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Old 03-17-09 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave
Provided it's only for short distances. Just curious because I see very few cyclists doing it.
YES, IT IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS......IT'S DUMB!!

Your feet have no real control of anything on a bike plus there is not one bit of protection for your feet
from anything at all!!

I lost all the nails on one foot riding this way as a youth. NOT fun!!!!
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I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.

Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
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