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Old 06-16-05, 08:58 AM
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LóFarkas
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
I know sheldon claims that the only true platform pedals are one-sided and designed for clips and straps, but out here in the real world we've been using that term for everything from beartraps to bmx pedals for quite some time now.
Seconded. Anyone who knows a bit of linguistics knows that there is no such thing as a "common mistake". Whatever form is used by the large majority of peolpe becomes the norm, even if it started out as a mistake. Words like "thumb" used to have no "b" at the end, the b was attached in the middle ages 'cos some fools thought they were French like "tomb". And now we are stuck with these utterly foolish word forms... And monokini is monikini despite the fact that bikini is not bi-kini in any sense.So those are platforms, because that's what we call them.
Just nitpicking, no offence at all.

And the ghetto setup is way cool, esp. if you tie in your right foot, roll up to a wall, with the left crank up, lean the bars to it and then do your left foot as well. A good way to learn trackstanding... no option
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