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I am fairly sure that it is just fucked because i am putting too much stress on them, but if anyone knows anything different...
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Wonder if anyone could help?
Been having 'un-fun' times with my shimano SPD-SL road pedal system recently whilst riding.
Essentially, my right foot feels much looser in the pedal than the left does. I use the yellow bottomed cleats which are meant to have a bit of float in them, but recently they have started to feel a little odd. The pedal tension is cranked right up to the full but they still seem to pop out really easily, with even the slightest of force laterally, where as the left is the same tension and stays in just fine.
This would usually be fine but i've been riding brakeless for the past few weeks as there is some play in my headset (which i should probably get sorted anyway) and twice now when i have pulled up with my right foot to skid i have just popped out, obviously not a brilliant scenario when coming up to junctions or down hills. Cleats have been changed, to no avail. Any ideas with the pedal other than just buying a new pair?
Any help much appreciated.
p.s. I realise that riding brakeless with plastic cleats is pretty dumb
p.p.s No 'get a brake' comments -
Yeah man things are pretty healthy here, a good core of 25 or so riders in our little group, got rides every monday and polo on wednesdays - there is a track in mansfield that does some roller racing too which a few have been down to.
The hills, coupled with the fact you can be out of the city and up high somewhere in the countryside in 12 minutes riding are the best bits!
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If you can make it down it would be cool bro - we need some midlands unity!
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Hey 0121.
Sorry for infecting your forum with tales from the East, but thought a few of you might be keen to come over next weekend for some Midlands based fun.
Check it!
FIX UP -
"Organised by Nottingham Fixed Gear (& Single Speed!) there will be a cycle ride and BBQ in the afternoon, followed by an epic hoedown in Eleven, with visuals, live graffiti artists and huge classic block party tunes.
Giving it some block party hip hop and electro...through to disco, electronica, house and 90's house classics featuring: Roxanne Shante, MF Doom, The Roots, Queen Latifah, GangStarr, Biggie, Three Six Mafia, Biz Markie, Naughty By Nature, Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, J Dilla, Junior Mafia, Mantronix, The World Famous Supreme Team, Young MC, De La Soul, Toby Tobias, Crazy P, Holy Ghost!, Faze Action, Hercules And Love Affair, 40 Thieves, Lindstrom, Greg Wilson, Social Disco Club, Frankie Knuckles, Prins Thomas, Aeroplane, Codebreaker, Skatebard, Chaz Jankel, Glass Candy, Black Devil Disco Club, Fan Death, Kano, Alexander Robotnik, The Juan Maclean, Arthur Russell, Chaka Khan."
Be good to meet a few of you guys - If you can come down would be awesome!
Tom
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IF any one fancies some bike/hip hop crossover get up to Nottingham next saturday - big tunes - big hills.
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does your abus lock have a protection scheme like the kryptonites do? If you can provide them with your lock you might be able to get some money back...
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i like my downhill coasting and my tyres as much as i like not having to faff around with adjusting gears, singlespeed is enough for me thanks
'fixed / fixed hub'
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If you move to Nottingham there are plenty of us that ride here. Hit me up with a PM if you need any advice mate.
Tom
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Cycle To Work is great. Mercian are currently in the process of building me a Super Vigorelli in 853 Proteam for £600 all said and done. Brilliant.
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Blimey, I appear to have started a craze.
Murtle, do get it checked out. Although it is unlikely to be a problem, if it is, it is better treated sooner rather than later.
dracula, and then what happened?
Fortunately managed to slow the bike down sufficiently so that on the next (much smaller) uphill i could stop. Shoes are pretty battered though! Swapped my cleats out now. I think they were just a bit battered.
to give you an idea - I'm in Nottingham - this is the hill - for thsoe that know it was the second down hill section of woodborough road (leading from Mapperley into the City)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/256710023_c7d1501500_o.jpg
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Word.
A few folk up here in the beautiful city of Nottingham have decided to get badass and organise a little taste of our city for all y'all...
