Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Roger Merriman Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Bike ride today Date: 19 Apr 2025 10:41:26 GMT Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 8WKwwBQupxd4aPShwh41PQYreSaofnfucX4QfqCHjBVyHX/Cpx Cancel-Lock: sha1:8aChgwST/KGYSRMJg9vyAPXYIso= sha1:3IEe6Ch34SLQC3YVUwf+Ty6pgwU= sha256:wRgo11ulwZ3Hq9EDY0eiKtE1zgcnCS/eUnSFgRwAJxw= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad) Bytes: 3546 Catrike Ryder wrote: > On 19 Apr 2025 08:50:35 GMT, Roger Merriman wrote: > >> Catrike Ryder wrote: >>> Pleasant surprise when I got back to my truck after my ride. Someone >>> had left a little note with a ribbon and a small sprig of flowers. The >>> note was a simple Easter blessing. There was no phone number to call, >>> no website or church to visit, just a Happy Easter from a lady (She >>> signed it and I'm sure I don't know her) who had a happy thought and >>> passed it on. I'm sure my truck wasn't the only vehicle that received >>> the blessing. >>> >>> Hope springs eternal, even in a world full of hate..... >>> >>> I only did 40 miles today because it was very hot, 90 F and very windy >>> 20MPH, and 60+ humidity, too. >>> >>> The new front derailleur worked perfect every time I ran it through >>> it's paces. I brought tools to fine tune it, but they weren't needed. >>> >>> I've been wearing street shoes, sandals on the last two rides thanks >>> to the heel sling pedals. I guess I no longer can claim not liking to >>> walk around in SPD shoes as an excuse to not ride my bike to the >>> grocery store. >> >> I have definitely advantage over gravel club mates as I use FiveTens so >> flat pedal shoes vs clip less on any hike and bike! >> >> Which isn’t why I wear them but slightly amusing on wet cobbled stuff! >>> >>> -- >>> C'est bon >>> Soloman >>> >> >> Roger Merriman > > I had to look up "fivetens." They appear to be very expensive. The > sandals I buy are dirt cheap, and I very seldom wear anything else. I > require a close toe and a full heel rather than just a heel strap. I > tend to roll forward on the balls of my feet when I walk and I walk > out of shoes without a good heel. I've tried two different pairs of > sandals on bike rides and both worked fine. > > -- > C'est bon > Soloman > They are sports stuff and certainly the model I have are reinforced against rock strikes, and so on. Being Down Hill focused but I like the stiff platform, and despite their weight are popular as they pedal well. I have used non cycling shoes on the commute and even on that fairly light use have just disintegrated let alone on a gravel/MTB ride which is to some margin more demanding. And flat pedal cycling shoes top out at much lower price point than Clippless which tend to go for carbon this and that. £300+ without much effort. I did get some winter boots for the bog snorkelling that happens last year which made this winter a lot more comfortable aka dryer! Those are about as expensive as Flat shoes go so sub £200 most will be just over a ton. Roger Merriman