On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 15:56 -0700, Rex Kerr wrote: > Starting up again after a stop! I've become accustomed to just > stopping with my feet in whatever position I want. I put my weight on > the dominant leg as I lower myself off the saddle and put my other > foot on the ground to finally stop. Problem is, now I'm in a bad > position to restart. If the light changes quickly I'm unprepared. > With clipless I'd just lift my foot and the crank would follow my foot > and be in a good position. Not so easy with platforms. I guess I > could train myself to lower the other foot on stops, but that seems > awkward too, not to mention that the crank ends up at TDC, which isn't > right either.
Give it a little nudge, almost a kick, and it will come around. It may bump to a stop on your leg. However: don't be too enthusiastic, don't use too much force, especially with "beartrap" pedals. And definitely not with beartrap pedals you have, without noticing it, been honing the teeth every time you make a 180 degree right turn and every so slightly ground the pedal, the way I did every day for almost 10 years on my commute. So one day, after ten years of patient, if unknowning honing, I gave that pedal a mighty kick rather than a gentle nudge, and the pedal came around with considerable force and BAM! dug those sharpened teeth right into my leg. I then moved my leg, and the teeth raked down my shin. That was in 1995. I still have the scars. -- 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.
