Bike Update | New (old) Front Wheel
I decided to swap one of my DA22s onto my fixie, as my road bike has died (long story) and probably won’t be used until I sell it later this year. The bike now flies with that new wheel, and it’s much easier to steer/swerve at speed.
Sidebar: I apologise for the shitty quality of the photo; lighting was bad and my phone’s camera isn’t amazing, but it does the job.
I’m the opposite to most people who ride fixie, I can’t stand the plastic/metal bit that wraps around one’s toes (clip) on clips & straps pedals. I prefer having no strap at all, thus leaving my foot free to move about, or just the fabric strap around my foot without the clip at the front. I had previously used just one strap toward the front of my old pedals, but this was way too uncomfortable on long rides as my toes were having the life squeezed out of them; they were also pretty dangerous as the rear portion of the pedal wasn’t secured to my foot, so my foot would slip out and back of the pedal on occasion. I decided to make some form of strap arrangement myself, having read this and having bought some decent plastic pedals. I basically threaded through two straps through the front and rear portions of each pedal, thus creating the arrangement as follows:
They seem to work much better than any previous setups I’ve had, and my feet now feel far more secure. Those pedals are pretty grippy even without clips and/or straps, so now I won’t have to worry about my feet slipping out again! They fit my size 9 (UK) pair of Lacoste Cerberus trainers pretty well:
Sidebar: In the meantime, I’ll try and see if there are a set of these floating around the UK.
