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08-11-08 | 03:49 AM
#726
Junior Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 16
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From: Scarborough
Bikes: Orange 5, DMR Switchback
I was reading the which "clipless and why" thread and I got to thinking..... After years of riding clipless pretty much all the time I'm now running platforms on my bikes. I went out for a ride yesterday running my Time pedals and about 6 miles in my knee starts giving me problems again.When I got home I ditched the clipless and went with a set of platforms. Now when I ride with my old Vans/flats setup,no problems. I am finding that I am just more comfortable riding on flats now days.
Back to DMR, V12 pedals & 5-10 shoes give awesome levels of grip. I noticed someone asking about feet slipping - a big thing is to relax when riding. Tense up & you'll come off any pedals. Even with SPDs, if you're tense you'll crash (maybe still attached to the bike...)
08-11-08 | 08:02 PM
#727
Old School Rad
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,206
Likes: 0
From: The old Mountains
Bikes: Blur LT
Santiago, he's going with a 08 Stinky.
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Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
08-11-08 | 08:09 PM
#728
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,510
Likes: 0
From: Montréal, QC, Canada
Bikes: 2005 Kona Blast; 2005 Turner Flux, 2006 Felt F3C
08-11-08 | 08:11 PM
#729
Old School Rad
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,206
Likes: 0
From: The old Mountains
Bikes: Blur LT
08-11-08 | 08:17 PM
#730
Generic Title
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,927
Likes: 0
From: North Carolina
Bikes: 2008 Trek Fuel EX7, 2007 Trek 1600, 2007 Eastern Warthog
08-11-08 | 08:20 PM
#731
Old School Rad
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,206
Likes: 0
From: The old Mountains
Bikes: Blur LT
08-11-08 | 08:27 PM
#732
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,510
Likes: 0
From: Montréal, QC, Canada
Bikes: 2005 Kona Blast; 2005 Turner Flux, 2006 Felt F3C
08-11-08 | 09:30 PM
#734
use your best eye
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,050
Likes: 1
From: Olympia, Washington
Bikes: '75 Bertin, '93 Parkpre Team 925, '04 Kona King Kikapu, '05 Bianchi Vigorelli
08-11-08 | 09:35 PM
#735
Nitro
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 829
Likes: 0
From: canyon lake, tx
Bikes: Salsa
08-11-08 | 09:48 PM
#736
use your best eye
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,050
Likes: 1
From: Olympia, Washington
Bikes: '75 Bertin, '93 Parkpre Team 925, '04 Kona King Kikapu, '05 Bianchi Vigorelli
Not much to watch at the moment. But I DID get to see a crapload of smileys and a choochoo train.
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08-11-08 | 09:57 PM
#737
Nitro
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 829
Likes: 0
From: canyon lake, tx
Bikes: Salsa
Smileys make everything better.
08-11-08 | 10:02 PM
#738
Generic Title
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,927
Likes: 0
From: North Carolina
Bikes: 2008 Trek Fuel EX7, 2007 Trek 1600, 2007 Eastern Warthog
oh.. thats too much, youre killing me.. I'm so glad I'm not a teenager..
08-12-08 | 07:45 AM
#740
Official Website Waterboy
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 3,271
Likes: 0
Bikes: a lot
Hey 66! what Logo is that in your sig?
08-12-08 | 08:07 AM
#741
use your best eye
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,050
Likes: 1
From: Olympia, Washington
Bikes: '75 Bertin, '93 Parkpre Team 925, '04 Kona King Kikapu, '05 Bianchi Vigorelli
08-12-08 | 09:39 AM
#742
Official Website Waterboy
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 3,271
Likes: 0
Bikes: a lot
"He is a legend in the world of freeride, he lives somewhere between darkness and light....."
08-12-08 | 10:31 AM
#743
Moar cowbell
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 12,480
Likes: 7
From: The 509
Bikes: Bike list is not a resume. Nobody cares.
Oh, but you used to be . . . so was I. I was probably that clueless too - - only I was better at keeping quiet about it; there was no Internet to show it off for all the world to see 
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08-12-08 | 03:45 PM
#744
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 502
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Bikes: 2010 Giant Filter 1. 07/08 Apollo Independent.
**** yeah.
Going to the bike shop on Friday night
If they have the bike in the right frame size, I'm getting it, if not, ordering it
Going to the bike shop on Friday night
If they have the bike in the right frame size, I'm getting it, if not, ordering it
08-12-08 | 05:19 PM
#746
Old School Rad
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,206
Likes: 0
From: The old Mountains
Bikes: Blur LT
08-12-08 | 05:25 PM
#747
Generic Title
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,927
Likes: 0
From: North Carolina
Bikes: 2008 Trek Fuel EX7, 2007 Trek 1600, 2007 Eastern Warthog
08-12-08 | 06:03 PM
#750
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,510
Likes: 0
From: Montréal, QC, Canada
Bikes: 2005 Kona Blast; 2005 Turner Flux, 2006 Felt F3C
True story:
I went to a Catholic high school and a couple of times per year the parish priest would come in so that we would do confession. It was all a fixed routine. We, at least the boys, would all give the same set of "sins":
- I don't listen to my parents
- I sometimes disrespect my teacher.
- I sometimes 'abuse' myself.
A few Hail Mary's and all was good.
Then one year a different priest was sent. My friend went in, my turn was after his, and he came out very red-faced. The new priest had never heard the phrase 'I abuse myself' and he thought my friend was into some sort of self-mutilation and kept asking my friend to explain to him what exactly he did to himself.
Needless to say we all adjusted our phrasing so we wouldn't need to explain ourselves.
I went to a Catholic high school and a couple of times per year the parish priest would come in so that we would do confession. It was all a fixed routine. We, at least the boys, would all give the same set of "sins":
- I don't listen to my parents
- I sometimes disrespect my teacher.
- I sometimes 'abuse' myself.
A few Hail Mary's and all was good.
Then one year a different priest was sent. My friend went in, my turn was after his, and he came out very red-faced. The new priest had never heard the phrase 'I abuse myself' and he thought my friend was into some sort of self-mutilation and kept asking my friend to explain to him what exactly he did to himself.
Needless to say we all adjusted our phrasing so we wouldn't need to explain ourselves.