ordered spd shoes and pedals

Put pedals on loosest setting.. remember to unclip a foot BEFORE you stop. At some point you will forget to unclip and just fall on your face.. this usually happens with a crowd of people watching or a trail centre car park with a bunch of pros sat around eating sandwiches.

Badass....I use Time Atac pedals ...first time I tried them was on a Lakeland ride ...and the bike shoes and everything else nearly ended up in the Lake !
That was about 12 years ago...I wouldn't have anything else now though.
You will forget...where it caught me out most was on techy climbs ... but worth persevering with !
Good luck !
Could you not wait for Santa then... Or is this an early Christmas present !!!

I had them on my road bike and was ok.
Would never try off road lol.
Seen my mates fail a few times now they back to flats.
Some times when you need a quick dab your fucked that why I will never use them.

I have now ordered some new SPD pedals XT trail wide for my new bike arrival tomorrow . hope pedals turn up too .

i always said wouldnt but tbh im not the worlds best climber and anything that may help is great. tbh trail centres are usualy piece of pish arent they. not alot technical unless you get some black xc and most of that is graded ott. ill give them ago but keep my saints flats in the boot incase i guess. at the end of the day i spose getting out of them quickly is just a case of technique isnt it??

also looking at swapping out my 26/36 chainset for an slx 28/40 on offer atm for added top speed.

done nearly all the stanes mate. that one inc but would be up for that mate. love scotland. best trail centres anywhere imo. if im at ae prefer the dh bike there but done it xc with doogs and a few lads a few years ago. the whole reason for going back to hardtail is just to make it a bit harder when doing the techy stuff as a bouncer tended to make it to easy if that makes sense. you felt you could do anything as the bike would do it for you if you were lacking but on the ht i feel its more me than the bike. hope this makes sense.


only stanes i havent done are newcastleton and drumlanrig and glentrool if any of them come into that category.

dont do as much now tbh. enjoy my dh and do mostly local 12 odd milers 2-3 times a week but nothing major. if i made more of an effort could soon get back into shape i reckon. this time of year realy enjoy night riding aswell.

Descender bender at mabie .....Awsome piece of trail. :-)

Awesome . i love it ..i loved it that much on my first go i rode up it , nobody was going to come down as it was getting on a bit and the trail was dead . i was fooked when i got to the top .

anyone manage to actually pedal all the way to the top of the scorpion tail ?

i always come short near the top and the bike just stops dead .

SPD's and a 29er might help me get up it .

well just had my shoes and pedals and after a bit of looking and wondering what the feck to do got them fitted, fitted the cleats to the shoes and tried them out and gotta say just from pedaling up and doon the street can tell they will help on mile munchers. felt realy secure. managed to clip in and out ok first time with them set on the slackets setting as recomended so i think ill like them. report to follow.


i know exactly what you mean now about getting the cleats right as fitted dead straight first time and feet felt completely wrong. ill play with angling them and sliding them forward and back untill i get it right. i reckon ill take an alan key out first few rides to fine tune them. i tend to ride with my feet slightly angled by the looks of the cleats not being right.