SPD related incidents - Funny!
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I thought it would be funny to share some SPD related incidents, however, a friend of mine recently had a rather bad accident caused by his stupidity on his SPD's - I don't want to hear about people getting mammed and killed though. I am talking about funny stories for instance;
I had my first spd realted incident this weekend as I was sitting with some friends having a rest on a long ride, I had one foot on the floor and one on a pedal - I didn't think it was clipped in - I got up to ride off and realised my foot was stuck but before I could do anything had pulled the bike on top of myself and crushed myself against a brick wall, I was unable to get up because I couldn't twist my foot or lift the bike!
Nothing except my pride was hurt!
I had my first spd realted incident this weekend as I was sitting with some friends having a rest on a long ride, I had one foot on the floor and one on a pedal - I didn't think it was clipped in - I got up to ride off and realised my foot was stuck but before I could do anything had pulled the bike on top of myself and crushed myself against a brick wall, I was unable to get up because I couldn't twist my foot or lift the bike!
Nothing except my pride was hurt!
My very first ride out with SPD's i came to a T junction. It was quite blustery. When i stopped I completely forgot about my spd's and just got blown over. Whats worse is several cars pulled over and stopped to see if i was okay.
Another story that I don't know is true or not. My next door neighbour was cycling in france and fell over a roadside barrier. His bike got caught in the barrier and he was dangling over a drop until his friends ran over and pulled him up.
Another story that I don't know is true or not. My next door neighbour was cycling in france and fell over a roadside barrier. His bike got caught in the barrier and he was dangling over a drop until his friends ran over and pulled him up.
First time out after picking up my new Raleigh Dynatech from the bike shop (John Geddes for those playing at home) SPD's are straight from the box on the bike and I'm off. Come to a junction, attempt a trackstand, it all goes a bit wobbly, promptly and hilariously fall over sideways, whilst two lasses are in hysterical fits of laughter. Another time was coming home from work after a major downpour, cut through the backwoods for a laugh on the way home, round the corner at full pelt over a little wooden bridge and into a 2 foot deep by 6 foot wide boggy morass where the path usually was. basically buried myself over the handlebars and the bike came along for the ride.
Just getting back into cycling now and can't wait to do it all again! I can't believe how cheap SPDs are these days, I bought a BNIB pair of M520's for 30 dollars, that's like 12 quid!! the MD86 shoes I got cost more than double that!
Just getting back into cycling now and can't wait to do it all again! I can't believe how cheap SPDs are these days, I bought a BNIB pair of M520's for 30 dollars, that's like 12 quid!! the MD86 shoes I got cost more than double that!
Edited by SkinnyBoy on Tuesday 30th March 11:42
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Mate was clipped in, in his parent's hallway leaning against the wall, having just fitted new pedals and cleats. Turns out he'd adjusted the release tension to maximum, twisted his foot to unclip but couldn't and over-balanced. Best part was the noise when he landed against the grandfather clock in the hallway - his folks came running out of the lounge to see what it was before creasing up laughing and having to unvelcro his feet out of the shoes which were still clipped in.
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My second ride with SPDs many years ago. Pulled onto the pavement at a busy junction to negotiate it (I was only 15 at the time). Still clipped in, I went to grab the traffic light pole to keep myself upright but missed and fell sideways off the pavement onto the road. Luckily the lights were red so I fell in front of a driver who just about pished themselves laughing. Great. I actually broke my arm in that fall...
Mate was clipped in, in his parent's hallway leaning against the wall, having just fitted new pedals and cleats. Turns out he'd adjusted the release tension to maximum, twisted his foot to unclip but couldn't and over-balanced. Best part was the noise when he landed against the grandfather clock in the hallway - his folks came running out of the lounge to see what it was before creasing up laughing and having to unvelcro his feet out of the shoes which were still clipped in.
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My second ride with SPDs many years ago. Pulled onto the pavement at a busy junction to negotiate it (I was only 15 at the time). Still clipped in, I went to grab the traffic light pole to keep myself upright but missed and fell sideways off the pavement onto the road. Luckily the lights were red so I fell in front of a driver who just about pished themselves laughing. Great. I actually broke my arm in that fall...
Excellent so I'm not the only one - I ride with Specialized BG Tahoe shoes which were expensive but I think it is important to make sure they fit really well! Plus they look like normal trainers so you don't look like a plank!
Ive got a pair of Shimano PD-M520 Pedals which I got from wiggle for about £35 - I love wiggle!
Ive got a pair of Shimano PD-M520 Pedals which I got from wiggle for about £35 - I love wiggle!
i pulled up to a junction the first time i had an spd moment, unclipped my left foot and promptly fell over as i had tried to weight the bike to rest on my right foot. it was at a roundabout as well. was as red as my t shirt 
not really an spd moment, but the other week i was crossing some fields, through the puddles when i hit one a lot deeper than i had realised, with out thinking, i unclipped and put my feet down as i had come to a halt, and promptly got a very cold wet left foot
not really an spd moment, but the other week i was crossing some fields, through the puddles when i hit one a lot deeper than i had realised, with out thinking, i unclipped and put my feet down as i had come to a halt, and promptly got a very cold wet left foot
When I first got SPDs (10 years ago) I hadn't yet learnt to conquer small vertical drops (3ft stuff)thinking I could bunny hop off them I rode (far to slowly in hindsight) and flip over landing on my backpack with the bike still attached to my feet in mid air...
