Never thought I'd post these pics...
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Hmm. I resize on my computer and upload to:
https://www.imageshack.us/
Then I just post the link in the thumbnail for forums per below:
And voila! You have the thumbnail in the post and a clickable link to a larger image.
https://www.imageshack.us/
Then I just post the link in the thumbnail for forums per below:
And voila! You have the thumbnail in the post and a clickable link to a larger image.
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Yeah, but i'm trying to keep 'em under 100mg...
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A Memoir of Going (Pre) Clipless
Long ago, I rode an early version of clipless pedals. I began by purchasing bike-specific shoes and cleats. This is difficult for me to remember, but I believe I combined the two into one by pounding some thin, short nails into the holes in the cleats, which stuck in the hard soles of the shoes. I still had to use pedals with toe clips. But the toe clips straped, when tightened down on the shoes, locked the cleats in place onto the pedals, and the only way to come out was by loosening the straps.
First time in my cleats, I was inside my apartment. I climbed onto my bike and leaned to my left, my shoulder against the wall, to get an idea of what it was like to tighten the toe clip straps over my bike shoes. Once clipped in, I pedaled backwards for a bit. Hmmm.......not so difficult. As I reached to my right, to loosen the strap on the toe clip, my shoulder came off the wall and of course I immediately fell on my right side, thudding onto the carpet. It would have been embarrassing, but no one was around to see what I'd done (well, now you have).
The second time I fell over, I riding up an extremely steep hill in Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), in the Santa Monica Mts. How steep? The chain broke (I managed that stunt at least a couple of times). The forward progress of the bike on a 15% or so grade was almost instantly converted into lateral movement that this time had me crashing onto pavement instead of a carpet. No harm was done and luckily, I was carrying a chain tool.
Over the ensuing years, until true clipless pedals came into being, I witnessed numerous riders - usually at traffic light - hit the pavement because they forgot to loosen their straps before coming to a stop. If it ever happened to me, mercifully I can't remember.
For me, by the time clipless pedals arrived, I was more than up to the challange. It probably didn't hurt that I'd already skied for may years, long before the creation of clipless pedals, so the basic idea - that force applied to the pedals would release me - wasn't an alien concept. It's been close, but I've never fallen in my clipless pedals because I failed/forgot to release myself from them.
Gary - double sided mountain bike pedals on your road bike?!? Actually, I have a Roubaix, too, and I have the same pedals. Mainly because I've told myself that I like being able to get off my bike and walk around, to make a photo (small world, I know you from pbase.com), or walk into Starbucks. I've told myself I can use one pair of shoes on both my road bikes and my mt. bike. I suspect the real reason I put mt. bike pedals on my road bike is because I'm too lazy and to cheap to purchase new road pedals and road shoes.
First time in my cleats, I was inside my apartment. I climbed onto my bike and leaned to my left, my shoulder against the wall, to get an idea of what it was like to tighten the toe clip straps over my bike shoes. Once clipped in, I pedaled backwards for a bit. Hmmm.......not so difficult. As I reached to my right, to loosen the strap on the toe clip, my shoulder came off the wall and of course I immediately fell on my right side, thudding onto the carpet. It would have been embarrassing, but no one was around to see what I'd done (well, now you have).
The second time I fell over, I riding up an extremely steep hill in Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), in the Santa Monica Mts. How steep? The chain broke (I managed that stunt at least a couple of times). The forward progress of the bike on a 15% or so grade was almost instantly converted into lateral movement that this time had me crashing onto pavement instead of a carpet. No harm was done and luckily, I was carrying a chain tool.
Over the ensuing years, until true clipless pedals came into being, I witnessed numerous riders - usually at traffic light - hit the pavement because they forgot to loosen their straps before coming to a stop. If it ever happened to me, mercifully I can't remember.
For me, by the time clipless pedals arrived, I was more than up to the challange. It probably didn't hurt that I'd already skied for may years, long before the creation of clipless pedals, so the basic idea - that force applied to the pedals would release me - wasn't an alien concept. It's been close, but I've never fallen in my clipless pedals because I failed/forgot to release myself from them.
