Originally Posted by
FBinNY
They are bad, they look like crap, and can increase the risk of injury in a sensitive area if you crash. Whenever I see bikes set up that way I figure the owners already have as many children as they want.
I'm still in high school, and thus have no children. Every time in the past that I've taken a fall, I've just fallen on my side with my feet clipped in to the pedals. I've never had the cockpit of the bike come in contact with my groin, so I think I'll be alright. Plus, this is only temporary.
As a side note, the tires on it were trash. The rear has flat spots with cords showing through from skids and the front has a sidewall tear. It had a thorn proof tube in the front and a tire liner in the rear. No wonder the bike was so heavy! I'm putting my GP4000S's from my own bike on it so I can take it for a ride. I'd swap wheels and cassettes with my own bike, but I wanna ride the (lightweight when compared to my own FSA wheelset) Mavic Cosmos wheels.