Re: Three velcro straps sufficient?

On Apr 28, 10:00 pm, "ZBicyclist" <ZBicycl...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
landotter wrote:

I ran out of cable ends when I recabled the
front brake on my fixie a couple days ago ...

Should one avoid laced shoes when riding a fixed gear?

I don't have a fixed gear bike, just wondering.

I used to ride mine with traditional lace up shoes, no problem, just
made sure the laces were short and very tightly knotted. You gotta
watch out for floppy pants, too. Also, never work on your fixed
drivetrain while inebriated or distracted.

I now use walkable mtb shoes with three velcro straps with that bike.
I don't wear them very tight. I was thankful for this last year when
I'd been off the fixie for a good month and got distracted when on it--
the classic way to get thrown, but it simply ripped my left shoe off.
I'd occasionally been flipping it to freewheel--but finally removed
that yesterday, because when I'm on that bike, I don't ever want to
forget that I'm riding something a bit more attention demanding. Only
ever had that one little incident--but that's all it takes. Yikes.

That all said, a shoelace in the chain probably wouldn't take you down.
.

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