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Old 08-10-10 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ianjk
I actually melted the rubber rim strip and gum sidewalls of my crappy tires to the rim.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...,0.016544&z=16

^^^^^what killed it.
Did you eat ****?

heh usually I pedal down without braking, but I unclipped(one sided pedals) before going down so I kind of screwed myself. I managed to clip back in a while after realizing how stupid I was, but my rim was burning by then.


Originally Posted by adriano
i would never use brakes with gears, not even occasionally, poseur.
there's a video on Youtube showing some old footage of an Italian guy going down these switchbacks on a road bike without holding the handlebars and using his foot to brake. Too bad I don't remember what it's called.

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