Cycling Thread

lol I won't tell you then that I'm still on my original set of cleats and pedals (3rd pair of shoes though in 15 years...). The pedals have never been serviced, i've never greased them or anything. Absolutely amazing engineering. I think they may be some of the original shimano ones carved from granite (you can see them on my enduro on page 2 of this thread scratched to hell but still working!)...  I have a set of newer M-525's is it i think on my road bike and the cleats work fine in those too.

The cleats do look fooked and are really rubbed down (part of the reason I cant get them off is the bolt heads are knackered) but they still click in and stay attached pretty much no matter what. I dont use them for commuting though so probably dont do as many clip in and outs as you do in 6 months but have used them on my mountain bike and road bike everytime i get on it and we do ride fairly often!

James, we met a guy on a cyclocross bike coming down as we were heading up the pass between wasdale head and seathwaite in the lake district on a cyclo cross bike. Nutter. So no excuses there then....

I also grew up pre-spds so can ride without them, my rock garden comment was a little tongue in cheek, sorry perhaps should have used a smily face thingy....

Since I havn't got a car atm I've been cycling around on my dads bike he picked up on ebay. Mid range hybrid thing that someone built. It does the job but is a little worn around the edges and the frame is on the verge of being too big. I still enjoy over taking trafic on it though down the hills! I've got to get a speedo thing on it.

Now im working (my tits off!) I'm going to put together a quality lightweight road bike for me to gun around London on.

A cyclo cross bike seems to be a good general purpose choice ...