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Pedals level when stopping?

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  • October 18, 2016 at 1:54 pm #26408
    Dan S

    My sons have come back from cycling club telling me that I’ve been doing it wrong all these years (no change there) and that you should have your pedals level when you stop, not one up and one down. That feels really awkward to me.

    Not for a moment do I doubt the coaches’ word on this but out of interest, has anybody else come across this? The club does road, CX, track, MTB, so it may be a point from one of those?

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  • October 18, 2016 at 9:45 pm #880431
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    rjfrussell

    Just possible that your sons

    Just possible that your sons are winding you up?  Dogs can’t look up, you know.

    October 18, 2016 at 7:05 pm #880429
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    wycombewheeler

    Sounds track specific. If I
    Sounds track specific. If I am stopped waiting at the lights one foot on the ground, I want the clipped on pedal to be at 1 o clock (in front of 12) ready to have almost a whole downstroke to begin moving while/before clipping in the other foot. I think I tend to unclip at 6 o’clock or sometimes at 12 and then cycling the cranks 180 degrees before coming to complete stop.

    October 18, 2016 at 6:48 pm #880427
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    ktache

    Because you trackstand with

    Because you trackstand with the pedals in that position.

     

    October 18, 2016 at 5:58 pm #880425
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    Dan S

    I think you just lift your
    I think you just lift your feet off the pedals and put them on the ground.

    October 18, 2016 at 5:44 pm #880423
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    Darkhairedlord
    Duncann wrote:
    If you stop with the pedals at 3 and 9 o’clock, how do you get off the bike?

     

    As they almost say in Apocalypse Now…..”Never get off of the bike”

    October 18, 2016 at 5:39 pm #880421
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    Dnnnnnn

    If you stop with the pedals

    If you stop with the pedals at 3 and 9 o’clock, how do you get off the bike?

    October 18, 2016 at 5:15 pm #880419
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    ibr17xvii
    dottigirl wrote:
    I’ve always found unclipping  is easier if the foot is at six o’clock. Must be track specific?

     

    Me too!

    October 18, 2016 at 5:04 pm #880417
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    Dan S

    dottigirl wrote:

    dottigirl wrote:

    I’ve always found unclipping  is easier if the foot is at six o’clock. Must be track specific?

    I find it easiest to unclip at 12. Each to their own, I guess!

    October 18, 2016 at 5:03 pm #880415
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    Dan S

    unconstituted wrote:

    unconstituted wrote:

    What was their reasoning by the way?


    The boys’ reasoning is that their coach told them! I’m not sure of the coach’s reasoning: my wife took them this week 🙂

    October 18, 2016 at 4:35 pm #880413
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    dottigirl

    I’ve always found unclipping 

    I’ve always found unclipping  is easier if the foot is at six o’clock. Must be track specific?

    October 18, 2016 at 4:02 pm #880411
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    benborp

    Makes sense if you are

    Makes sense if you are stopped on the fence at the track. A little roll back can put peddles right where you don’t want them for staying upright.

    October 18, 2016 at 3:40 pm #880409
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    tritecommentbot

    What was their reasonaing by

    What was their reasoning by the way?

    October 18, 2016 at 3:29 pm #880407
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    Carton

    One foot forward makes it

    One foot forward makes it easier to start up again if you’re standing over the top tupe, it’s a smoother motion back onto the saddle. It also increases your odds of inadvertently scraping your calf against your pedal if you move about before re-mounting. So, as ever, YMMV.

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