Saturday May 8th 2010
The Ride
Ride Starts 1:30pm - meet at broadway - a couple of different rides for all levels and a BBQ aftewards.The Party
Then the evening shenanigans will begin at Nottingham's premier establishment - Bar Eleven (http://www.elevenonline.com/) where we will be kicking off an evening of big tunes and visuals, cheap drinks and various other shit that we haven't quite worked out yet. Heres what you can expect musically -Fix Up - The First Edition.
Giving it some block party hip hop and electro...through to disco, electronica, house and 90's house classics featuring: Roxanne Shante, MF Doom, The Roots, Queen Latifah, GangStarr, Biggie, Three Six Mafia, Biz Markie, Naughty By Nature, Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, J Dilla, Junior Mafia, Mantronix, The World Famous Supreme Team, Young MC, De La Soul, Toby Tobias, Crazy P, Holy Ghost!, Faze Action, Hercules And Love Affair, 40 Thieves, Lindstrom, Greg Wilson, Social Disco Club, Frankie Knuckles, Prins Thomas, Aeroplane, Codebreaker, Skatebard, Chaz Jankel, Glass Candy, Black Devil Disco Club, Fan Death, Kano, Alexander Robotnik, The Juan Maclean, Arthur Russell, Chaka Khan.
Come up if you fancy getting out of the city, on to the open road and into a banging night. Trains are cheap and regular from St Pancras and always have bike carriages.
Facebook group here - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114721531886858
If you need a place to sleep just holler, we all have plenty of space or can point you in the direction of somewhere to stay
If you or a friend are of the fixed gear / single speed persuasion in the area or just fancy keeping an eye on whats going on here, then please join our other group for regular rides, bike polo, barbecues and social events.
Nottingham Fixed Gear
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32207441926&ref=ts -
my right spd-sl literally snapped today in the pedal. left me flying down a hill, trying to stop with a foot jam. oh dear.
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Virgin are one of the few carriers that still allow sports equipment foc. Just for reference. Also anyone going to the states, they still alow you 2x 23kg of checked luggage.
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'colnago urban bike' is all i have to say on that flickr. bloody hell.
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Can someone please point me in the right direction. I've scoured BSNYC for a photo as i was sure it was on there and also looked through anti porn and current projects. I'm now bored of doing it. Charge me a quid, see if i care, just someone post a picture. i need a laugh.
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They don't charge too much for frames, and they aren't cunts like you're making out. They are just a fuckin bike shop.
It is a fact that you will get a good product from 14 bike co, so if you want a bike from them and get bad service, go back another time and deal with a different member of staff.
This is how I'd deal with it. I'm not gonna 'take my business elsewhere' just because one member of staff may have been having a bad day. Why complain when you can HTFU and get on with it?
Im not making out they are cunts mate, im saying that i took the time and effort to come down from nottingham to the shop to get measured up for a frame and felt like the service was substandard. i work in sales, i know how to deliver decent customer service and i dont feel like i got that.
Im not whinging, i was just sharing my experience. I have popped in in the past and spoken to people and they have been sound, it just seemed a bit of a shame that i got better customer service buying a pair of toe clips than i did getting measured up for a custom built bicycle.Anyway big man, maybe you are used to having shit customer service because you're a dick.
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went into 14 the other day. I have a fair amount of cash to spend on a frame and forks.
really disappointed with the service. i felt like i was just going through a process to choose the colours i wanted the frame as opposed to being given an actual run down of my different options, i wasnt expecting every different combination of steel and lug to be available but a little guidance would have been nice, seeing as thats why i went in there. To be honest i felt like the person i dealt with would rather have been doing something else. pretty shit when about to lay down the best part of a grand on a bike which is supposedly custom fitted to yourself. Was more than prepared to put the deposit down there and then but they scuppered their chances of that pretty quickly.
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ooh more nottingham riders - happy times. I am another bespectacled chap here.
Find riding in them fine really, i'd maybe consider getting some prescription cycling ones but i dont see the point really because my usual specs are fine. Wouldn't ride in the rain with them though, my eyesight is good enough to be able to just about manage without mind.
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a black one with a campagnolo sticker
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Hippy - Unclip when bike is stationary with right foot first then swing my leg over and unclip left.
They are about 6 months old - only the cheap shimano jobs. Gonna see if i can have a go on some 105s and see if there is a difference...