this dude could climb trees on a bike
with sticky tires and gravity on his side
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In toe clips?
WTF?
WTF?
you mean youve never spun the rear wheel out on a steep steep climb?
Hah, cool shot. I love that he has carbon RaceFace Next LPs yet still has toe clips.
LOL! Good catch!
Mad steeze props from the gravity world. And bonus, no link. 
Hey!! the rock thing right behind the guy sorta looks like a face!! 
I love seeing people with expensive clip-in pedals on crappy bikes.
This guy climbed the Waterfall on the National in Phoenix clean on a titanium hardtail equipped with toe clips. He has RF cranks on that bike as well.
Ride what works best for ye!
His gravity dropper is on backwards...I guess so his seat can point down like that....
Nice riding. It ain't the machinery, it's the rider.
Zackly
I find it amusing when Kevin and I finish a big ride with someone who has never ridden with us and they look down and say, "You have toe clips!" Sherlock Holmes is in danger of losing his job every time.
Whodathunk one could ride somewhere like this in toe clips?
When I was riding with them I kept breaking the cages, which is what led me to clipless.
I saw a guy riding in the VT 50 last Sunday on a rigid, cantis, toe clips. More power to him!
I saw a guy riding in the VT 50 last Sunday on a rigid, cantis, toe clips. More power to him!
Makes my day every time I see someone on non-bling equipment kicking ass. Reminds me that I've spent too much on my gear already and I should quit thinking about it and ride harder. My particular problem with toe clips is that I'm not quite balanced enough to never need to dab or get out of the pedals, and flipping toe clips upside-down is usually asking for a wreck - or, at best, torn off toe clips.
I just liked the particular contrast of the uber-expensive, mutiple material, top of the line cranks and the toe clips attached to them
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I could staple my balls to the wall right now, but that would be pointless too.
Not me, old man!
Pointless to the clueless is pretty funny.
Why stop there? Why not be a real man and ride a big wheeler?
The only benefit of toe clips for an experienced rider would be the choice in shoes and comfort. Would be nice to have some warm hiking boots on for some winter rides i do. Clipless bikey shoes absolutely suck for cold.
Hence the "storm socks" i just bought for 25 bucks, hopefully that's not wasted cash, gotta keep them piggies warm in the winter, as i have had little luck with those pain in the ass neoprene booties....
Hence the "storm socks" i just bought for 25 bucks, hopefully that's not wasted cash, gotta keep them piggies warm in the winter, as i have had little luck with those pain in the ass neoprene booties....
frickin' n00b.
:biggrin:Retro Grouch.
Ahhhh... and Chang's got my back.frickin' n00b.
This and H8R reminiscing about goth chicks and bartles and james has me feeling old. (Not as old as MC, but old.)
Let's see, with clip in pedals there's mud jammed cleats, mud jammed pedals, hike-a-bike in disco hard-soles, broken cleats, cleat bolts that back out, lack of selection in shoes and lack of sizing in shoes to name a few disadvantages.
One advantage of toe-clips not mentioned is the ability to slide quickly off of the back of the pedal when bailing out on a steep technical downhill section of trail. I've stepped right off of the back of my bike and have even been able to keep the bike from taking a hit in some pretty nasty situations.
Another advantage of toe-clips is pedal cost. With five mountain bikes, it makes financial sense as well.
Or snow, which takes one kick against a rock or the pedal itself. Staying on the bike prevents this.
That's why i like the spd's with the platforms, again a kick takes care of it, and again staying on the bike prevents this.
If you have alot of clay in the soil, well then you're screwed, go ride somewhere else if it's mucky out....
As long as they have decent tread, hiking boots have hard soles too. i've hike a biked up 5 miles of trail with a bout 4000' of gain. i was in discomfort, but not because i hiked it in clipless shoes. i was in discomfort because i was wondering what the hell i was doing killing myself for 4000' in 5 miles, but it wasn't so bad when i finally got to descend...
i've never seen or heard of that happening. ever.... If you broke your cleat on an impact perhaps the cleat saved your foot from being broken?
