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BEEF SUPREME said:
I’m a PMBI coach. If you need some set up tips I’d be happy to help. I’m in the PNW and I’d be happy to help in person with riding tips. I highly advise a coaching session just because riding has almost completely changed since you last were riding.


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Thanks for the offer! I appreciate it greatly. A friend of mine from college happens to own the local bike shop (where I bought my new bike), so he's also offered to help me out when able. Although he banged up his knee last fall and hasn't been able to ride since.

One thing that's perplexing me right now is the pedal setup. I've been using clipless pedals for decades (Speedplay Frogs). Now my buddy has convinced me to try flats on the new bike. I'm open and am going to try them...but I'm just having a tough time wrapping my head around it. Been trying to do as much reading about the differences between the two as possible before my bike is ready.

Also, as a side note. I'm supposed to be on vacation RIGHT NOW in the PNW! Grrrrr
 
Cruise said:
Thanks for the offer! I appreciate it greatly. A friend of mine from college happens to own the local bike shop (where I bought my new bike), so he's also offered to help me out when able. Although he banged up his knee last fall and hasn't been able to ride since.

One thing that's perplexing me right now is the pedal setup. I've been using clipless pedals for decades (Speedplay Frogs). Now my buddy has convinced me to try flats on the new bike. I'm open and am going to try them...but I'm just having a tough time wrapping my head around it. Been trying to do as much reading about the differences between the two as possible before my bike is ready.

Also, as a side note. I'm supposed to be on vacation RIGHT NOW in the PNW! Grrrrr
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Your buddy is out of his mind.
 
I made the switch in 2008 when I started racing DH. It’s been a while since I made the change but with a purpose made shoes flats really are a lot better for control.

The best pedal for the price is probably the Race Face Chester. Usually you can find them for 50-60 bucks. Ride Concepts makes a good shoe that I have not tried but the 5.10 Freeride is my go to shoe. The soft soles of the shoes are critically important. If you don’t use a purpose made shoe there is no point in switching to flats.

Flats allow my feet to come forward climbing and rearward for DH. I can twist my hips and weight the outside foot in corners. Body position is critically important to keep both tires evenly weighted. Flats are really key for your body position. This is really important with a new bike since most bikes now have forward geometry. You want to keep the front wheel weighted. No more keep your butt back.

I did lose a little bit of power for climbing yes. It slowly came back as my body adopted the new position and feel of the flats. It takes time. If you’re going to give it a shot. Give it the whole summer or more.

Also get a lesson from a PMBI coach. You won’t regret it.



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Day 1 in the books on the new bike. Had a blast; although the pedals (Stamp 7) are definitely going to take a little time to get used to considering I haven't ridden with platforms in a veeerry long time. I went with the 5.10 Freerider shoes to help with the transition. They're incredibly grippy on the pedals, it's nice. Although, I found it a bit challenging to get my foot positioned consistently. I'll probably split time between my Frog and the Crank 7's once I get settled in a bit more. All in all, the day went well.


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USMC-SSGT said:
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That's a sweet ride, how are you liking the eTap? Like American made carbon, not much of it around. These guys also do it, I have an aluminum frame but their carbon gets rave reviews.

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Etap is great. Have always been dura ace di2 and was a little concerned. Had heard people say etap shifted too slow for them. I haven’t found that to be a concern at all so far. Pretty intuitive too as far as getting used to it. I will say though, I miss the secret dura ace button. On the hoods was a hidden button you could program. I used it to change screens on my gps. Sram doesn’t have that.
 
I know I posted this in the quarantine activities thread, but I put my bike through it’s paces this morning on a short ride and I thought I’d share my thoughts on it so far. It was a blast! I put a 36t chain ring on the front and in the first two gears using the thumb throttle will lift the front tire! It’s got great low end torque, but pretty low top speed, which is fine because I built it to bike on snow. Top speed I got with the highest assist level going downhill was 25mph. The project itself wasn’t too difficult, I think about anyone could do it. It’s not quite like riding a dirt bike, not that I have much dirt bike riding experience. Blipping the throttle gives a nice burst of torque, but fades out quickly. Also I noticed it only gives as much speed as the pedal assist is set to, so if it’s set to 1 the torque peters out more quickly than when it’s on a higher setting. Now I need to get the Bluto fork on that came with it, then it will really eat up the dirt trails!
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I need to toot my horn here. Semi serious cyclist who, due starting a difficult commute has spent the last 3 years on the sidelines. Been on leave for 3 months, so I picked my bike back up. Took me a while to get my legs working, but I was able to crank out a 170 mile week last week. Even though I'm 5 years older than when I was last in really good shape, I'm riding more and I'm averaging way better speeds than before. The only thing I can think of is that when I was younger, I was eating hot fried chicken and drinking beer, now I'm eating cleaner and drinking a little less beer.

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I know it won't last when I go back to work, but it is nice right now.
 
roundout said:
I need to toot my horn here. Semi serious cyclist who, due starting a difficult commute has spent the last 3 years on the sidelines. Been on leave for 3 months, so I picked my bike back up. Took me a while to get my legs working, but I was able to crank out a 170 mile week last week. Even though I'm 5 years older than when I was last in really good shape, I'm riding more and I'm averaging way better speeds than before. The only thing I can think of is that when I was younger, I was eating hot fried chicken and drinking beer, now I'm eating cleaner and drinking a little less beer.

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That's great getting back to it!

I'm not going to pull up my last 7 days (or weeks for that matter) on Garmin. On the upside, when I put my daughter down for a nap I'm going to go get the first outdoor ride on my road bike this year...

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