tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post5327318925330623055..comments2024-03-28T08:40:23.164-05:00Comments on Guitar Ted Productions: Puttin' The Power DownGuitar Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-76494530176674345982012-02-28T13:15:57.565-05:002012-02-28T13:15:57.565-05:00I've been using shimano half platform, half cl...I've been using shimano half platform, half clipless on my Pugsley all winter with just regular MTB shoes and shoe covers. My solution to the heatsink issue was to make insoles from reflective bubble wrap. It creates a nice warm air layer between your foot and the cleat, then reflects some heat back toward your foot.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254207126037270018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-3879195378284518782012-02-28T10:20:14.374-05:002012-02-28T10:20:14.374-05:00I've been using Northwave Celsius GTX shoes (w...I've been using <a href="http://www.northwave.com/usa/shoes_det.php?itemid=29&catid=2&area=2" rel="nofollow">Northwave Celsius GTX</a> shoes (with SPDs) for my cold-weather commutes, but they're only good down to around 15-20 F.<br /><br />For flats, I've been relatively impressed (for the money - $6-10) with some by Avenir (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Avenir-ATB-Pedals-Black-16/dp/B00165OKYA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330442049&sr=8-2" rel="nofollow">Amazon link</a>). I've used them on several bikes and they're solid and reasonably grippy (though not as grippy as the Fyxations probably are). It looks like cold weather's done for this year (what there was of it!), but if it gets down into the teens or single digits next year I'll try these on my commuter with my snow boots.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661542336802712873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-43079799937229419872012-02-28T08:36:06.369-05:002012-02-28T08:36:06.369-05:00You lucky duck! I've been looking at these for...You lucky duck! I've been looking at these for a few weeks now. I'd love to have a set of plastics with sealed bearings and replaceable pins for my Great Divide ride this summer and beyond. Unfortunately, I've got a set of cheap, heavy, aluminum Diamondback's with loose ball bearings that I've set up with grease zerks and I just can't kill 'em enough to justify pulling the trigger on a new set this close to my trip... :(JR. Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13363438026042408779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-9867467408652007682012-02-28T08:04:49.325-05:002012-02-28T08:04:49.325-05:00@RGB Nameless: Ironically, Lake boots, which are g...@RGB Nameless: Ironically, Lake boots, which are getting a new distribution and have new owners, are really hard to find now. I happen to have a friend who is having warranty issues with a pair that isn't getting resolved due to this. Then you have Shimano shoes, yes, but they don't fit me. Very wide, and really, for my style of winter riding,clipless makes little sense.<br /><br />To each their own on the clipless thing, but as far as the heat sink issue with metal pedals, that has been bubbling up as a concern for many winter riders. These Fyxation pedals should avoid that problem being that they are not metal bodied pedals.Guitar Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-77512313262164581322012-02-28T02:58:26.431-05:002012-02-28T02:58:26.431-05:00Hi. I tried winter riding on platforms. It was ver...Hi. I tried winter riding on platforms. It was very cold expirience, actually. Pedal freezed my foot through the sole very fast. Pedals was huge KORE aluminium monsters.<br /><br />Maybe, with non metal pedals it will be much better...<br /><br />But, I ended up buyng Shimano MW80 clipless boots from the friend. Ridable from +10°C to -5°C with regular socks, and up to -15° with warm winter socks. Another friend bought Lake M302, says that they even warmer than MW80. <br /><br />Problem with sole-freezing is gone, since there is almost no contact between sole and pedal.RGB Namelesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755168230060409608noreply@blogger.com