20 June, 2010

7.25 miles on a bike

Well, with a bit of a break in the middle, when we took our reward in the form of a pint at the Elm Tree pub in Livingston village. I'm using a cleated shoe on my false leg, which holds my foot in place brilliantly. I'd been using toe-clips, but they don't stop my foot from twisting on the pedal so that my heel catches on the pedal crank, which in turn knocks my foot out of the toe-clips & off the pedal. Cleats hold my foot in line as well as on the pedal, and these are "multi-release" ones, which means you can release your foot by twisting it EITHER inwards OR outwards, rather than outwards only, like conventional cleats. Twisting outwards is very difficult with the artificial leg, so this system makes life very much easier. Another step forwards! Just need to sort out my fitness now ...

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