problem with clasps on mks red straps
02-25-07 | 11:34 AM
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problem with clasps on mks red straps
so last night my left strap came completely undone while doing a short skid at a stop sign. this is the second time this has happened. i dont believe i could have messed anything up while setting them up. has anyone else had this problem?
02-25-07 | 08:14 PM
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
03-14-07 | 09:03 PM
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I got nearly new red MKS straps that are doing the same thing. This is not cool.
Don't buy MKS toe straps unless you don't ever skid / skip.
Are EAI straps any good? I think that's in my near future.
edit: **** it, what's worth doing is worth doing right, double straps are in my future.
Don't buy MKS toe straps unless you don't ever skid / skip.
Are EAI straps any good? I think that's in my near future.
edit: **** it, what's worth doing is worth doing right, double straps are in my future.
Last edited by andre nickatina; 03-14-07 at 09:24 PM.
03-15-07 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by deathhare
We need a strap thread.
03-15-07 | 09:08 AM
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I've never adjusted my MKS straps once yet... I will say that it was ridiculously hard to get the straps into the MKS Sylvans they came with...both sets. I had to use needlenose pliers to pull them through each hole.
03-15-07 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by npoak
get clipless?
03-15-07 | 01:36 PM
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haha!
there are 2 ways to thread the end of the strap through the buckle- the right way and the wrong way. the right way is to go from UNDERNEATH the buckle, pinching the strap between the teeth and the roller. if the teeth aren't biting into the strap, you did it wrong.
there are 2 ways to thread the end of the strap through the buckle- the right way and the wrong way. the right way is to go from UNDERNEATH the buckle, pinching the strap between the teeth and the roller. if the teeth aren't biting into the strap, you did it wrong.
03-15-07 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by scott77
get a brake
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03-15-07 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
Amazing but true, many fixed riders riding clips and straps also have a brake! Even some who skip/skid with abandon. Scandalous!
03-15-07 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by k3nho
haha!
there are 2 ways to thread the end of the strap through the buckle- the right way and the wrong way. the right way is to go from UNDERNEATH the buckle, pinching the strap between the teeth and the roller. if the teeth aren't biting into the strap, you did it wrong.
there are 2 ways to thread the end of the strap through the buckle- the right way and the wrong way. the right way is to go from UNDERNEATH the buckle, pinching the strap between the teeth and the roller. if the teeth aren't biting into the strap, you did it wrong.
