Monday, November 12, 2007

Day # 83 Snow Angels with Bikes

I emailed 3 of my daughters who cycle seriously, to ask what a clipless pedal is, and should I use them.
The first part of the question hasn't been answered for me significantly - yet - as I've neither seen them, nor tried them out.
However, here is a comment about the 2nd part of the question:
Should I use them instead of the 'normal' pedal that I use now?
"Mom, if you install them, practice using them in the snow so that you won't hurt yourself so much when you fall off.
You'll fall off many times before you get the hang of it, and then some."

Thanks, Terri.
I guess I'd best stick with normal pedals.
Falling is fine; it's the landing that does all the damage, and my muscles, tendons, bruises and bones seem to take anywhere from 1 to 2 years to mend, nowadays.
However, I rather like the idea of falling into thick, fluffy snow along with my bicycle, and making bicycle snow angels.
That's cute!
I wonder if it would be a first.
Not likely, as more and more people cycle in the winter these days.
When I first hiked the snow trail a mile down to see the property that I would subsequently purchase for my cabin, it looked like a fairyland in the virgin snow spaces among the cedars, and I made several snow angels there with my dog jumping on me each time in the excitment of seeing me prone and flailing my arms around on the snow-covered ground.
Then, as the day darkened, we hiked back out, reluctantly. It was so very quiet and peaceful/serene there that I would have stayed had I had a dwelling.
Great cycling there for most of the year.

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