It's too dangerous to cycle after dark! Really?

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  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    The BMW driver (bound to be a BMW driver!)

    I've had a BMW website longer than BMW have had one, not all BMW drivers are demons out to get cyclists. It's a bit like drivers complaining that all cyclists run red lights and it doesn't help.
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  • marcruse
    marcruse Posts: 64
    unixnerd wrote:
    Try these:
    http://www.windwave.co.uk/windwave/2961139001.html
    or these:
    http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/shimano- ... 71885.html

    That's a neat idea; I haven't seen them, but I suspect they wouldn't help if you want to wear SPD shoes as they the seem to clip into the side you would use with non-SPD shoes. Presumably they would drop out if they were underneath the pedal and you were using SPDs on the top. Still, at that price they're worth investigating. Thanks for the tip.
  • marcruse
    marcruse Posts: 64
    unixnerd wrote:
    The BMW driver (bound to be a BMW driver!)

    I've had a BMW website longer than BMW have had one, not all BMW drivers are demons out to get cyclists. It's a bit like drivers complaining that all cyclists run red lights and it doesn't help.

    Sorry, cheap joke. I'm a BMW driver too. Good to know there's two of us that don't hate cyclists :D
  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    That's a neat idea; I haven't seen them, but I suspect they wouldn't help if you want to wear SPD shoes as they the seem to clip into the side you would use with non-SPD shoes. Presumably they would drop out if they were underneath the pedal and you were using SPDs on the top. Still, at that price they're worth investigating. Thanks for the tip.

    They clip firmly into the pedal and go on the bottom when in use, they don't fall out (in fact they're murder to remove). The pedal hangs horizontally when in use so they actually make it slightly easier to clip in :-)

    You can flip them over and use them to pedal on if you don't want to clip in. I'm assuming you have double sided SPDs such as M520s, they'd not work for single sided SPDs of course.
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  • cookeeemonster
    cookeeemonster Posts: 1,991
    unixnerd wrote:
    That's a neat idea; I haven't seen them, but I suspect they wouldn't help if you want to wear SPD shoes as they the seem to clip into the side you would use with non-SPD shoes. Presumably they would drop out if they were underneath the pedal and you were using SPDs on the top. Still, at that price they're worth investigating. Thanks for the tip.

    They clip firmly into the pedal and go on the bottom when in use, they don't fall out (in fact they're murder to remove). The pedal hangs horizontally when in use so they actually make it slightly easier to clip in :-)

    You can flip them over and use them to pedal on if you don't want to clip in. I'm assuming you have double sided SPDs such as M520s, they'd not work for single sided SPDs of course.

    The one thing that put me off these were that they would be a pain to clip into but if you're saying it's easier...maybe I'll give them a try as the shimano ones are only £3.99

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