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Road clipless pedals: what worked for me in getting used to them and tips on cleats position
Published 27 Apr 2021
Switching to clipless pedals might be tricky at first, but very rewarding once you get used to them. Brief description on my experience with road Shimano pedals R550 and how I set up the cleats position. Maybe I am stating the obvious as I describe the clipping and un clipping technique, this is just about I got used to clipless pedals and tried different set up for the cleats. In the end the transition from flat pedals to clipless is not that hard and the enjoyment is well worth the switch. Thank you very much for watching! #cycling #bikefit #shimano #pedals #cliplesspedals
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here are the angles of freedom: 0, 4, 5 or 9 (black, grey or red)lt; i use red
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i feel, as long as the bio-mechanical position is the same, the time to exit and the effort to exit should be reduced. I' ve ridden this season with the red cleats, they are nearing the time to needing replacement, so i will try them out. I don' t see why i would ever need to be dialed-in 100% to use 0% deflection.
i' m really enjoying your videos. Keep up the nice work
however, it is safer to decleat to the outside of the this is to keep as much distance as possible between traffic and your body/limbs.
in australia, in a big group ride 40+ riders, it is interesting to see at least 90% decleat to the left, despite only 10% of people being left dominant.
so one can train themselves to do what is opposite their body' s natural preference, for the sake of safety.
as an aside, some people think they are ambipedal (use right and left legs equally) this is easily disproven by getting them to cycle in ever smaller circles, to the left, then to the right. Unless one trains for years, they will do smaller circles to their dominant side
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i feel that the amount of effort to get out of the cleats is high at times and i' m planning on testing the grey ones soon, which should allow me to unclip a little bit sooner. I fear the dreaded toppie and that will usually happen on the side that is not my usual unclip side. I can feel that i get close to unclipping, but it doesn' t happen (you mentioned awkward movement) and well we don' t need to talk about details.
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i' m really enjoying your videos. Keep up the nice work
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so one can train themselves to do what is opposite their body' s natural preference, for the sake of safety.
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