Moronacity Cycling Journal » Entries tagged with "Clipless Pedals"
The Great Pedal Debacle
A couple of days ago, Neil commented on “Attempting to Miss the Yankee Springs Time Trial” and asked, “How does one forget their pedals…I mean…aren’t they, like, attached to the bike?” Ideally. Last fall, I broke the rear dropout on my Jamis (see A Surefire Cause of Inappropriate Verbiage). I went for a ride at the Tree Farm with Marty and Nick, and borrowed Marty’s Vassago Bandersnatch (see Bike P0rn: Vassago Bandersnatch Custom Build). We put the clipless pedals from my Jamis on the Bandersnatch and I rode that with glee. After the ride, we took the pedals off of the Bandersnatch and I placed them in my bike box. About two days before the Barry Roubaix, another friend, Chris, put the replacement frame part … Read entire article »
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Highland + Beer + Mexican Food + Friends = The Perfect Day
I love Highland. The Highland Recreation Area has some of the best mountain biking trails in Lower Michigan. In fact, Ali placed it in her top five in her blog post, “Loaded.” It is four loops of technical, climbing hell. I love technical. I love that I can climb fast when I am in shape, which is most certainly not the case at this point in time. I don’t love climbing. Ali, Glen and I met at Highland with the plan of doing all of the loops on Monday. In the past, it would take me three hours to ride all four loops. Not only were Ali and Glen a little fatigued from Saturday’s Barry Roubaix, but I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mountain Biking
