Thanks Ed. There won't be any stinking clipless pedals on my track bike! Useless as...

I was thinking more the shoe itself, but I guess I could go with the same fit but better fastening system to get rid of the freedom.

Hello lotek. Long time...

Ed, what's diff between wood soled and CF? I thought the latest generation of plastic shoes was pretty stiff. Besides, you don't getsplinters fro CF :D

Wood has absolutely no give at all it's laminated in layers like a skateboard....you can't even feel them flex in the slightest when walking on 'em. But a bit painful.....you can only wear them for 45 min-1hr then have to get em off. Strictly hard core, but incredible power transmisson.

Tell that to the last guy that snapped his carbon seatpost

go the wood soled, you'll have plenty of "trackie cred" at track night :)

I use the standard old road shoes and pedals as do most people. Some use straps but then, they almost fall over when they can't grab a rail or get a handler to get out of them in time.

I can just see it now, they all laugh and guffaw as I roll up with my $1000 KHS crap bike from china then hush as I reveal the wood soles. Sensational :D

What!!!?!! Fall over? You can't be serious. If I fall over because I can't unclip please put me out of my misery. Mind, I've only ever ridden 600m on a fixie in my entire life!!!

yah it has been a while (not that I haven't kept up).
Tell you what, I'm thinking that part 3 might be in order,
what say ye gents?

I also have the same crap bike from China but with Bianchi written on it. One other guy there has a really cool old Malvern Star track bike. Where'd you get yours? Wait until I teach you track skids, you'll be having a ball.

They have the full double strap trackie pedals you cannot get out of easily. No worries with standard pedals :)

gotta hit at least 5,000.

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Nah...let's do it!!

Part 3 al the way!!!

Mate, I haven't got it yet! Got sick of looking for a bargain on ebay. But, as luck would have it Rod Martins has my size bike in-store and it's only double the price that I wanted to shell out. Guess I'll have to forgo getting that collapsed wisdom tooth seen to for another month or two!! :D

Ah, so that's why you're here, letting us know Part 3 is imminent, eh? What I'll do is post below this a sort of introduction that you can use as the first post for Part 3 (Because I started this thread and want to go first :D)

On a bike related note fellas, just a quick note to let you know I can now get Shimano, Chris King, White Bros and Answer/Manitou parts OEM. What does that mean? It means I can do some pretty competitive deals on complete bikes or frame/fork/parts packages. Actually, 'competitive' is a bit of an understatement - it makes wholesale look like downright unaffordable.

Anyway, if you want to take advantage in the future, you know where to look.

ok, how much for DA cranks?

Fark that....how much for a full D-A group?

175mm cranks, 53-39, 11-21, no hubs, no pedals, no post, no headset???

:D


(Roadies are the biggest scabs ever...)

With a frame, fork and headset package probably not much more than about 1200 bucks (but don't quote me on that, I still have to do the sums).

you gunna piss off that Campaggollo crap? :)

Maybe....if the price is right!

as per OP closing thread at previous post to one specified by tiger boy.
New thread "The Aussie Thread - Part 3" will be started up. . .

cheers,
Marty

P.S. We're going to unsticky this thread in about a week or so.

Koffee