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Old 05-21-11 | 04:53 PM
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james_swift
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From: San Fransicko
Took the Nano out for a jaunt up to the Golden Gate Bridge today and manged to get a pedal strike while pedaling through a corner. While it was probably half my fault as I am used to pedaling through corners on my 2 other fixed-gear bikes, it didn't take much of a lean angle for the pedal to hit ground (even with the shorter 165mm crank swap-out). Luckily my plastic BMX platform pedals just slid right through the turn without catching.

Confirmed my suspicion that re-fitting a bike with 406 tires when it was originally designed around 451 tires wasn't the greatest idea. Anyway, be careful out there, and if you must pedal through a corner, do as fixed-gear riders do and try keeping the bike as upright as possible by pushing the bike away from the corner while your body leans into it.
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