Well, that's good enough for me! I'm riding flat footed from now on!

Speedo

Sure you can be sarcastic if you like but I really will only be riding with the flat of my foot from now on. I believe it works better and is less tiring.

Because you gain nothing by assuming. Assuming only opens up the possibility that you are wrong. By choosing to not assume anything you gain the possibility of learning something new (if the evidence is presented to you) without the risk of being wrong. Choosing to not assume anything has every advantage over assuming without sufficient evidence.

Of course, I understand why you wouldn't want waste your time testing a result which will probably be negative, but that's no reason to assume the opposite result. Choosing not to assume anything isn't any more bothersome than assuming.

Nope, you're wrong. Assumptions can save your life. It is natural and instinctive to assume. We wouldn't have made it past the stone age if it weren't for our ability of assumption.

Let's say you were a tribal person living in Africa and you see some fearsome looking strangers from another tribe coming with spears in their hands. Would you assume that they are coming to kill you and your people and take defensive action or would you just kick back and not assume anything until they show you what they want?

Is this a bike forum, or an anthropology forum.:D
PCG

Not sure.
FWIW: I regret getting sucked into posting to what seems to be a pretty worthless thread. I don't think a single post in this thread is worth reading including my own. :)

Hey, wait a minute. Certainly this post deserves points for brevity!

Speedo

:)