chagel
- Member since Jul 9, 2011 O+
- Male / 47
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Sammamish , Washington - 1 Followers
- 230 Trailforks Points
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Jun 4, 2023 at 16:36
2 hours
Notg and Ebad. Many stops. Good meat bikes.
13.0 km - 01:13 - 3 achievements
chagel mikekazimer's article
May 26, 2023 at 18:41
May 26, 2023
Pinkbike Poll: Clipless vs Flat - What's Your Pedal Preference?
First five years on flats. Then five years on spds. I’m going back to flats out of curiosity. And I don’t get it. It’s not that i can’t move the bike around or bunny hop or whatever. It’s more that I don’t understand what flats give me. I’m on daggas and they are great. The downsides are getting my feet it the right position and sometimes having to adjust mid decent. I’ve set one PR on a short not very steep descending trail. On steeper more chundery I feel like I’m going as fast as with spds but haven’t measured.
May 25, 2023 at 20:33
May 25, 2023 TNR with sessioning
12.7 km - 01:36 - 2 achievements
chagel dariodigiulio's article
May 22, 2023 at 18:24
May 22, 2023
Opening Day Survey 2023: What People Are Riding at the Whistler Bike Park
Really good point. I added up Dual and Single crown numbers for each year. 2022 is a bit of an outlier. Otherwise you can see a steady decline in dual crown forks.
Year Dual Single
2019 53 34
2020 45 54
2021 42 57
2022 57 43
2023 40 59
And yes, apparently only about 85% of bikes had forks in 2019. Around 15% unicycles. More than I expected!
chagel mattbeer's article
May 16, 2023 at 21:33
May 16, 2023
Group Test: 14 of the Latest & Greatest Flat Pedals Reviewed
@YukonMog: that’s a fair point. Still why are racers clipped in? There has to be a reason most are. Fun for me is going as fast as I can. I’m clipped in because my feet occasionally got moved or even bounced off the pedals in rough sections on DH. Back on flats I have to spend mental energy on keeping my feet on when descending.
chagel mattbeer's article
May 15, 2023 at 22:37
May 15, 2023
Group Test: 14 of the Latest & Greatest Flat Pedals Reviewed
This is an honest question. What's the point of running flat pedals? I rode flats for 5-6 years. As I got faster and rode gnarlier terrain I wanted my feet to stay on better. Shifter to SPDs and have ridden those for 5-6 years. Several of my friends have gone to flats so I'm also trying out flats again and every time I ride, I wonder what the point is. Unless you're doing tricks in the air where you want to take your feet off, then why? I keep trying to figure it out.
Apr 30, 2023 at 18:13
Apr 30, 2023 Afternoon Ride
8.0 km - 01:26 - 6 achievements
Apr 30, 2023 at 18:13
Apr 30, 2023 Afternoon Ride
2.8 km - 00:16 - 3 achievements
Apr 27, 2023 at 20:16
Apr 27, 2023 TNR
12.1 km - 01:02 - 6 achievements
