Binding shose practice, not to fall and how to fall
Yesterday afternoon, I practiced how to catch and release binding shoes and pedals of my road bike, to prevent me from falling, unable to release until the bike totally stops.
Still, however, I decided that I need to practice "how to fall, as safely and as painlessly as possible", because I see several blog reports that riders fell from their bikes because they couldn't release the binding, and it typically happen several month later since they begin to their binding pedals for their bikes, and even experienced riders sometimes fall.
This afternoon, I wore binding shoes. I also wore old skiing wear to minimize the damage of fall, and practice falling in the grass area of my local church. It was rather difficult to fall with both feet bound to the pedal to the last moment of falling, and every time before I fall, I subconsciously release my left foot before falling.
The posture while the falling is important to minimize damage. I practiced to fall on my back round to absorb shock, and hold the bike with my arms, instead of my hands on the ground in order to support myself, which may cause injury om my hands and the joints of my wrists.
I couldn't totally experience the situation in which I can't release either leg until at last I have no choice to fall, but I got somehow used to dealing with binding pedals, how to and how not to step in, and how to release when I anticipate possible stop, so I went on the road, got over some uphills. It look like so far that I'm somehow safe with binding shoes. I'm not satisfied with the position of bindings (cleats): I thought cleats could be further to the front to pedal comfortably, but my shoes don't allow this. This may be the limit of sneaker-type binding shoes, and I may need to look for more advanced binding shoes, to place the cleats a little more forward.
The binding pedals I got are half-platform type, and I'm really satisfied with the platform sides with my ordinary shoes. It's yet to see how binding pedals work in long hill climbing, until next March or April, because it's now winter, and have some snow on roadsides until that time of the year.
Still, however, I decided that I need to practice "how to fall, as safely and as painlessly as possible", because I see several blog reports that riders fell from their bikes because they couldn't release the binding, and it typically happen several month later since they begin to their binding pedals for their bikes, and even experienced riders sometimes fall.
This afternoon, I wore binding shoes. I also wore old skiing wear to minimize the damage of fall, and practice falling in the grass area of my local church. It was rather difficult to fall with both feet bound to the pedal to the last moment of falling, and every time before I fall, I subconsciously release my left foot before falling.
The posture while the falling is important to minimize damage. I practiced to fall on my back round to absorb shock, and hold the bike with my arms, instead of my hands on the ground in order to support myself, which may cause injury om my hands and the joints of my wrists.
I couldn't totally experience the situation in which I can't release either leg until at last I have no choice to fall, but I got somehow used to dealing with binding pedals, how to and how not to step in, and how to release when I anticipate possible stop, so I went on the road, got over some uphills. It look like so far that I'm somehow safe with binding shoes. I'm not satisfied with the position of bindings (cleats): I thought cleats could be further to the front to pedal comfortably, but my shoes don't allow this. This may be the limit of sneaker-type binding shoes, and I may need to look for more advanced binding shoes, to place the cleats a little more forward.
The binding pedals I got are half-platform type, and I'm really satisfied with the platform sides with my ordinary shoes. It's yet to see how binding pedals work in long hill climbing, until next March or April, because it's now winter, and have some snow on roadsides until that time of the year.
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