rankin116

Could be he lost focus when Matt hit that shadowy spot.

waterrockets 

Yeah, good point with the sudden contrast drop there. Not sure where focus went though. Looking along the edge of the road, I don't see focus anywhere. Maybe it came close, and the focused bits were cropped out in post. Still a great shot, but forensics on this stuff helps with my own shots down the road. Too bad EXIF data have been stripped -- would be good to know what body is doing the hunting there. I think my 1D mark iii would have this situation sorted.

furiousferret

@caloso that's a frame worthy shot!

mattm

I think for the purpose of the picture - capturing a racing moment - it came out just fine.

Especially if you're just posting it to the web like I am.. blowing it up for a poster might be different.

waterrockets 

Absolutely! Just constructive forensics really

caloso

Thanks, I think so too.

grolby

+1. There's about a mile of air between that pedal and the pavement. Back in the day (aka 2009), I was riding with Look Delta clone pedals, and I scuffed pedals pretty regularly in crits. NBD; as long as you don't seriously dig, you're fine. Eventually I upgraded to Speedplay Zeros, which I've used ever since. I don't think I've ever touched one of those down. Short cranks (I ride 165mm) help as well.

hack

good to know...i've been a bit uneasy about it after striking a couple weeks back.

waterrockets 

It's a little disconcerting when I strike, but I'll hit one even in training sometimes. I'm always right on the edge, and with 175mm cranks, I don't have a ton of room. Pretty much every time I'm in a break in a crit, I'll catch a pedal at some point as my brain is still thinking of pedaling patterns in the slower pack. I've never crashed from a strike, and I probably strike 20-30x per year.

The only memorable strike a bridging effort. I was trying really hard to establish a gap with 2 to go. I started pedaling out of a corner too early and completely pole vaulted both wheels into the air -- I was way too far over to start pedaling (doing 32 in this corner vs. 27 every other lap). When I came down, since I was moving tangential to the curve and was still yawing, my rear tire had an enormous side load that pulled the bead over the hook. Thump thump thump BOOM! The tire went and I had to pull out. Unclipped and walked back to the car.

So, the key is to stay calm. Pretty much all the time, no matter what.

Wylde06

I dug my pedal pretty bad in a turn in a crit last year. Was flying through the corner tailgunning and wasnt paying attention to where my pedal was. The rear wheel skipped out to the side pretty bad, but I was able to keep it up. A couple guys a few bikes up looked back at me..surely to see if I had went down or not. Thats one way to make sure you are awake.

carpediemracing 

ah but he didn't crash either. It's not the winning part, it's the not crashing part.

carpediemracing 

Part of the reason I like the Keos is the soft disposable surface at the pedal dig areas. It's more like a grinding wheel going into plastic rather than metal because that's what the pavement is like, a grinding wheel. Regardless as pointed out if you just keep going you should be okay. It's when the rider freaks out that things go south. In my clips I've tried to isolate pedal digs as part of the "story" but except for a slight sound (that I was carefully listening for) there was nothing dramatic. Therefore they didn't make it in the clips.


My pedal, my picture, after a race where I dug a few times. I'm still on the pedals, and that picture was from Aug 2012.

Incidentally I use 175 cranks. I used to race 167.5s with a half axle (Gipiemme) pedal, and then with Aerolite pedals that gave almost 40 degrees clearance (lean angle, based on a 170 crank). Even those I dug regularly, and they dug nicely due to the first 1/4" of material being plastic.

Andy STi

What!

I bought my first set of Looks in 1986 after winning a Mayor's Cup crit. A junior with $120 burning a hole in my pocket. Try cornering with the original white or black Looks.

shovelhd

Which Mayor's Cup?

HOWSER

Local 10k TT. Photo taken by Roger Harrison at the turn around (out and back).

Ygduf

Sweet kit. I miss the old green Webcore kits out here!

save10

incidentally i just drank a Boulevard Brewery Limited edition Rye-on-Rye last night....it was an amazing beer
Boulevard Brewing Company » Rye-On-Rye

the entire 750ml bottle....without eating dinner which may have contributed to the disaster that was my Tinder date last night.

Ygduf

there is a lot of content in the message above.

Andy STi

Oak Park, IL. Junior 14-15. Ah, the good 'ol days.

Those first gen Looks were huge!

shovelhd

Lining it out at Somerville. Note who is aero and who is not.

mattm

Dash for Cash p1/2 podium. Serious biz!!



photo via my partner.

carpediemracing 

Heh

globecanvas

Is that Timmerman?

shovelhd

Don't know.

mike868y

timmerman as in dan timmerman the cross dude? that dude is about 50lbs too heavy to be timmerman.