I've now got Time pedals and whilst going down a steep single track I hit a divert, bike dug in and I went head over heels again with bike in tow but managed some how to unclip and land on my feet running (well stumbling) as the bike carried on the decent! No idea how I managed it and have never had the luck to do it again.
I've now got Time pedals and whilst going down a steep single track I hit a divert, bike dug in and I went head over heels again with bike in tow but managed some how to unclip and land on my feet running (well stumbling) as the bike carried on the decent! No idea how I managed it and have never had the luck to do it again.
bought some cheap shoes from lidl to use with my spd's. First ride shoes fell out too quick on bumps which was good as i didn't crash.
These are easy I think, will just tighten the release with my handy pocket screwdriver. Back to the big hill for another run down with feet firmly held in place.
Very firmly held in place. Flew down the hill no dramas get to the end to stop feet stuck will not release brute strength and ignorance take over as I start to fall manage to get a foot to the floor.
Half the inside of the sole is still attached to the pedal as I put my brand new shoes now holey shoes in the nearest puddle.
Riding home with one foot still attached was a bit tricky too.
These are easy I think, will just tighten the release with my handy pocket screwdriver. Back to the big hill for another run down with feet firmly held in place.
Very firmly held in place. Flew down the hill no dramas get to the end to stop feet stuck will not release brute strength and ignorance take over as I start to fall manage to get a foot to the floor.
Half the inside of the sole is still attached to the pedal as I put my brand new shoes now holey shoes in the nearest puddle.
Riding home with one foot still attached was a bit tricky too.
Very new to clip in pedals coming up to a T junction mis judged my turning couldn't get my feet out of pedals and wobbled over the road into roadworks & across the path of a worker busy cutting up the tarmac with a massive angle grinder. The look on his face was a mixture of disbelief & shock. All i could utter was 'Morning' as i keeled over on the verge.
Been laid up for couple of months so back to square 1 with the SPD's.
Sealskins are fantastic although a work colleague did ask, 'Are they really made out of seals?' True story.
Been laid up for couple of months so back to square 1 with the SPD's.
Sealskins are fantastic although a work colleague did ask, 'Are they really made out of seals?' True story.
D18OCK said:
Excellent so I'm not the only one - I ride with Specialized BG Tahoe shoes which were expensive but I think it is important to make sure they fit really well! Plus they look like normal trainers so you don't look like a plank!
Ive got a pair of Shimano PD-M520 Pedals which I got from wiggle for about £35 - I love wiggle!
Sorry but you might love Chain Reaction Cycles more, they are £18.50 there:Ive got a pair of Shimano PD-M520 Pedals which I got from wiggle for about £35 - I love wiggle!
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?Mod...
My first (and last) attempted track-stand in SPDs I forgot that you might fall either way.
I can only unclip my left foot. I never unclip the right. Dunno why, just don't.
Obviously, I fell to my right...
on top of a car moving (slowly) in the lane next to me.
Pushed myself back upright for a second.
Second right foot unclip attempt also unsuccessful.
Fell into the path of a white van man who kindly just laughed and honked at me.
No more track-stands.
jesta1865 said:
slomax said:
jesta1865 said:
a very cold wet left foot
Oh the joys of sealskinz. I'd be lost without them. 
t, just remembered mine are in the washing machine! 
Whilst working as a cycle courier in London i made the transition to fixed gear. That is a track bike which you can’t stop pedalling, without forcing the back wheel in to a skid. I got the hand of the thing pretty quickly, like most people do.
One sunny afternoon i was boom down Regents street with a clear road in front and behind, so i thought i’d pop a big skid, and swing in to a side road. The plan was for a graceful seamless turn, scrubbing of the correct amount of speed... as it happened my front foot, holding the pedal in tension, through my SPDs, rotated slightly. This coupled with the slight ware on the cleats meant that it unclipped. What followed was an explosive force being applied to my back foot. (the sum of front foot load and back foot load and much greater than my weight) This throw me up over my handle bars and in to clear air by a few feet. My back foot was still clipped in, so the torque reaction from the fixed wheel continued, and the bike flipped up behind me, before finally unclipping too. I landed in a heap in the middle of the road, and moments later the bike landed on top of me.
To anyone watching it would have appeared that i had hit an imaginary wall.
One sunny afternoon i was boom down Regents street with a clear road in front and behind, so i thought i’d pop a big skid, and swing in to a side road. The plan was for a graceful seamless turn, scrubbing of the correct amount of speed... as it happened my front foot, holding the pedal in tension, through my SPDs, rotated slightly. This coupled with the slight ware on the cleats meant that it unclipped. What followed was an explosive force being applied to my back foot. (the sum of front foot load and back foot load and much greater than my weight) This throw me up over my handle bars and in to clear air by a few feet. My back foot was still clipped in, so the torque reaction from the fixed wheel continued, and the bike flipped up behind me, before finally unclipping too. I landed in a heap in the middle of the road, and moments later the bike landed on top of me.
