Whatever--you'll be randoing like a fiend.
I'm thinking of going exclusively to flat pedals but I haven't done
any rides longer than STP (2-day) with them. Maybe the trick is to
wear fifteen year old Birkenstocks with worn soles.
Ryan
On Oct 3, 10:16 am, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
...a
Mike, out of curiosity, what size are your feet? I ask because I have
fairly large feet (size 15 US/50 euro) and I recently tried some
platform pedal riding. I found that for anything over 10 minutes,
really, my feet got fairly uncomfortable pretty quickly, even in
footwear with fairly heavy
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:03, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
I'm thinking of going exclusively to flat pedals but I haven't done
any rides longer than STP (2-day) with them. Maybe the trick is to
wear fifteen year old Birkenstocks with worn soles.
You have to carefully break in your shoes
jeremy,
i have size 15 feet, and think the chaco grip king combination is a match
made in heaven. i would recommend trying a significantly larger platform
like a GK, as i can't abide traditional rat trap pedals myself.
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jeremy Till jeremy.t...@gmail.com wrote:
I wear size 11 shoes. I've been trying out different shoe (Vans,
Patagonia Bagley, Teva sandle) and different pedals (MKS sneaker, MKS
touring, GK). All work just fine for rides up to 60 miles or so. I
think part of the problem on this ride was that for the first 45 miles
I was riding at a good
I have used the MKS touring pedal with my Tevas and found I sometimes
got sore spots after 30 miles or so. I switched to Crank Brothers
50/50's and some off brand magnesium sealed bearing BMX pedals with an
equally larger platform and I don't get sore feet anymore. I also ride
with my New balance
Hey Mike,
Great pics! Now you got me thinking about taking the QB on tomorrow's
ride...
BTW, you should be able to swap out the solid bolt-on axle for a QR
one, without too much trouble. I did just that with my Surly hubs on
the karate monkey a while back. I recommend the old enclosed cam
Hey Jay, I think it's not as straight forward switching the bolt on
axel for a QR on the 120mm spaced hubs but I do need to look into it.
I need to adjust the bearings anyway. Perhaps I'll tackle it this
weekend.
--mike
On Aug 3, 4:00 pm, J. Burkhalter burk...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hey Mike,
Great
Looks like an awesome ride. Jealous, we don't have any long climbs
around here in the midwest, though I do enjoy some good rollers.
On Aug 2, 6:59 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
... Larch Mountain on my Quickbeam from my house in Portland. About 80
or so miles round trip. The 14 mile climb
Sounds fun! Inquiring minds want to know: Did you shift?
jim m
wc ca
On Aug 2, 4:59 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
... Larch Mountain on my Quickbeam from my house in Portland. About 80
or so miles round trip. The 14 mile climb up to Larch Mountain went by
smoothly enough for the first 10
Sounds fun! Inquiring minds want to know: Did you shift?
jim m
wc ca
Hey Jim, I didn't shift, 40/18 the entire way. It was definitely a
good work out. The cruise down was odd, it seemed like it took forever
just coasting back down. There's no real tricky turns or anything so
you almost get
Now I want to try it fixed!
Ryan
On Aug 2, 4:59 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
... Larch Mountain on my Quickbeam from my house in Portland. About 80
or so miles round trip. The 14 mile climb up to Larch Mountain went by
smoothly enough for the first 10 miles but the last 4 miles were
Looks like it was a great ride, Mike.
Hey man, let me know when you ride out again on a Monday. I'm game for
anything local on my Quickbeam!
On Aug 2, 7:07 pm, Bill Connell bconn...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
... Larch Mountain on my
It would be a tough descent fixed, but yeah, climbing fixed would be
the way to go, especially if you didn't have 10lbs of crap in the
basket.
@Ron, sorry I didn't touch base with you. I left pretty early, before
8am.
--mike
On Aug 2, 6:13 pm, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
Now I want to try
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