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Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)

03-01-21, 01:07 PM

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What Bicycling Rules do you follow that Experience has taught you?

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Posted By buzz-man

"Your shadow points to danger." The longer the...

"Your shadow points to danger." The longer the shadow, the more the sun is in the eyes of motorists coming from that direction.

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

05-15-09, 09:08 AM

Replies: 31

Pedal Failure

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Posted By buzz-man

the same, but different...

These were two DIFFERENT SETS of pedals, both LOOK A5.1's, both right side. The first right spindle broke a few years ago on a winter ride, and fortunately I was in the saddle when it happened. The...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

05-14-09, 09:57 AM

Replies: 31

Pedal Failure

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Posted By buzz-man

Well, as I stated in an earlier post, the first...

Well, as I stated in an earlier post, the first time I was sitting down while pedaling, so it was not a big deal, other than to spook me. The other night, I was standing on the pedals, so I went down...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

05-13-09, 02:16 PM

Replies: 31

Pedal Failure

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Posted By buzz-man

hold the phone...

Just a second. The spindles are the same, they just broke in different places. On one, it broke where it is machined (cast?) to be less thick, and the other it broke a half-inch down the spindle.

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

05-13-09, 02:12 PM

Replies: 31

Pedal Failure

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Posted By buzz-man

ton of bricks...

buzz-man here. Well, a local mechanic brought my front wheel back to life. He described it as "really pretty good" after working for 10 minutes to true it, but I am $10 poorer, and that wheel has...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

05-13-09, 09:09 AM

Replies: 31

Pedal Failure

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Posted By buzz-man

twice bitten...

I was riding last night (5-12-09) with two miles to go to get home, when a LOOK A5.1 right pedal spindle sheared off. I 'touched the ground' pretty hard, scaped up my Ultegra levers, and ruined a...

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