New Pedals
I was out on a short 13 mile ride early last week checking the distance and the time to ride from my house to the Schaumburg train station. I’m obtaining a enclosed bike locker there that will allow me to commute to the train via bike and not leave it exposed to vandals. Anyhow, I arrived at the station after 30 minutes and about 6.4 miles of light riding. As I turned to return home I felt my right pedal give a little and then sag. I lifted my foot off the pedal to look and the body of my less than 2 year old Shimano DX pedal fell to the ground leaving the greasy axel on the crank arm. I was dumb struck … yet another problem with my bike, this was not my summer that’s for sure. I stopped, slid the pedal body on the axel and then rigged it so I could ride home. Needless to say my left leg was extremely tired when I got back from doing 90% of the pedaling, but hey, it was a good workout.
Obviously this forced me to buy some new pedals for my bike. I didn’t go with the clipless pedals I talked about before, I’m still planning on getting those in the spring. I wanted to stay with a platform pedal because I think it will give me the best support and strength for my size. I narrowed my choices down to the Brooklyn Machine Works Shin Burgers, Atomiclab Aircorps, and the Easton Flatboy. I called all around the Chicagoland area and was only able to get the Flatboys at a local bike shop. I didn’t feel like waiting on an order so I went ahead and just bought em.
They are very sick looking pedals, all black, with laser etched lettering. They really gripped my feet well for the little time I rode on them yesterday. I’m looking forward to punishing them this weekend. Ride on!
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this is some crazy, crazy equipment.