The Official DMF Bicycle Thread

[DarkMonster620]

Some Sunday's ride pics,

Me and my friend for almost 30yrs waiting for the start,


Here I was shouting at the idiot in red[he later told me "take it easy dude, is not a race"], he was moving onto my lane and braking, notice I am using both brakes; I tried after this to stay in front of him . ..


Even thought the weather was shitty, at best, it was a nice ride, funds recollected went to the Cancer Foundation  . . .

[DarkMonster620]

Any special recommendation for pedals for my Speedster:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_85_0?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A3375251%2Cn%3A706814011%2Cn%3A3403201%2Cn%3A3404731%2Cn%3A6389528011%2Cn%3A3404891%2Ck%3Ashimano+spd-sl+pedals%2Cp_85%3A2470955011&keywords=shimano+spd-sl+pedals&ie=UTF8&qid=1476918103&rnid=2470954011

[d3vi@nt]

Any special recommendation for pedals for my Speedster:

If you plan to do any bit of walking, the bigger plastic cleats (like Look Arc-style cleats) aren't fun. They're slippery, pack mud and gravel badly, and wear fast if they touch anything besides the pedals.

Other than that... I've always ridden Look pedals on the road, so have no FHE with Shimano's.

[Grampa]

I like my iclicks, but they do wear quickly off the pedals.

[DarkMonster620]

Thanks, my friend, in pic with me, recommended this set, https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00U18MLS0/ref=pd_aw_sbs_468_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=N5SZPW62W5VFEC4J5PKD&th=1

It cost just $5.00 locally and it is available in diff colours ... Shoes I got in bike package, https://www.scott-sports.com/us/en/products/2518195537014/SCOTT-Road-Tour-Shoe

Helmet for time being, is the same

[DarkMonster620]

OK, I am seeing a trend here, I am getting more speed and today I did, at least one lap, under my regular avg time . . .

Here is today's workout for those that do not use Strava,  https://www.strava.com/activities/750519941

[triangleforge]

Just my two cents - I think you'd be much happier long term going with a mountain bike pedal system (Time ATAC, Shimano & Eggbeater are the ones I'm most familiar with) than a road bike pedal & cleat. Other than the road race bike, everything else of mine has ATACs on it.

[DarkMonster620]

The pedals I am looking at are for the road bike

[Grampa]

The tricky thing about pedals is..... everybody has their favorite for a specific reason, and what works best for one, may not work well for you. Finding a good pedal/cleat/shoe combo is difficult because you cant test ride stuff.
 

[Grampa]

if those shoes have only two mounting holes, you need to narrow down your cleat/pedal search based on that.

[DarkMonster620]

Shoes have 3 holes . . . Alex, the guy at bikeshop, told me the Look are OK, he has to order them from warehouse, so, here she is, Sophia

Sophia

and these are the chosen pedals,



and shoes,



Still NOT set up for me, I went in in jeans . ..  tomorrow we will measure more precisely and change whatever needs to be changed, also, my mtb will get a stem change, from 80mm to 100mm, I am pushing back on the seat 

[somegirl]

Just my two cents - I think you'd be much happier long term going with a mountain bike pedal system (Time ATAC, Shimano & Eggbeater are the ones I'm most familiar with) than a road bike pedal & cleat. Other than the road race bike, everything else of mine has ATACs on it.

I also prefer MTB pedals on my road bike.

[DarkMonster620]

Sophia at a friend's house, he has the space to keep it and we'll usually depart from there on the long runs; still has the Tourney set, friend's Di hasn't arrived yet; pedals should arrive on Wednesday and installed no later than Friday

2016-10-24_08-30-45

[Johnny OrganDonor]

Bicycles built (rendered) based on people's attempts to draw them from memory. (This probably just another derby on my part)

http://www.booooooom.com/2016/05/09/bicycles-built-based-on-peoples-attempts-to-draw-them-from-memory/

[DarkMonster620]

Cool . . .