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Offline drtaylor23

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So I figured out
« on: September 04, 2014, 04:27:31 AM »
What those sweatbands on stems I've seen in videos are all about.  It became immediately apparent about a half second after kneeing the bracket on the back of my swiss miss bars like I was trying to knock them out in the first round.  Put me down for one.
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Offline locky

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Re: So I figured out
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2014, 04:52:24 AM »
ahh yes.....
my first 6 months riding...
cracked my knee on one of them st martin X stems.... sharp edged crap.
actually split my knee. put a hefty stain on a good pain of jeans to.... lots of blood...
couldn't ride for about 2 months...
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Offline melon lover

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Re: So I figured out
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2014, 11:57:03 PM »
Yep same here first bike was a khe equilibrium with Swiss miss bars and sh*t that hurt :-(

It was about 3 1/2 years ago and I can still remember that PAIN
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Offline drtaylor23

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Re: So I figured out
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2014, 04:15:36 AM »
Sounds like everybody gets there eventually.  For reading as much as I did before getting a bike you'd think I would've run across that.  Maybe I did and my 1980s mentality blocked out anything that looked like safely gear.

Like 30 seconds after I did it there was a half ping pong ball size welt on my knee.  Was a little hard to walk for a few, but I figured I'd hop back on.  Shortly thereafter the SECOND one in that spot made me lay down and contemplate life and the choices I made for a minute.
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Offline D

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Re: So I figured out
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2014, 04:59:04 PM »
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