[alanmcorcoran]

I've pre loaded and I've shofted completely without the aid of the clutch - but neither on purpose. I'm not trying to be cutesie with the thing. It's mostlythe shoes. Before I got these fancy velcro jobs I had a pair of steel toed L'il Abners (well actually they said CAT on them) that shifted quite authoritatively. But ittook ten minutes to get them on and off and they weighed a pound or two each. These are a lot more comfy and easy on/off, but squishy on the upshift.

If I jam the arch of my foot uner the lever, it's more predictable of the shift. I just never had it go into "false neutral" before yesterday.