Flat pedal moment
- Thread starter snailracer
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Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
You may be onto something here. Take a piece of, (arguably) unnecessary equipment, use it in such a way as to increase the risk of accident or injury, and simply mitigate the effects by donning safety equipment. All you then need to do is to start an online discussion on the matter and the justification for the extra expense appears as if by magic.
So. Forget the injury potential of bear traps/rattraps, razor sharp pinned flat pedals, or the potential leg injuries from clipless moments, and buy a pair of leg guards. That way you can use either pedal system safe in the knowledge that your shins and knees will be safe from either.
Then we won't have anything to discuss and can get back onto hi-viz and lighting debates!
By the way McB, I suspect you are sponsored by the purveyors of flat pedals, and are trying to steer us away from 20 quid wellgo PSD and 20 quid Lidl shoes towards the non-hyped and mis-marketed flat pedal:
http://www.hotlines-uk.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=43495
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
£150 for a pair of pedals, are you insane man? you've got to be looking in the sub £20 region to find mine
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Did you see the blurb though?
"We analyzed everything that was on the market and started with a clean slate to completely re-invent the pedal."
They are very clever though because despite all the design changes they managed to disguise them to look like...well...er...a normal pedal!
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
For some of the high end stuff the marketing blurb is indistinguishable from the stuff you see for cars or perfume. I know, but those are the two things advertised that strike me as the most bizzare in the way they're hyped....when I'm unlucky enough to actually have to see an ad. Even the kids assume any ad that they have no idea what it's for will either be a car or a perfume.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Hmmm, I think you're still a bit of an inbetweener, shall we say temporary membership to see how you behave?
Zizou's total spend was £390. Probably needs to add more for replacement cleats.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
You're missing the whole point, which is clearly one of ground clearance "the thinness of the pedals lowers your center of gravity for increased stability and better cornering, brings you closer to the axis of rotation for a more effective pedal stroke and increases your ground clearance so you are less likely to be obstructed by objects on the trail. ", 'cause 5mm higher and you'd get catapulted off the trail with every rock strike, wobble around unable to complete a whole rotation of the cranks, and fall over on corners. .
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Wow, there's some serious gouging going on and I don't think it has anything to do with pedals and shins.
jethro10
Über Member
- Location
- Lake District, UK
I get sciatica, quite badly sometimes.
However I can always pedal a bike with it, without pain strangely....except clipless, as the upstroke introduces intolerable pain.
So looks like I'll have to stay being an uneducated peasant
Strange really that I can hardly walk to the bike sometimes, but can pedal OK. I did most of the C2C last year with sciatica. Didn't dare got off for the hills to push!
Jeff
However I can always pedal a bike with it, without pain strangely....except clipless, as the upstroke introduces intolerable pain.
So looks like I'll have to stay being an uneducated peasant
Strange really that I can hardly walk to the bike sometimes, but can pedal OK. I did most of the C2C last year with sciatica. Didn't dare got off for the hills to push!
Jeff
