Heel & Toe on NB and pedal placement

Hello everyone,

I would like to learn heel & toe downshifts on my NB. To people who
are doing nice heel & toe downshifts in their NBs, I am wondering how
you all feel about the placement of the pedals. Have you done any
modifying, or do you find they are in a good place?

Yesterday I experimented for a few minutes and found

- Using my right foot in a different way (and different place), my
sense of where the edges of each pedal are in relation to my foot, is
pretty vague.
- There are foot positions on the brake pedal that will allow me to
reach and blip the gas pedal, but they feel weird. But I'm not sure
if it's a "normal" kind of weird that I just need to get used to, or
if I should considering bending one of the pedals or something.

In searching for a new position closer to the edge of the brake pedal,
I no longer feel very confident in either the brake or the blip at the
moment. But my goal right now is to find a position that is
technically sound, then I figure the rest will come with practice.

Any advice appreciated.

Eric

wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to learn heel & toe downshifts on my NB. To people who
> are doing nice heel & toe downshifts in their NBs, I am wondering how
> you all feel about the placement of the pedals. Have you done any
> modifying, or do you find they are in a good place?
>
> Yesterday I experimented for a few minutes and found
>
> - Using my right foot in a different way (and different place), my
> sense of where the edges of each pedal are in relation to my foot, is
> pretty vague.
> - There are foot positions on the brake pedal that will allow me to
> reach and blip the gas pedal, but they feel weird. But I'm not sure
> if it's a "normal" kind of weird that I just need to get used to, or
> if I should considering bending one of the pedals or something.
>
> In searching for a new position closer to the edge of the brake pedal,
> I no longer feel very confident in either the brake or the blip at the
> moment. But my goal right now is to find a position that is
> technically sound, then I figure the rest will come with practice.
>
> Any advice appreciated.

Keep practicing and wear the right shoes. (c:

I haven't changed the position of the pedals, I could do with them being
further away, but I have got much better at heel & toe over the last few
months.

I only own 1 pair of shoes in which its possible to do it consistently
and because I am quite tall and have large feet it's more of a brake
with one side of my foot and blip with the other than a heel & toe but
it works.

--
Douglas

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wrote:

> I would like to learn heel & toe downshifts on my NB. To people who
> are doing nice heel & toe downshifts in their NBs, I am wondering how
> you all feel about the placement of the pedals. Have you done any
> modifying, or do you find they are in a good place?

I have an NA, and couldn't heel-and-toe reliably until I bent the gas
pedal closer to the brake. It's easy: just reach under there and tug it
with your hand. "Heel-and-toe" is a misnomer; you'll use the ball of
your right foot on the brake, rolling your ankle to blip the throttle
with the outside of your shoe. It's still awkward and imprecise, and I
rarely bother.

--
Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
'94C

Doug, I'd say that's pretty much normal for what's called heel & toe.

Chris
99BBB

> I only own 1 pair of shoes in which its possible to do it consistently
> and because I am quite tall and have large feet it's more of a brake
> with one side of my foot and blip with the other than a heel & toe but
> it works.
>
> --
> Douglas

Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
> Doug, I'd say that's pretty much normal for what's called heel & toe.
> Chris
> 99BBB

Heheh, thanks. Being 'normal' is a novel concept for me. (c:

--
Douglas