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Oct 2007
8:32pm, 25 Oct 2007
1,214 posts
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I would add
5. They give you more power and a more even pedal stroke as your feet rotate
6. You can pull up as well as down so bunny hops & getting over obstacles get easier
7. They keep your feet in roughly the same position on the pedal, so pedalling is more efficient
8. Compared to flat pedals with pins in them, they save you from losing most of the skin on your shin when you crash and collide with the pedal.
Disc brakes are also awesome, shame we don't have a lighter ones for road bikes. A few people do have them on races though 
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Oct 2007
9:08pm, 25 Oct 2007
11,874 posts
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Toks
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh am a proper cyclist, fallen off big time
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Oct 2007
9:10pm, 25 Oct 2007
1,221 posts
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LOL Toks. Any injuries?
Can you still run?
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Oct 2007
9:12pm, 25 Oct 2007
1,255 posts
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Jason1969
I remember my Dad pointing at a road sign and saying that he'd leant on it one day (with his feet strapped in) and the sign fell over, taking him with it. He lay on the floor tangled in his bike and the sign, with motorists laughing!
I've been upside down in a ditch, similarly strapped in.
Injured, Toks? Or just hurt pride?
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Oct 2007
9:14pm, 25 Oct 2007
11,877 posts
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Toks
Loads, LTC, not much but i was surprised how angry i was for falling down, my ego was bruised big time
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Oct 2007
9:16pm, 25 Oct 2007
18,318 posts
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mad4purple
Mine was outside my house, was more intend with stopping my bike computer than sorting my feet out!!! few grazes, and now have a bit of scarring but it's fading
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Oct 2007
9:19pm, 25 Oct 2007
1,258 posts
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Jason1969
I haven't had one for years, but that probably means I'm due to have one very soon.
*thinks for a moment and then heads back to singles thread*
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Oct 2007
9:23pm, 25 Oct 2007
1,223 posts
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My worst ones have been on ice. You hit the ground so fast you are lucky to get a hand down, never mind getting your feet out.
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Oct 2007
9:25pm, 25 Oct 2007
1,262 posts
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Jason1969
Had a few of those, Lucky. Yeah, it's so fast that you're lying down before you know what's going on.
Mountain biking in the snow, though. That's LOTS of fun!
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Oct 2007
9:30pm, 25 Oct 2007
18,323 posts
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mad4purple
Not sure if I will brave the ice
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