What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

[Spike-X]

threw some flats on the duallie last night, my hip flexor is weak AF, i had my giro rumble..bit firm...but had zero grip on the saint pedals, rode quarry pk in melb inner west, i then realised the saint pedals had little washers spacers on the bolts, removed all the outer ones, still not enough grip..
there is a tiny pebble rock garden, my feet kept bouncing off—

how the hell do you guys do it..r u deliberately transferring all weight actively standing in rock gardens to pedals, attempted 1 tiny jump, got 0.5cm in the air, feet stayed on ok for that, but still felt like i could have gone floating, do peeps buy longer pins, have some softer sole shoes on the eay

I found getting rid of the Saint pedals for something with actual grip helped quite a lot.

 

[gillyske]

thanks for feedback, might grab some nylon pedals off fleabay with bigger pins

pedals matter.... a lot.

If you're going to get nylons get Crank Brothers stamps or Raceface chesters, don't just get any old pedal. Something big and a little concave.

I don't think I'll ever use anything other than DMR vaults, i've tried to ride other peoples bikes with their pedals on them (shinamo saint included) and it honestly feels like a completely different bike and very sketchy.
No shit if you have good pedals and shoes its like being clipped in... ish.

 

[beeb]

DMR Vaults are great pedals. Plenty of grip.

 

[Litenbror]

Heels down and compress compress compress.
youre probably doing the unconscious clipless thing of pulling up with your feet at jumps and bunny hops.
should be driving that bike into the ground at the takeoff and mostly letting the suspension jump for you.
rock gardens it’s just practice practice. practice.

I tried clipless for a while then went back to flats. I realised I’d started to collect those bad clipless techniques.

Saints are overrated and I hated them.

^^This^^

you need good pedals and shoes (I'm using 5-10s and VP harriers) but the main reason your feet are coming off is you are lifting them off.

Heels down and don't pull the bikeup like you do when clipped in!! it wont work. Compress before the rock garden then raise up letting the suspension unweight the bike but keep your heels down and your feet will stayed glued to the pedals.

 

[fjohn860]

pedals matter.... a lot.

If you're going to get nylons get Crank Brothers stamps or Raceface chesters, don't just get any old pedal. Something big and a little concave.

I don't think I'll ever use anything other than DMR vaults, i've tried to ride other peoples bikes with their pedals on them (shinamo saint included) and it honestly feels like a completely different bike and very sketchy.
No shit if you have good pedals and shoes its like being clipped in... ish.

+1 for the nylon crank bros stamps.

I also bought some longer M3 brass cap head screws from ebay. Pedals have tonnes of grip now. Wearing five tens as well.

Before and after photos for reference.

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[Haakon]

10-15 rides before I started to feel less scared and slippy on flats... It’s like learning to ride all over again, especially anything involving getting any air. It will go horribly wrong at some point when I get careless/over confident but so far so slashed shins.

Just stick with it I guess. Heels down...

 

[droenn]

Buy my V12s with terror pins

 

[DMan]

I sold it.

 

[Haakon]

I’m using these

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com.au/ulk/itm/401819168181

with Shimano shoes and they both seem decent. Not a massive spend in case I hated the flats experiment.

 

[moorey]

thanks for feedback, might grab some nylon pedals off fleabay with bigger pins

Don’t go skimping....at least buy something that you can whack longer pins into.

 

[leitch]

Little after work Youies yesterday, rode Junction for the first time in aaaages (and maybe the third time ever) - forgot how good the view is from the top.

 

[Haakon]

Don’t go skimping....at least buy something that you can whack longer pins into.

The cheapies I listed will take longer pins. They seem to surprisingly good quality.

 

[Tubbsy]

Took to my carbon frame with a dremel....

 

[beeb]

Took to my carbon frame with a dremel....

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...for the purposes of?

 

[Tubbsy]

...for the purposes of?

Changing the eccentric pivot bearings of course!

 

[born-again-biker]

Just got back from the Dial Range.
Went bush bashing looking for old single track up in the hills. Found a bit of it but mostly old neglected tracks and bumpy fire roads. The old Falcon ute scrambled up some pretty rough shit...was laughing to myself.

Stopped in at Penguin Mtn bike park on the way back and did the Montgomery Loop. It was great. Super fun trail.
Ran over a decent sized tiger snake going Mack Chicken! Adrenaline level maxed out... But strangely I smashed the very next climb section like a boss

 

[Tubbsy]

...for the purposes of?

The first three tapped out fine. The fourth I’m tapping away, harder and harder, thinking this shouldn’t be this stuck.

Then the bearing exploded everywhere leaving the outer race jammed in there.

 

[Scotty T]

Saints are one of the thickest pedals out there. ...

Didn't hit them at all today, getting used to them.

 

[SDA]

Finally unpacked and washed my bike from a Derby trip, and found this scratch / gouge in my top tube.... should I be worried??

 

[Daniel Hale]

got a link for screws?

+1 for the nylon crank bros stamps.

I also bought some longer M3 brass cap head screws from ebay. Pedals have tonnes of grip now. Wearing five tens as well.

Before and after photos for reference.

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