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Blue_SV650S
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PostPosted: 20:13 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Push-bike fail!! Reply with quote
Crying or Very sad

Got caught out on some gravel earlier ... front went, foot in toe-clip so no chance of foot down (playing with mobile in one hand - so little bar control) and down I went!! Sad

Stings a bit and it was only at ~5mph .... got me thinkin' about coming off a motorbike bike in a pair of shorts!! Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:15 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
pffft toe clips, be a man and use spd pedals. Razz
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PostPosted: 20:26 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Reminds me..Tour de France starts.

No leathers for those guys.
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PostPosted: 20:35 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
pffft toe clips, be a man and use spd pedals. Razz


You mean the peddles with special shoes that clip directly into peddles?? ... that is all very well and good unless you want to actually do something/walk anywhere when you get to your destination and don't have a rucksack full of shoes!!! Wink

Howling Terror wrote:
Reminds me..Tour de France starts.

No leathers for those guys.


Yeah, mine was at ~5mph ... they AVERAGE what 25-30?? Thinking ... some of the injuries they get there look really nasty!! Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:44 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yup, they're the ones that clip in to the pedals. I find them quite good for walking around in shops and other places, because of the metal cleat on the sole they make a noise every time you put your foot on the floor so walking around on a hard floor makes a click click click click noise.

It sounds slightly dangerous to have your shoes attached to the bike but SPD pedals are a lot safer than V12 type pedals.
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PostPosted: 21:35 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
pffft toe clips, be a man and use spd pedals. Razz


pffft spds are for gurls. Flats FTW Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:49 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
a lot safer than V12 type pedals.


I agree, they can frigging hurt. SPD FTW!
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PostPosted: 22:03 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I googled V12 peddles and came up with this ...

https://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/bikes-and-gear/components/pedals/WMB88.gt_1.dmr1_prev-399-75.jpg

That is what my peddles are like (ish) but with some Raleigh toe clips now bolted on Smile

https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41F6hORqqCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Drug dealers peddle and cyclists pedal, so do choose your words wisely. Razz

Toe clips have the disadvantage that you're not able to get your foot down quickly if necessary but they don't offer as much benefit in pedaling as SPD pedals (and the shoes) do.
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Depends what you're doing, SPDs are the best pedals if you're cycling in the traditional style that involves both wheels being on the ground. Wink
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PostPosted: 22:20 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
pffft toe clips, be a man and use spd pedals. Razz


my thoughts as well SPDs are made of win and occasional fail until you get used to them.
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PostPosted: 22:20 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
peddle and cyclists pedal


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PostPosted: 22:33 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
Drug dealers peddle and cyclists pedal, so do choose your words wisely. Razz


I used to pick up off a guy who rode a bike Laughing
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PostPosted: 23:05 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
this is what happens when you crash at 30 with only a lid on:
https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3701/photo001td.jpg
took about 4 weeks to heal up
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PostPosted: 23:47 - 01 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
SPDs rock
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PostPosted: 00:41 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ouch Ben :/

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PostPosted: 08:26 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ben. wrote:
this is what happens when you crash at 30 with only a lid on:
https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3701/photo001td.jpg
took about 4 weeks to heal up


where is the blood and stuff? ... you look like have had an argument with an iron, not the ground! Very Happy

p.s. it also looks like you need a serious visit to the pie shop! Wink
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that picy was taken 2 days after i done it
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PostPosted: 11:01 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Blue_SV650S wrote:
that is all very well and good unless you want to actually do something/walk anywhere when you get to your destination and don't have a rucksack full of shoes!!! Wink


I've got cycle shoes that are sort of trainer/low hike boot style, and the cleats are recessed into the (chunky) sole. No need for anything else, but a bit warm in this weather!
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PostPosted: 11:08 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
defblade wrote:
I've got cycle shoes that are sort of trainer/low hike boot style, and the cleats are recessed into the (chunky) sole. No need for anything else, but a bit warm in this weather!


I've got some Shimano mountain bike shoes and they're the same, easy enough to walk in (if you don't mind the tap dance esque noise it makes on hard surfaces)

Just look for a set of mountain bike SPD's, can usually be walked in fine, not as stiff as road shoes, but so much more convenient.
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PostPosted: 11:13 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
i lol'd at your ginger leg hair.

But yeah, fuck falling off with shorts on, it hurts enough in jeans.

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PostPosted: 11:22 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Blue_SV650S wrote:
Ben. wrote:
this is what happens when you crash at 30 with only a lid on:
https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3701/photo001td.jpg
took about 4 weeks to heal up


where is the blood and stuff? ... you look like have had an argument with an iron, not the ground! Very Happy

p.s. it also looks like you need a serious visit to the pie shop! Wink


I'm more concerned by the total lack of body hair! Shocked
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PostPosted: 15:53 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
V12's are nasty, i've 'shinned' myself many a time in my early days of downhilling.
In my opinion its worse than falling off and grazing all your leg, those pedal studs go deep and rip a nice big bloody line up your shin, absolutely kanes!
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PostPosted: 16:07 - 02 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
To make V12s more dangerous you can get the 10mm DMR 'Terror Pins' which will destroy your trainers and shins even faster. Twisted Evil Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 00:28 - 04 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ben. wrote:
this is what happens when you crash at 30 with only a lid on:
https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3701/photo001td.jpg
took about 4 weeks to heal up


where is the blood and stuff? ... you look like have had an argument with an iron, not the ground! Very Happy

p.s. it also looks like you need a serious visit to the pie shop! Wink[/quote]

I'm more concerned by the total lack of body hair! Shocked[/quote]






Im more concerned with what yous are looking at, not the road rash but how attractive he is haha.



lesson learned there Ben me thinks Smile
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PostPosted: 00:30 - 04 Jul 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
'Tis merely a flesh wound!

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