To anyone watching it would have appeared that i had hit an imaginary wall.
Nick_F said:
All the best moments start with 'Watch this'.
Practising wheelies, with both feet clipped-in, with an audience consisting of wife, children and mother-in-law was asking for trouble: I finished up clean on my back with the bike in the air.
The number of times this has happened to me is ridiculous. I did this twice in about 5 minutes convinced that i could do it. What resulted was my left thigh completely blue and my knee and elbow grazed and bloody. The second one hurt about 20 times more than the first though, mainly because i landed in exactly the same position.Practising wheelies, with both feet clipped-in, with an audience consisting of wife, children and mother-in-law was asking for trouble: I finished up clean on my back with the bike in the air.
from a mate wiht no login-
thought i'd test my track bike out in the street outside my parents house. no need to put my proper shoes on, normal shoes fine....
I can accelerate and stop... or so i thought. accelerated it up to about 30mph just fine, then my feet slipped off the pedals as i was trying to slow it. I couldnt get them back on, and on one attempt it took off the chain as the pedals impacted my feet (dont forget cranks are whizzing round at this stage). No chain, no slowing.
Problem.... I'm coming up to a cross roads on quite a main road. I frantically dragged my feet flat along the road in an attempt to stop. It wasn't slowing me fast enough so I started planning how to bale out. In the end, I couldn't hear any traffic coming so I opted for shooting across the junction.
Lesson learnt.... If you are going to test a track bike on a road, use the correct footware to attach yourself to the bike... it's your brakes!
thought i'd test my track bike out in the street outside my parents house. no need to put my proper shoes on, normal shoes fine....
I can accelerate and stop... or so i thought. accelerated it up to about 30mph just fine, then my feet slipped off the pedals as i was trying to slow it. I couldnt get them back on, and on one attempt it took off the chain as the pedals impacted my feet (dont forget cranks are whizzing round at this stage). No chain, no slowing.
Problem.... I'm coming up to a cross roads on quite a main road. I frantically dragged my feet flat along the road in an attempt to stop. It wasn't slowing me fast enough so I started planning how to bale out. In the end, I couldn't hear any traffic coming so I opted for shooting across the junction.
Lesson learnt.... If you are going to test a track bike on a road, use the correct footware to attach yourself to the bike... it's your brakes!
Clips and straps, but same applies:
on my awesome KHS mountainbike in Edinburgh, coming down Cockburn Street which is steep, twisty and cobbled, and it's just rained. I was planning to run over the roundabout at the bottom, but there's a cab sat there waiting to pick up a fare. I lost the back end, tankslappered, then low-sided at perhaps 20Mph, sliding to a halt still clipped to the bike. I came to a halt with both bike wheels resting on the back bumper of the cab, and only when he pulled away did the bike drop to the ground. It was about then that I noticed that people were pointing and laughing.
I also once had a Look cleat break on me down a long hill at speed, on my fixie. Trying to moderate my speed, whilst severly unbalanced at about 140rpm, one foot held out of the way of a whirling crank and cars at A-road speed feet from my right hand side is not something I wish to repeat!
on my awesome KHS mountainbike in Edinburgh, coming down Cockburn Street which is steep, twisty and cobbled, and it's just rained. I was planning to run over the roundabout at the bottom, but there's a cab sat there waiting to pick up a fare. I lost the back end, tankslappered, then low-sided at perhaps 20Mph, sliding to a halt still clipped to the bike. I came to a halt with both bike wheels resting on the back bumper of the cab, and only when he pulled away did the bike drop to the ground. It was about then that I noticed that people were pointing and laughing.
I also once had a Look cleat break on me down a long hill at speed, on my fixie. Trying to moderate my speed, whilst severly unbalanced at about 140rpm, one foot held out of the way of a whirling crank and cars at A-road speed feet from my right hand side is not something I wish to repeat!
My mate-big group ride weekend planned at Afan. He (Tom B) turned up on his Kona Caldera, another mate (Tom V) had borrowed a hideous fully rigid "TopBike" (believed to be an £80 French Hypermarket special) and they started off towards White's Level. Tom B made it no more than 30 feet up the very first bit of climb, not even as far as the first moto-x trap before running out of momentum and falling spectacularly down to the fire-road below. Tom V, concerned about his security and his ability to defend against bike thieves at Glyncorrwg campsite, nicked his Caldera and let him push 40 pounds of TopBike back to the campsite to then sit in a tent and nurse a rather knackered shoulder.
Me-made it to the top of Winnat's pass in the Peak District, and promptly ran out of steam and fell sideways into the wall. Did not even have the ability to get up for about 5 mins I was that fooked!
Me-made it to the top of Winnat's pass in the Peak District, and promptly ran out of steam and fell sideways into the wall. Did not even have the ability to get up for about 5 mins I was that fooked!
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