Comments for Unsquished

Comment on Dorkness Visible by Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:15:40 +0000

I notice a lot of low-income bikers in Durham bike sans lights or helmets on dark streets at night. Which is scary to me as a driver, for obvious reasons.

Comment on Errol Morris Bicycle Themed Cheap Beer Ad by TBLJ

TBLJ — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:34:00 +0000

Love it!!

Comment on The Perfect Pedal Solution by unsquished

unsquished — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:49:59 +0000

I was also thinking of getting these: stuper stylin' leather padded toe clips! Great for a sort of retro look. Really I'd need a different bike for them though. One with leather handlebar tape, rather than my current urban assault city bike.

Comment on The Perfect Pedal Solution by Emily

Emily — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:41:59 +0000

When I wanted to take the platforms off one time I ended up having to pry them so hard with a screwdriver that the plastic bent. So, I doubt they would come off on their own.
They did have the drawback of chipping off bits of plastic now and then when they hit a curb, so they would slowly get kind of misshapen. Which was why I was trying to take off the one that wouldnt come off.
The more I describe them, the less ideal they sound… I liked them though!

Comment on The Perfect Pedal Solution by unsquished

unsquished — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:30:43 +0000

Yeah, I saw those in the bike store, and read some reviews online. I was a bit worried about having them snap out accidentally or, failing that, having to spend time tightening the tension on the pedals and then loosening it again (I usually keep them on the loosest setting). The dude in the store also suggested using a giant zip tie instead of the Power Grips. I guess he wasn’t working on commission.

Comment on The Perfect Pedal Solution by Emily

Emily — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:07:52 +0000

Something very close to this has existed for quite a while actually! You can get heavy plastic platform pedals that clip onto one side of a shimano SPD pedal. They even come with the yellow reflector on the sides.
They are great, I put them on my old commuter in the late 1990s and they were still on the bike when it was stolen in 2007. They actually might be better than this kind even, since you get the real shimano pedal (which probably has way better bearings and so on). But these are pretty cool looking, and the plastic platform snapped onto the SPD always did look a little jerryrigged.

Comment on The Perfect Pedal Solution by tblj

tblj — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:23:26 +0000

Earlier this year I looked at these pedals for my road bike because I wanted to have the option of wearing regular shoes ultimately, as you know I wound up buying another bike.

Comment on Out of Gas by lady macsquish

lady macsquish — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:37:48 +0000

The Big Dummy is totally awesome, but is *much* more expensive than converting an bike one already has. Which is not to say a girl can’t dream…

Comment on Out of Gas by unsquished

unsquished — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:27:36 +0000

Nah, the link works fine as is… and thanks! And I think maybe the overlap between fundamentalist Christianity and the tastiest of fast foods has something to do with their not drinking. Maybe all that extra time, money and energy goes into experimenting with various meat/bun/condiment combinations? Then again, I wouldn’t know. I’m too busy drinking. In-n-Out Burger is damn tasty though.

Comment on Out of Gas by Emily

Emily — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:30:29 +0000

wait, take out that “%20″ and put in a space