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Do you find it's easy to get in and out of them?

Saw one of these in a shop in Dallas the other day and thought it looked pretty:



It's a Shinola Bixby. They also make really nice watches. Not cheap (in fact, way too much money), but almost made me want to buy a bicycle…

Disarm D'arcy wrote:Do you find it's easy to get in and out of them?

not to start with...but i developed a system and moded one of the pedals.

i had one foot always in, so never took it even when stoped at traffic lights (only when i needed to)...the other foot was my free foot. But for that free foot flicking the pedal (because its allways upside down due to weight of the strap) was difficult, and i couldnt get the grip in needed to flip it. So what i did was put a screw in the pedal, so the sharp end of the screw would be where i would grip to flip the pedal. I'm not talking about the whole screw protruding out, myabe a third of centimeter...enough for the sole of my shoes to grip onto it.

i didnt notice other people doing this...maybe it was because i rode with vans, and the grip on the soles are rubbish...either way it worked for me...and every time i took off, it was a quick flick and both feet where in the straps.

Was thinking about getting a BMX bike as a spare. Should I get something like this instead?

Here are my two cross bikes. The Chinese cf is my main go every where gravel bike. Fuji for racing. Only been out a couple times in the past couple months though from shitty hernia repair recovery.

Nice. Where do you live, repoman? (Hope you're back in better riding shape soon.)

VT

them hills

11-36t or die

My Lo Pro...

Whereabouts in VT dude?

D.o.S. wrote:Whereabouts in VT dude?

Upper Valley

MrNovember wrote:I've been eyeing up some adventure/touring bikes lately. I'm getting really interested in camping bike adventures. And I'd probably end up using it to commute to work.
These two in particular have really caught my eye:

These are sweet, I've never seen that Salsa before. Those guys have a bunch of really cool 'alt' bikes. I really like the continental divide race bike and the gravel/adventure bikes they offer. I had a salsa mukluk last year but sold it a little while ago.

repoman wrote:

D.o.S. wrote:Whereabouts in VT dude?

Upper Valley

Weird.

I used to live up there.

Vershire.