Wellgo SPD adjustment .... or any pedal adjustment
Dom Klein
Having fallen off my bike for the 2nd time in about 3 weeks due to me not
being able to get my foot out quick enuff in sudden slow situations can
someone please tell me how to alter the pedal so i can get it out quicker ?
the only hex bolt i can see is on the back of the pedal and looks like it
will push the bottom part of the clip in or out - thing is it looks like
it's almost fully out anyway .... :-(
any ideas ?
ta
Dominic
Will
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Dom,
That bolt you mention is the spring tension adjuster. If you tighten it
(clockwise) you will find it harder to release, loosen it and it will be
easier to release. You should be able to feel click-stops as you turn it, so
that you can set both sides the same. If when you are loosening you can't
feel the clicks, you are near the end of the screw. Be very careful not to
unscrew the screw completely. It's very hard to get back in again if you do.
If you have them on the loosest setting you should be able to get out of
them with no trouble at all. One of the things that can impede release is
the tread on the shoe fouling the spiky bits on pedals like Shimano DX SPDs
or their many impersonators, are your Wellgo's like this? Mud and sand can
get clogged around the cleat and impede release, are your shoes unclogged?
Another thing is technique. Are you trying to pull back when you release
like with clips 'n' straps?
Ask most people what they did when they first started using SPDs and they
will say "fell off lots" It's just a case of getting used to them most of
the time.
Hope this helps, good luck,
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Will.
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Dom Klein
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Thanks Will,
As it happens i loosened it tonight too far and it took ages to get the
bloody thing back in ! I will check my cleats too. I tend to twist my heel
out and not pull back but i think my shoe was a bit loose tonight which did
not help !
Whislt i'm on - is there a good site or can someone tell me ( i know this is
a FAQ) how to set up the correct riding position with your seat ? it feels
like i'm too much forward cos the pressure on my hands seems a lot.
Cheers
Dave Jewsbury
Dom Klein <domk...@freenetname.co.uk> wrote in message news:89jt6k$8
I tend to twist my heel
> out and not pull back but i think my shoe was a bit loose tonight which
did
> not help !
I find it almost impossible to twist my heels out. My knees don't seem to
twist that way. I have always twisted my heels inwards. My pedal
instructions warn against this but I can't see a good reason why. Unless you
twist too much and twist your heels into the back wheel ? Perhaps you might
find this method quicker.
Myra Van Inwegen
>Whislt i'm on - is there a good site or can someone tell me ( i know this is
>a FAQ) how to set up the correct riding position with your seat ? it feels
>like i'm too much forward cos the pressure on my hands seems a lot.
There are probably quite a few sites that tell you how to set things
up, but many of them are garbage. The thing is that bike setup is an
individual thing, and many sites assume that all people want the same
results (for example, all people want to do road racing), and they
also often assume that you are more or less normally
proportioned. For example, some people tell you to align your saddle
until the bone at the front of your knee is directly above the pedal
spindle when the crank is horizontal. This is bogus; there is no
reason why you should do this. It's just that it works for many
people, so it's treated as a rule. But there's nothing to say that it
will work for you.
That being said, I have an article that gives a range of suggestions
for dealing with the problem of having too much weight on your
hands. I don't think it's garbage, but you can decide for yourself!
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mvi20/bike/bodge.html
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Roger
>
> For example, some people tell you to align your saddle
> until the bone at the front of your knee is directly above the pedal
> spindle when the crank is horizontal. This is bogus; there is no
> reason why you should do this. It's just that it works for many
> people, so it's treated as a rule.
FWIW, the CONI road racing guide says it should be the "middle" of your
knee joint. There you go.
I'm not sure it is all that bogus - conventional bikes have been
designed around the knee-over-the-pedal assumption, so if you stick to
it you stand a good chance of getting correct front/rear weight
distribution and a sensible length of stem.
If bike manufacturers ignored the rule and designed from scratch (e.g.
recumbents) then Bontrager's rant on the issue would be more valid.
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Myra Van Inwegen
>Myra Van Inwegen wrote:
>> For example, some people tell you to align your saddle
>> until the bone at the front of your knee is directly above the pedal
>> spindle when the crank is horizontal. This is bogus; there is no
>> reason why you should do this. It's just that it works for many
>> people, so it's treated as a rule.
>
>FWIW, the CONI road racing guide says it should be the "middle" of your
>knee joint. There you go.
I just made a plumb bob from a shoelace & roll of Sellotape. The
little bone at the front of my knee is about 1" behind the 3pm (viewed
from the right) pedal spindle.
This is not at all accidental. I find that I don't feel comfortable
with the saddle further forward. It just doesn't feel right; I keep
wanting to be further back. This is one of the reasons I don't use
women's saddles -- they don't let me shove the seat far enough back.
Take a look at Peter White's article on bike fit. I feel unbalanced
with the seat located at where it would need to be for KOPS (Knee
Over Pedal Spindle). Peter's article helped me understand why.
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/fitting.htm
>I'm not sure it is all that bogus - conventional bikes have been
>designed around the knee-over-the-pedal assumption, so if you stick to
>it you stand a good chance of getting correct front/rear weight
>distribution and a sensible length of stem.
And it doesn't work for me. So I search out bikes with short top tubes
that let me put my saddle as far back as I want, and then still have a
positive length of stem left.
This is why I say that hard & fast rules about how to set up your bike
are usually bogus. They assume that everyone wants to do the same
thing (for example, road racing) and it works on typical body
proportions. So someone who doesn't want to do road racing or has
untypical body proportions will not be well served by these rules.