Originally Posted by
hurricane harry
Yes, that's a great analogy. Whats stupid is bieng attached to a bicylcle when it's time to bail, or f ing around with some gizmo on your pedals while riding through the city, because everyone else does it.
No, what's stupid is having your feet resting gingerly atop a set of platform pedals on a bicycle with a fixed drive-train.
I've never had to bail out on my bike, but I've had to go down quite a few hills where my legs were going so fast that platforms would have turned my shins to blood sausages, and I've had to climb enough hills that I understand the value of being able to apply force throughout the entirety of a crank's rotation.
You're damn right I do it because everyone else does it. They've been doing it for a bloody long time because it's a good god damn idea.