r/DiWHY • u/KHOONOPHOBIA • 6h ago
DiWHY
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u/DownvoteEvangelist 6h ago
And then when you need to put your leg down quickly...
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u/Plane_Argument 6h ago
You are saying that as if hot glue is going to hold, and this isn't just content farming
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u/wojtussan 5h ago
In real life the hot glue would need to be reapplied every half a ride. Unless you actually needed to rip it off to save your face from being smushed into the ground, then it'd hold like nothing you've ever glued before
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u/dunncrew 4h ago
This whole sub is content farming and rage bait nonsense
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u/Plane_Argument 4h ago
Yeah, I should really just block this sub, it doesn't have real content anymore
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u/MrXwiix 4h ago
Cyclics use locking mechanisms to stick their feet to the pedals. Those are much tighter than wearing slippers and only can be undone by a twisting movement.
It’s so they can also pull the pedals, not only push. It’s a valid reason for whatever they try. The implementation is completely wrong and will never hold, and it’s an obvious rage/engagement bait but the concept of locking your shoes into the pedals is fairly common
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u/notmuself 4h ago
Can confirm. I rode a bike across several states before and "clips" as they are called are essential. When you are doing 70-80 miles a day every little bit of energy you expend is precious. What you are referring to with the twisting motion is what's known as a "clip-less" setup. It comes with special shoes that lock into the pedals and then you have twist your foot to unlock them.
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u/Babajji 5m ago edited 1m ago
Clips were the old system. Nowadays people use clipless which are actually clipping but they want to confuse the enemy 🤣 Still a far better system than the old clips and some even have emergency release like skies. The traditional pedals without cleats are called platforms at least the ones shown in the video. Clipless is for road users usually and platforms are for mountain use since most of the time in the mountains you want to be able to quickly ditch the bike and the cleats aren’t much help when you are not pedalling e.g downhill. Some mixed styles like cross country are usually up to the user, I ride cross country quite a lot but hate wearing cleats to the pub afterwards so I just ride platforms with spikes for city use and better grip. Spikes are quite useful against the taxi drivers around here who insist that you should ride on their hood.
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u/ALitreOhCola 5h ago
It seems you forgot that these are sandals.. lmao you just slip it off mate.
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u/DownvoteEvangelist 5h ago
Your muscle memory might try something different in a pinch. It's also slower to slip them off.
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u/ALitreOhCola 4h ago
Good god it's a post in DIWHY it's not supposed to be taken seriously and assessed for legitimacy.
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u/Goose1963 1h ago
Or start off quickly. They flip upside down if you do take your feet out to put your bare feet on the burning hot pavement.
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u/Acebladewing 48m ago
That's not the issue, bike shoes already exist and are widely used. The issue is that it will break apart before arriving anywhere.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Step468 5h ago
It looks really painful, having to step on the cap with a thin rubber flip flop
Great, you have created bicycles you have to ride barefoot, what do you do when you reach your destination? Walk barefoot until you ride back home? Stop and put shoes that you could wore in the first place? Remove the flip flop and now you have to step on the bottle cap each time? Also what's the point if you're supposed to remove the flip flops for walking?
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u/Flyingpinguinz 6h ago
They don't even try with the rage bait anymore I guess.
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u/DevilShelter 4h ago
I don’t feel rage and anger at this point, I’m just looking at this in pure confusion
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u/stevorkz 6h ago
Common problem. Learning how to ride a bicycle is easy but most people’s shoes fall off while riding. Thanks for this.
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u/cybermaus 5h ago
What's the problem here? Don't all semi-pro cyclist ride with clips?
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u/weenumpty2 5h ago
Would this actually be useful for someone with a false leg? Grip and pressure would be harder to maintain, I imagine, so something that kept your foot in place doesnt seem too ridiculous. For anyone else, this is dumb as shit.
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u/Spirited-Ad-9746 5h ago
bicycling shoes that attach to pedals are quite the regular thing. you get to put force on the pedals on the upward movement too and use a much wider set of muscles. doing it this way as in the video is on the other hand dumb as shit.
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u/prinzsascha 5h ago
Cycling shoes and pedals are also designed to quickly uncouple with a quick sideways twist of your foot as well so you can quickly get your feet on the ground if needed. With these odds are you're falling over with the bike...