Worn out cleats yes, takes a while though depending. i like spd's tried and true.
i have seen that happen, and it's happened to me years back. It's pretty funny as you cannot clip out once the cleat is loose. A crash followed by an extreme difficulty in seperating from the bike ensues.
There's been 2 times i've seen it on the trail. The bolt is always nowhere to be found. Ironically enough if you look at my thread where you remarked i carry everything but the kitchen sink you'll see a couple cleat bolts in the pile. Those 2 people i've seen on the trail were quite happy when i gave them that bolt. A simple bolt, a ride saver.
Yah, i wish Nike still made bikey shoes, they actually put out a decent line. People always marvel at my Vans clipless. Wait this is sounding way too girly....
Once you get used to clipless there is no difference. Especially if you're using lighter tension on spd's. It's a rarity when i crash that i stay attached to the bike.
What kind of pedals you are running are not necessarily responsible for one's inability to safely navigate tricky sections. Personally i think it's a good idea to be able to tackle them regardless of if you're running clip, clipless, or platform. That's ideal, but of course comfort is key, and i think that this ultimately is the real issue of our drawn out blather. Not physical comfort but mental comfort which instills confidence.
If you have 5 mt. bikes, you're in hardly a position to argue what makes financial sense.
Sorry to turn this into what i'm sure now resembles one of those pathetic MTBR "i'm right, you're wrong" argue threads. But i suppose with my weekend i've been spending resting more than riding i chose to take the opportunity to show that i really do know what i'm talking about.
When it comes to pedals only, everything else i'm pretty clueless about.
It's my suspicion that anyone who is running toe clips is just being stubborn to change. Needlessly giving the bird to the bikey world by being conservative on converting to clipless may be percieved as cool to some, i suppose.
Wearing what you want is nice, but if you held a gun to my head to drop the formality of internet politeness. Well i'd have to scream, "dude, get out of the 80's...."
Not even. 99.9% of the posters on mtbr are retarded and the .1% who aren't know me well eough to not argue this point with either Kevin or myself. At least you're not retarded.
BTW, with the hair and spinach chin, I'd have to say back, "Get out of the 60's".
Also, I rode flats from 1986-1994.
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Uhh, Nike still make Bike shoes, I have some, they make cipless, and shoes for using flat pedals, I dont know what your talking about.
Touche, if you've been riding since 86 what are you doing still bailing on downhill sections?
i honestly didn't know that.... are we talking road or mt. bike shoes.
No matter where one goes, whom they ride with, or what trail they are riding on, there's always someone who can ride better. Even practitioners of Bobology have miscues from time to time. I enjoy challenging the limits of my skills and/or bikes.Touche, if you've been riding since 86 what are you doing still bailing on downhill sections?
I've been riding since 87', and I still bail all of the time.
BUT Clown Shoes wasn't built in 87', now was it?
BUT Clown Shoes wasn't built in 87', now was it?
Oh no you're not.... Are you a hardtail purist too?
Ok it all makes sense now.:huh:
If you tell me you like 29ers then i'll concede the war to you, and go play marbles somewhere else... No use in trying to argue with someone who likes 29ers.
Maybe we can battle side by side on the issue of bar ends... But only if you lighten up.
i been riding since 04. i am qualified.
My dad's name is Bob and he's an engineer (structural). There's a specific reason for everything he does and the way he does it. My siblings and I call our tendencies towards this, Bobology. I own and ride two FS bikes.Oh no you're not.... Are you a hardtail purist too?
Ok it all makes sense now.:huh:
If you tell me you like 29ers then i'll concede the war to you, and go play marbles somewhere else... No use in trying to argue with someone who likes 29ers.
Maybe we can battle side by side on the issue of bar ends... But only if you lighten up.
i been riding since 04. i am qualified.
The next time some dildo bike shop employee tells me I need a 29er, they will be spitting out teeth.
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