hefo hoelan wedi rhydu, ar y lechan las
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nicklouseLives Here
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yeehaamcgee
Joined: 07 May 2007
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Location: Worth Nails
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 6:05 pm |
I remember my first SPD moment.
We were at the top of an earth embankment, I forgot to unclip, and toppled over, falling down the side of this bloody steep bank, a good 30 metres or so, roling over and over.
i was in a lot of pain, but my father, ever the caring parent, just laughed his ars* off at me 
Mae'n enw i wedi ei grafu, hefo hoelan wedi rhydu, ar y lechan las
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joshtp/mbukman
Joined: 15 May 2008
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Location: the place you drive 4 hours to, WALES! Swansea
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:45 pm |
ok, so, you recon its gonna happen next ride? huuhuu, huu. well, i can only hope its not too bad, yeehee-thingamajigs sounds nasty! i supose on the first ride you are always thinking about them, but as time goes on you start to forget your using them, and suddenly! BOOM!
anyway, it doesnt put me off, im hoping that it will help me in the persuit of being faster than my mate thats super fit and has a tricked trek full bouncer.....
"oh dear, i seem to have hit a tree."
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yeehaamcgee
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Location: Worth Nails
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:58 pm |
why do you always turn yeehaamcgee into something much longer?
it's "Yeehaa McGee" simplez.
Mae'n enw i wedi ei grafu, hefo hoelan wedi rhydu, ar y lechan las
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timmys
Joined: 14 Jan 2009
Posts: 106
Location: North London
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Northwind
Joined: 06 Sep 2008
Posts: 4560
Location: Edinburgh
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jayson
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
Posts: 4053
Location: York, United Kingdom
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Thewaylander
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Posts: 1376
Location: Newport
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:16 pm |
yeh i do enjoy watching you SPD riders deck it when trying to get a foot down or summat... it cheers me up :p
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.blitz
Joined: 02 Sep 2008
Posts: 2002
Location: Dick Slee's Cave
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:17 pm |
Still getting SPD moments even now. I don't believe unclipping ever becomes instinctive. Second nature maybe like changing gear but not 'wired in'.
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_Ferret_
Joined: 25 Mar 2008
Posts: 457
Location: Freiburg, Germany
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scale20
Joined: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 496
Location: North Wales
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:15 pm |
Probably the best SPD moment I ever saw was my mate at the end of a ride. we all rode into the village where I live and stopped outside the spar for some scoff. For some reason he was way behind us.
He came hurtling down the road and as we were all watching he decided to pull one of those 'whip out the back wheel' skid only he forgot he was clipped in and hit the floor sideways like a sack of spuds. I think the worst thing for him was that the local 'Spar massiv' kids on their 2L bottles of cider were outside. You can imagine what a nob he felt
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stubs
Joined: 27 Jan 2007
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Location: merseyside
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omegas
Joined: 03 Jun 2007
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Location: Cheshire UK
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Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:01 pm |
For now you will have to think about releasing every time you have to stop,
In a few days maybe weeks you will start to do it without any thought.
One day you will have a emergency stop situation and forget to release and realise your not there yet.
Months from now you will realise that you have been out riding all day without ever thinking about it.
Months maybe a year later you will release as easy as you take a breath of air.
But then it all depends on how often you ride ……….
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tilt
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Southampton
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Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:05 pm |
I had one not long ago, the fc had cleared some ground and dumped all the mud on one of the fire roads we use between trails and put a sign at each end saying not to use it...which we promptly flew past without noticing.
I'm in front and before I know it I hit the stickiest, gackiest load of mud I've ever ridden through (about 1.5 feet deep), stopped dead and just started to topple. Obviously that was the moment my cleat decided it wasn't going to release.
My mates thought it was hilarious, obviously 
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jayson
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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Location: York, United Kingdom
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