Actually, foot retention does help when grinding a fixed 70 -- 75" gear up a steep hill. You can't do it for long -- half a mile, say -- but it certainly helps. One reason I went back to clipless was that I kept pulling my feet out of the straps when climbing
Patrick Moore iPhone On Jul 23, 2012, at 10:10 PM, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > My favorite comment of all was > > "Mike In Bklyn from Brooklyn > Boy there was a lot of misleading info in this segment. > > On clips and pulling up on the pedals-- anyone who tries to pedal a bike out > of the saddle comes quickly to appreciate clips. And I don't know what kind > of riding this quy has done, but he should try climbing a 9% grade hill and > then tell me whether could do so without pulling up on pedals" Take that > grant, i bet he is always just wishing he had those clipless pedals up Mt > Diablo, since as another guy said the ones without clips ruin our knees. What > a bunch of mouth breathers, this is why bikesnob has just been able to > eviscerate the culture around bikes, it can just get so silly. And while it > is a shame not everyone can afford a Rivendell that doesnt make them out of > reach, I mean these people should think about how much money they piss away > on cars and gas, you will make your money back pretty fast. > > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm in full support of not riding with a helmet if that's what you choose, > but stories from old guys who made it through their youths without them are > easy to come by from the ones who actually made it, 'cause, ya know, we made > it! I crashed a goodly number of times on my old Stingrays and 10-speeds, and > banged my head hard a few times. I'm lucky I got away with it, and usually > wear a helmet now. > > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > On Monday, July 23, 2012 8:31:38 PM UTC-7, charlie wrote: > Great job Grant..........in such a limited format.....don't let some of doz > guyz get ya down. Controversy always gets attention. Its just too bad many > still believe the common misconceptions you often speak of. I used to think > many of things you speak about were necessary (clipless pedals, cycling > specific clothing, helmets all that stuff) until I actually thought about it > critically and remembered my youth and all the riding we did without any of > that stuff. I actually did ride a bicycle like most of the rest of the world > did and still does with.........no helmet, no special 'kit', no special > shoes, bars actually higher than my saddle, wider tires and no emphasis on > riding all bent over like a professional racer. Those were some of the best > bicycling years of my life.....and I didn't die (thankfully) from not wearing > a helmet even though I crashed more than once. > > On Monday, July 23, 2012 12:03:20 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: > Good discussion, comments on the bottom of the page prove what an > asshole place NYC is to live.... > > http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2012/jul/23/bicycling-101/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24%7Bfeed%7D&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24%7Bbl%7D+%28%24%7BBrian+Lehrer%7D%29 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/vyCfIaWKJXwJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
