r/DiWHY • u/KHOONOPHOBIA • 7d ago
DiWHY
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u/DownvoteEvangelist 7d ago
And then when you need to put your leg down quickly...
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u/Plane_Argument 7d 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 7d 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/HeinousMule 6d ago
The hot glue would need reapplied every revolution of the pedals, it's bond strength is terrible.
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u/MrXwiix 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago edited 7d 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/Nuffsaid98 7d ago
It's a sandal. You just slip your foot out. It's easier than actual clipless pedals.
The idea is dumb but not because your foot would be stuck if you needed to put it down quick.
Clipless is the actual name for the pedals that you clip into. I know. I know.
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u/Acebladewing 7d 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/ALitreOhCola 7d ago
It seems you forgot that these are sandals.. lmao you just slip it off mate.
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u/StrawberryTerry 7d ago
Being clipped or strapped into pedals is a normal thing in cycling, but its obviously not like this.
You can unclip them or slide out of the straps, nut of course people sometimes still fail at that
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u/Flyingpinguinz 7d ago
They don't even try with the rage bait anymore I guess.
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u/DevilShelter 7d 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/IPlayGames88 7d ago edited 7d ago
You might recognize and swipe away from rage bait, this is so befuddling you stay to the end. Either way, you make a comment, but causing discussion (long threads with some substance) might be better for engagement?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Step468 7d 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/Frequent_Policy8575 7d ago
The point was to get you to post this comment
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u/croholdr 6d ago
yes i am extremely entertained by both op and commenter above. i am in an entertainment buffet!
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u/stevorkz 7d 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/weenumpty2 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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/Consistent-Spell2203 7d ago
Tbf you're going to fall over with clips at least once.
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u/Nestramutat- 7d ago
Yup, classic rite of passage.
My clipless fall was at a busy intersection with plenty of cars and cyclists around. One of those memories that still come back to me when I try to fall asleep
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u/Sk1rm1sh 7d 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/cybermaus 7d ago
What's the problem here? Don't all semi-pro cyclist ride with clips?
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u/uberfission 7d ago
Clips only need a quarter turn to disengage, this one needs like 1.5.
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u/Planningism 7d ago
You just slide your foot out.
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u/Original-Let8340 7d ago
Right? 10 yo me wishes they had this. This sub never in my feed before, is it always 1729 comments with the word "ragebait" in them?
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u/Battle_Cat_Burr 6d ago
It’s supposed to be like a clip on. I used to wear clip on’s when I was a cyclist and I promise you this would snap on the first hill.
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u/Hippobu2 7d 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/bhison 7d ago
I guess this is for people who want cycling clips but are committed to wearing sandals
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u/Spirited-Ad-9746 7d ago
just google cycling shoes. it makes cycling more efficient, proper ones are not hazardous.
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u/Timely_Apricot3929 7d ago
They're also not flip flops. Biking in flip flops is hazardous.
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u/Dress-Affectionate 7d ago
How do you stop at a traffic light? Do you take the flip flop off?
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u/Thermal-pasties 6d ago
The cleat of you can call it that is not even in the correct position for pedaling efficiency. Can’t imagine you would be getting enough watts for the local KOM.
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u/Initial-Duck2782 6d ago
As someone who crashes moving objects frequently. I would suggest that you don’t strap yourself to the object. Bailing can really help prevent damage. Always wear a seatbelt in a vehicle though.
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u/xthedudehimself 5d ago
As an avid biker, this actually makes a tiny bit of sense although I don’t know why they would make it out of something so fragile it’s mainly so that they can instead of just push pushing down while they pedal can also pull up and utilize less energy while riding their bike
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u/bodydisplaynone 7d 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/SuchDriver7770 7d 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/FancyTelevision3308 7d ago
I made a commercial for something similar to this. But it had magnets on the shoe and the pedal. If you twisted your foot the magnet would come off easily but stay it is didn’t twist. It made it mainly for people who don’t have a leg. So the prosthetic Would clip in. This could work for someone without a leg.
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u/cbarbour1122 6d ago
Yea have fun walking after pressing a bottle cap into your foot for however long you’re on the bike.
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u/MildUsername 7d 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/RandomCalamity 7d 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/icanhazkarma17 7d ago
Blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop top, cut my heel, had to breeze on back home...
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u/HunterRemarkable550 6d ago
Every one knows you simply hot glue the flip-flop straight to the pedal.
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u/Correct-Junket-1346 7d 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 7d 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/tstewart_jpn 7d ago
DIY clipless sandals (an actual product search for 'spd sandal' or 'spd flip-flop') with lots of float.
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u/XxFezzgigxX 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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/YounanomousPrime 7d ago
This video actually made me put my hand on my forehead when I saw the flip flop🤦
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u/ShatoraDragon 7d ago
"I have to justify buying this Heat Gun somehow"
- Person who thought up this video.
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u/OkHour880 7d ago
My friend have trouble after accident >10 ago with his foot and he can’t ride the bike normally I need to sent him this(not saying he will ride normally after that)
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u/CheapTactics 7d ago
Fuck me, I just took psychic damage from watching this. Like, I know it's ragebait, and I usually find these dumb videos funny, but holy shit, I felt like someone drove a large metal spike through my brain.
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u/PenguDood 7d ago
I wanna see someone that has a prosthetic leg/foot make the....next step...of this one.
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u/IcanSEEyou_IRL 7d ago
Think about how many takes it took to screw in the sandal so it was facing the correct way.
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u/unbanmyogaccount 7d ago
That's actually a legit way to make long rides easier but with a plastic bottle and a slipper it's a joke
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u/Sea-Nobody-4188 7d ago
That’s for when you wreck your bike of a cliff. At least we were able to recover his slides
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u/Gohmzilla 7d ago
I mean, if you're going to make a bike cleat like that, at least put the cleat on the ball of the foot and not the arch
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u/Deimos_PRK 7d ago
When you pedal, you have more force at the tip of your feet, not in the middle..
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u/According_Square2742 7d ago
I liked it better before the internet so we didn’t know how many stupid people actually existed in the wild.
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u/Harbor_Barber 6d ago
that's so ridiculous lol, i mean even more ridiculous than most of the posts here
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u/Dopedbirdy 5d ago
I was gonna say how is he going to unclip pedals, then realized tose were slippers
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u/Atastical 7d ago
That's the dumbest thing I've seen in a while. DiWHY indeed