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08-08-06 | 03:39 PM
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do I really need one?
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I am not important enough for a title...
I am thinking of going clipless with my new bike... I figure I upgraded to a new bike why not upgrade my riding. What is the best option(s) out there? It seems to be eggbeaters?
08-08-06 | 04:08 PM
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From: West Lafayette IN, Ann Arbor MI
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HAHAHAHA nice one. Beaters if you don't like to fuss and just want to ride. I rode normal beaters, some people still get candys though. It's a wench if you are ever in a jam and need to ride them without cleats though, it's asking to crash. I recently switched to SPD-SLs and can't complain. They are cheap on ebay, plus you can rig them up with straps for standing start and sprints at the track. Only advice on the beaters is to stay away from the base ones because they'll rust if you are doing year round riding, or atleast thats what everyone says. My beaters were perfect though after a year and a half. I highly recommend beaters. Other people will tell you atacs though.
08-08-06 | 04:08 PM
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Wolfman got nards!
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Originally Posted by lbthomps
atacs
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Reason is a scoundrel, stupidity is direct and honest. –Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov
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08-08-06 | 04:36 PM
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08-08-06 | 05:14 PM
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Wolfman got nards!
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Originally Posted by Sunks000
atacs, what style of clipless is that?
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Reason is a scoundrel, stupidity is direct and honest. –Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov
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Reason is a scoundrel, stupidity is direct and honest. –Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. –Oliver Wendell Holmes
08-10-06 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Learn_not2burn
SPD-SLs and can't complain. They are cheap on ebay, plus you can rig them up with straps for standing start and sprints at the track.
08-10-06 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by danish
do you mean Candy SLs? how did you put straps on? ive been wanting to do that to mine for short rides when i dont feel like wearing spd shoes.
