"Steven L. Sheffield" <
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| On 10/12/2003 10:46 AM, in article
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| Lafferty" <
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| > "Kurgan Gringioni" <
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| >> "Davey Crockett" <
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| >>> "Kurgan Gringioni" <
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| >>>> "B. Lafferty" <
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| >>>>> Does the US team have mechanics who work on the machines before =
the
| >> race?
| >>>>> Apparently they didn't have a spare machine for Julich with Time
| > pedals.
| >>>>> I'll bet they have lots of Shimano pedaled spare bikes.
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| >>>> That's gotta be a weird situation for the mechanics, trying to =
provide
| >>>> support for 9 riders with 9 different machines for 1 race only.
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| >>> Davey wonders how long it would have taken to switch pedals?
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| >>> Or maybe they didn't have any 15mm wrenches?
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| >> Or pedals.
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| > Likely both.
| Can't remove Time pedals with a 15mm wrench ... Not unless they've =
changed
| 'em ... Gotta use a 6mm allen key.
Likewise for the SPD-L pedals. I find it a hell of a lot easier to swap = pedals with a pedal wrench
than having to poke at it from the back side. = I just swapped the Looks on my wife's bike for the
SPD-L's and , = naturally, I couldn't find the 6mm. Man, that still annoys me!