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Lee O
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 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: XC Spikes |
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Posted this here because it is XC!!
Just got my New Xc Spikes today, but the spikes that came with it looked a bit too short!
What size you think i should get??
Hopefully will get them all dirty next XC
Lee
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Steffan
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Lee,
Three sizes of pyramid spikes to have in your arsenal!
(not the football team before any of my smart alec clubmates have a dig!)
9 mm for hard (ish) ground, flat (ish) course.
1 2 mm for when its muddy and has uphills and downhills.
15 mm for when its total carnage! Mud to your ankles, slime, bogs, mental downhills, uphills that make you want to cry, etc!!!!!
Good to see you are going to have a crack at xc mate! |
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Graham
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| It's not so much the size, it's what you do with them....or is that just a myth? |
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Lee O
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers Steff, will get some tomorrow, wont let anyone know we was at a Concert Last night!!!!!  |
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Steffan
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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NO worries Lee! 
Ooooh Graham, the inuendo!!! Do behave!!!!!  |
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david thomson
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: |
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wheres the best place to get spikes round here ?
further to what steff said i often prefered to run in 15s for most cross countrys though some of the september/october races id use shorter if the conditions suited. however on very frosty , tree stump lined or courses with lots of gravel/roads then maybe 9s. worst thing is having wearing long spikes over hard ground , not a nice feeling.
other things to bear in mind are things like wooden bridges where the longer spikes can mean you get stuck !
another thing , i just got some new spikes from sweatshop , 2 sets of twelve and 2 of 15s . whats strange is 1 of the 15s is what i remember most spikes to be like (with a sharp pointed tip) but the other 3 are much thincker and blunter at the top. is that normal these days ?
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Steffan
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| The sports shop in Canvey high street is where I get mine from! |
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Lee O
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Oh No they sold me Screw-In Footy Studs, Oh they will DO!!!
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