"Oh Shit" moments...

Scoble - srs question, how does not hearing affect your road sense / propensity for oh shit moments?

I imagine you have to compensate a lot by making sure you look all the places all the time but do you get "surprised" as often as one of us would with earplugs in..?

probably not much, as he tends to look around a lot more.

ears are a very unreliable information source when cycling, eyes serve us a lot better

most cyclists do not look around enough, watch the people in front of you, how often do they look behind?

In town, my rule of thumb is around 7/8 seconds between looks over the shoulder. More or less depending upon the conditions. In the country I rely on my hearing much more.

probably not much, as he tends to look around a lot more.

ears are a very unreliable information source when cycling, eyes serve us a lot better

most cyclists do not look around enough, watch the people in front of you, how often do they look behind?

never. although sometimes if you nod reeeeely hard you can actually see behind you through your own legs.

/ nodders4lyfe

Bishopsgate, this morning, heading south. Track standing at the lights, clipped in and eager to get around the Bobbin riding, RLJing, headphone wearing guy who's plagued my commute by repeatedly cutting in front of me at lights and then sitting in a position that meant not being able to pass him safely. Lights go green, I accelerate hard and upon the second rotation my right foot comes free. Thought I was going to bail. Thank fuck for my brake. If anyone on here observed it, I'm sure it looked pretty funny.

Is there a better cleat system than Shimano anyone would recommend? I'd be happier if there wasn't a repeat performance of this incident.

Time atac as an mtb pedal for fixie skidding around town

Fewer.

My gf calls me out on this one all the time.

Are we going out...?

Not until you get rid of the beard.

In the literal and metaphoric sense.

nerged for anti-beardism

Beards are for cunts.

Time atac as an mtb pedal for fixie skidding around town

Thanks. I'll look into them.

Beards are for cunts.

On this you are wrong

http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/04/pentagon-study-finds-beards-directly-proportional-to-combat-effectiveness/

Christ, that ^ is a dreadful website. Take this sexist, homophobic article for example http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/09/first-female-commander-of-53rd-wing-comes-out-as-straight/ - the comments are even worse.

^ is that article a spoof?

You may be onto something with this one!

People, middleofnowhere has a beard. It's all tomfoolery.

Is there a better cleat system than Shimano anyone would recommend? I'd be happier if there wasn't a repeat performance of this incident.

Have you got your pedals tightened enough?

Are your cleats worn?

You don't need to buy new pedals to prevent this, SPuDs are more than adequate

Is there a better cleat system than Shimano anyone would recommend? I'd be happier if there wasn't a repeat performance of this incident.

make sure you have the single release cleat the sh51

Bishopsgate, this morning, heading south. Track standing at the lights, clipped in and eager to get around the Bobbin riding, RLJing, headphone wearing guy who's plagued my commute by repeatedly cutting in front of me at lights and then sitting in a position that meant not being able to pass him safely. Lights go green, I accelerate hard and upon the second rotation my right foot comes free. Thought I was going to bail. Thank fuck for my brake. If anyone on here observed it, I'm sure it looked pretty funny.

Is there a better cleat system than Shimano anyone would recommend? I'd be happier if there wasn't a repeat performance of this incident.

Time Atac. There is a guy selling some XC2 on here now. I got mine brand new for £40

Just make sure that both pedals are worn in evenly because getting in is sweet its getting out that needs some breaking in. But once that sorts itself out they are smooth and sweet as ever. I love mine now and don't think I want to sway away from Time Atac's mechanism yet at least.

Time Atac for the win.

Also they Auto Adjust so not something you need to tinker with. Can be a pro or con.

Just had a non bike related oh shit moment, walking around the garden cos I've never bothered before when a big ass evil bastard tarantula jumped out of a bush and gave it legs down the wall towards me, I don't like little spiders let alone gigantic plate sized fuckers, off to change my pants :/

Riding along, need to pee.
I tell the guys.
They wait while I sneak off to the bushes.
Clip back in, go up Ditchling Beacons.

At the top...oh shit. Actual fucking shit on my shoe.
Luckily on the heel area.
Just. so. much. oh shit.

Peeing so hard you poop a bit. This thread is over for me now