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Old 07-13-07 | 11:01 AM
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"Precious" fits. I want to reach throught the monitor and pick her up.
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Old 07-13-07 | 11:07 AM
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"Precious" fits. I want to reach throught the monitor and pick her up.
Ha! And she'll bite your hand off! She almost pierced my ear yesterday. No joke!
Appearances are deceiving, I guess

She's just so full of energy that she doesn't what to do with herself yet when she gets excited.
She tries to lick and just starts nipping instead. And she's just so darned happy about it!
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Old 07-13-07 | 11:31 AM
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Alrighty, then... getting back on topic: my pedals have been delivered! And here I am stuck at work
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Old 07-13-07 | 02:41 PM
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I have SPD's on all my bikes and find that the A520 are a pure pain in the B**T and the worst of all my SPD pedals.

With the platform, they are harder to clip in to because you can't feel where the clip is relative to the platform. They seem to always be turned the wrong way, and in no time they were all beat up on the "non-clip" side as a result of trying to start off from a stop and also from flipping them over to clip in. I bought them because I thought they would provide more foot support and I'm not sure that is true. Functionally I think they are way below the M520 because you can only clip in on one side.

They do look cool, though.

M324 is a good choice for a more casual commuter/around town bike or even a not-ridden-too-hard mountain bike.
Always used M520's- or 515's in the early days and still got them on one bike. For my new bike I got the A520's and I had my doubts. 3rd ride on them tonight and although not as narural as the M's- due to having to flip the pedal the right side up-Tonight I was clipping in immediately and as the Pedals have loosened up- they were always the right way round so a flip with the toe to push forward and the cleat was in exactly the right position for instant clip in. It is just a Conscious thing to look at the pedal as I do prefer a double sided pedal- but the A's are fine and do look better on a road bike.
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Old 07-13-07 | 07:07 PM
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Old 07-13-07 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SaiKaiTai
Meanwhile, my real new pride & joy?
He/she (?) is a real cutie
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Old 07-14-07 | 05:10 AM
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