veespin
11-17-2006, 07:57 AM
Had a participant introduce me to a new stoopid move this week. I overheard Danielle mention "pedal surfing" in a workshop at the Summit and assume this is it.
Riding with sneakers but on the uncaged side of the pedal.....or trying to.
Not a total newbie but someone who complained that riding in the cages hurt her feet. Now, all our bikes have the cages one side and the cleat/clip combo the other so, had I allowed her to continue and had she managed a few minutes without injury, she would've found this choice even more painful.
I've had new members coming to every class these past few weeks so this lady had heard the speech regarding the action of a "fixed gear" bike with a heavy fly-wheel multiple times but she was quite adamant that she didn't want to ride with her toes in the cages until she realised that I was even adamanter that class wasn't going to start until she did.....I think this is one contraindicated move that's a gua-RON-teed accident about to happen so I felt justified in my adamantness as compared to, say, a saddle that's a bit too low.
Doesn't want to spring for bike shoes, BTW, since she "only comes to a few classes".
Now some of the errors that class members make can be excused by simply not knowing any better but I can't imagine how anyone could see this move as in any way safe, quite apart from the inability to generate any power.
Vivienne
Riding with sneakers but on the uncaged side of the pedal.....or trying to.
Not a total newbie but someone who complained that riding in the cages hurt her feet. Now, all our bikes have the cages one side and the cleat/clip combo the other so, had I allowed her to continue and had she managed a few minutes without injury, she would've found this choice even more painful.
I've had new members coming to every class these past few weeks so this lady had heard the speech regarding the action of a "fixed gear" bike with a heavy fly-wheel multiple times but she was quite adamant that she didn't want to ride with her toes in the cages until she realised that I was even adamanter that class wasn't going to start until she did.....I think this is one contraindicated move that's a gua-RON-teed accident about to happen so I felt justified in my adamantness as compared to, say, a saddle that's a bit too low.
Doesn't want to spring for bike shoes, BTW, since she "only comes to a few classes".
Now some of the errors that class members make can be excused by simply not knowing any better but I can't imagine how anyone could see this move as in any way safe, quite apart from the inability to generate any power.
Vivienne