Gary - double sided mountain bike pedals on your road bike?!? Actually, I have a Roubaix, too, and I have the same pedals. Mainly because I've told myself that I like being able to get off my bike and walk around, to make a photo (small world, I know you from pbase.com), or walk into Starbucks. I've told myself I can use one pair of shoes on both my road bikes and my mt. bike. I suspect the real reason I put mt. bike pedals on my road bike is because I'm too lazy and to cheap to purchase new road pedals and road shoes.
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A foot falling asleep may indicate a shoe that is tied too tight.
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Well, DG, now that you have bought into this unreasonably dangerous product, and can expect to fall several times before you get the hang of it, You should keep a lawyers business card handy. You never know when an 'accident' will turn a profit. Happy cycling! bk
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just remember that extra points are awarded if you get at least one nurse to stop the blood flow as you lay in the road.
Knowing your luck- it will turn out that those bikini babes will just happen to be riding past and they will all be nurses.
Knowing your luck- it will turn out that those bikini babes will just happen to be riding past and they will all be nurses.
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It also may indicate that his shoes stink and the foot passed out...
Okay, just get it over with. Find somewhere that there will be a pretty girl, ride up next to her, smile, and fall over. You know it is going to happen, but the suspense can be bad for you. Might as well get it over with.
Since it is assumed you will take my advice, it would be most considerate for all of us here if you have a photographer on standby to record this event so it can be posted afterwards...
Okay, just get it over with. Find somewhere that there will be a pretty girl, ride up next to her, smile, and fall over. You know it is going to happen, but the suspense can be bad for you. Might as well get it over with.
Since it is assumed you will take my advice, it would be most considerate for all of us here if you have a photographer on standby to record this event so it can be posted afterwards...
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Trying again:
EDIT: Well, I can't seem to get the little thumb link. Oh well.
EDIT: Well, I can't seem to get the little thumb link. Oh well.
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Gary - double sided mountain bike pedals on your road bike?!? Actually, I have a Roubaix, too, and I have the same pedals.
1) Mainly because I've told myself that I like being able to get off my bike and walk around, to make a photo (small world, I know you from pbase.com), or walk into Starbucks.
2) I've told myself I can use one pair of shoes on both my road bikes and my mt. bike.
3) I suspect the real reason I put mt. bike pedals on my road bike is because I'm too lazy and to cheap to purchase new road pedals and road shoes.
2 is an often used argument that makes absolutely no sense to me. Do you have only one pair of non-cycling shoes that you wear everywhere for all purposes?
3 makes sense
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I hate Image Shack.
While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.
Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.
While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.
Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.
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I hate Image Shack.
While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.
Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.
While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.
Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.
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OOC, did you get hit by the same virus when you clicked my example links above?
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There's no + sign on my page to expand when I click his link. I'm using a 19" monitor, so maybe that's why I'm not getting the + sign? But I know what you're talking about when an image comes across that's larger than my screen and I have the option to expand it.
OOC, did you get hit by the same virus when you clicked my example links above?
OOC, did you get hit by the same virus when you clicked my example links above?
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I hate Image Shack.
While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.
Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.
While viewing Gary's picture above I was attacked by some sort of viral "Freaky Love Calculator". This is not the first time I have encountered BS at this sight.
Norton held it at bay, but I was forced to end process to get off the screen and come back to here from the begining.
DG I'm glad to see you've gone clipless FINALLY. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. When I first went from MTB to a road bike I stayed with the SPD pedals so I wouldn't have to get different shoes and I could walk around in my MTB shoes. Within a year I found that I was off of my bike and walking around so seldom that it really wasn't a valid argument anymore to not go with road pedals. Enjoy.
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And nice pedals, too, if you'll allow me to say so.
A pair of those came with my OCR -which worked out, since I was using SPDs at the time- and I liked them so much that I replaced them with a set of Zeros. The M520s are now on my Fisher (since they *are* actually MTB pedals, after all) where they replaced the M324s I had there.
A pair of those came with my OCR -which worked out, since I was using SPDs at the time- and I liked them so much that I replaced them with a set of Zeros. The M520s are now on my Fisher (since they *are* actually MTB pedals, after all) where they replaced the M324s I had there.
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