My Keen Commuter Sandals arrived today from REI. I have been hearing people rave about them and despite price decided to buy a pair. These are very nice looking sandals with a comfortable foot bed. Unfortunately for me they have a shallow toe box that crushes my Hobbit toes. I was not able to put the...

Follow on from an earlier post: Another Cycling Sandal - Nashbar Ragster I wasn’t expecting much from the Bike Nashbar Ragster Bicycling Sandal but I have been very pleasantly surprised. They don’t look as impressive as the Shamino or Lake Sandals but they work on my feet. This is the first...

When you first put your foot on the pedal after installing KneeSavers, things feel quite different. You can feel the wider spacing and it feels awkward. After riding a few miles that feeling diminishes. One thing that is noticeable for me, is that my foot isn’t really much further from the crank...

I have been thinking that I should shorten my crank arms since I started having hip problems but I am not sure that the effect is significant. However, I do know that it will be expensive. A friend is going to let me ride his recumbent with shorter cranks before I proceed but I am [...]

This is a sadder but wiser update of my 2006 post: Why I don’t use Clipless Pedals. I am back to Power Grips this year. I don’t know it for sure but I feel that using Clipless Pedals in 2006 contributed to the hip problem that have kept me off of my bicycle for the last year. [...]