Anybody out there doing something different to save money on gas???

[evilleace]

I would hate to ride over him, but in South Carolina on vacation a few yrs back I rode about 2ft. from one in the bushes and didn't even know it.

 

[Mike Hawk]

Funny story: Just got a new road bike with the toe clips. Old bike was a Huffy mountain bike, which I always rode in 18th gear, even over a huge bridge. This new bike is like a Corvette, (no offense to anyone with anyone that would prefer I used a differnet car in this analogy). Anyway, I'm on my way home and come to a red light at a main intersection on US1 in Stuart Florida. I slow up so I can hover before the crosswalk. I end up going a little bit too far and am in the cross traffic lane. I try to use my momentum to wheel around but it's all gone. I attempt to pull my feet out of the toe straps (which I have extra tight for the up/down pedal motion. None of this works and I end up tipping and falling like a giant redwood tree right in front of the car that stopped next to me at the traffic light. Can you say, Embarassing? I quickly reached down, unstrapped my feet, hopped on the bike and as soon as the light turned green I was gone. If the traffic camera caught that, I'm sure to wind up on youtube.

Go clipless Steve! Now days you can get clipless shoes that walk like normal shoes(not like road shoes/backwards high heels). I have Crank Bros Eggbeaters on my road bike and Mallets on my mountain bike, same cleat/shoe works with both.

Eggbeater^

Mallet^
They have other in between options better suited for the stop/go commuting.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Go clipless Steve! Now days you can get clipless shoes that walk like normal shoes(not like road shoes/backwards high heels). I have Crank Bros Eggbeaters on my road bike and Mallets on my mountain bike, same cleat/shoe works with both.

Eggbeater^

Mallet^
They have other in between options better suited for the stop/go commuting.

Thanks for the advice Mike. I'll definetly check into that, as my regular running shoes are too wide and I get some squeaking as they go past the pedal stem.