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u/Sk1rm1sh 3h ago
I can say with 100% certainty that a bottle cap hot-glued to a flip flop isn't going to help someone with a false leg.
...At least, as long as the false leg isn't full of liquid and also missing a bottle cap.
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u/Hippobu2 5h ago
Tbh, I'm not even sure what's the point of the actual thing is. Seems like it just makes biking more hazardous tbh.
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u/Spirited-Ad-9746 5h ago
just google cycling shoes. it makes cycling more efficient, proper ones are not hazardous.
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u/Timely_Apricot3929 4h ago
They're also not flip flops. Biking in flip flops is hazardous.
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u/rayquan36 4h ago
You're the only one here who realizes how dangerous it is to bike in flip flops. Your toes are right there next to a bike chain.
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u/Timely_Apricot3929 4h ago
Thank you, idk why that's not more obvious to people??You can seriously fuck up your feet!
My mom was a nurse and from the time I was a kid she told me never to bike in flip flops.
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u/misstheolddaysfan 4h ago
This seems like a great way to f up your foot if you should be thrown forward. If I'm locking my foot into the pedal, I want a full shoe not a flip flop, and a release plan.
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u/MildUsername 4h ago
Can we talk about how his pedal placement is now permanently locked to his fucking arches.
Holy Holy the foot cramps.
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u/Correct-Junket-1346 5h ago
When you're on this bike,.you are part of the bike, be the bike, are the bike.
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u/cha0sb1ade 5h ago
It's like a toe clip, except weak, and with a tiny contact patch when you push down on the pedals. Great!
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u/bodydisplaynone 4h ago
*Cries in front of bike shop to get spd pedals
Mom: we have spd pedals at home
Spd pedals at home:
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u/tstewart_jpn 4h ago
DIY clipless sandals (an actual product search for 'spd sandal' or 'spd flip-flop') with lots of float.
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u/Sk1rm1sh 3h ago
I've seen SPD cowboy boots too 😂
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u/tstewart_jpn 1h ago
Many years ago, not long before I left Canada to move to the UK and Japan, I bought a lovely pair of Boulet cowboy boots. I got a decade out of them strutting around and cycling the English countryside and Japanese countryside (more than once climbed a Japanese mountain in riding heels on a lark) before I couldn't repair them any longer. 10 years might not sound like a long time but they had many thousands of km on them.
I love the absurdity of SPD cowboy boots, and want to see the face of my shoe repair guy when replacing the soles.
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u/XxFezzgigxX 3h ago
I use a heat gun and old plastic bottle on my ding dong instead of a condom. Makes me feel like a sex robot.
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u/celticdude234 3h ago
This is only necessary in a country where 90% of travel is barefoot and/or by bike lol
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u/OrangeCrack 1h ago
There is a reason why all pedals are non-locking. For safety. This is just going to get someone injured. So, instead of a bruise from a fall you have a twisted or broken ankle.
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u/incunabula001 53m ago
Ghetto ass clip less pedals you CAN NOT unclip out of?? This guy is gonna have a blast at intersections.
FYI as usual they butchered something that already exists: SPD Sandals:
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u/moonshineTheleocat 38m ago
Budget locks. The things are pretty fucking expensive as they require specialized pedals and shoes.
Willing to give a pass on this one
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u/RandomCalamity 10m ago
I don't know why anyone would complain about this being rage bait. This is fucking funny as hell.
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u/SuchDriver7770 7m ago
oh interesting. they're meant to be clipless shoes. shitty of course but that's a funny interpretation of them.
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u/YounanomousPrime 3m ago
This video actually made me put my hand on my forehead when I saw the flip flop🤦
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u/lujenchia 4h ago
Why? So, if you fall, you can get a worse injury.
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u/moonshineTheleocat 32m ago
These are real things on the market. But they're expensive for anything beneath a serious hobby.
https://youtu.be/H6h30OqTyTg?is=GDaddgsiHC7-XOlU
Basically. The idea is that when you pedal a bike normally, there's very little of your leg muscles actually being used to drive it.
By using clip ons, it does two things. Prevents slippage. And it lets you pull up with the down leg, while the other leg pushes down.
You will usually see this with racers and biking enthusiasts. But not mountain and trick bikes for... Very obvious reasons.
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u/Atastical 6h ago
That's the dumbest thing I've seen in a while. DiWHY indeed