Should allways wear foot protection.

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Chain needed lube bad. And I should have put bike in workstand. lubing
chain in bare feet during lifting bike to spin chain. While spinning,
knobby took a crunk of skin off top of left foot. Killer knobbies.
Maybe this was a sign on my rid it started to rain. Not much more like
spit. Got in the door it poured for hours.

I feel (or felt) your pain... did the same damned thing once except I
barely grazed it for a split seccond. unfortuneately I had my Nokian
Extreme W296's ( http://www.icebike.com/images/Nokia296.jpg ) installed
on my snowcat rims and was getting ready for an ice-ride out on a
frozen swamp area. The freezing rain which was forecasted ended up
being plain old rain and my big toe was munched for several days those
296 carbide studs will tear you up in a heartbeat!.

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But I'm on vacation till Monday morning.

What is this "vacation" thing you people keep speaking of?

--
The Sand Squid

Sand Squid said:

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Chain needed lube bad. And I should have put bike in workstand. lubing
chain in bare feet during lifting bike to spin chain. While spinning,
knobby took a crunk of skin off top of left foot. Killer knobbies.
Maybe this was a sign on my rid it started to rain. Not much more like
spit. Got in the door it poured for hours.

I feel (or felt) your pain... did the same damned thing once except I
barely grazed it for a split seccond. unfortuneately I had my Nokian
Extreme W296's ( http://www.icebike.com/images/Nokia296.jpg ) installed
on my snowcat rims and was getting ready for an ice-ride out on a
frozen swamp area. The freezing rain which was forecasted ended up
being plain old rain and my big toe was munched for several days those
296 carbide studs will tear you up in a heartbeat!.

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But I'm on vacation till Monday morning.

What is this "vacation" thing you people keep speaking of?

--
The Sand Squid When you work one job for a long time 6 and half years now, you get paid time off. Its called vacation. Mine is 3 weeks a year. This year July,Aug,and Jan. A new year starts in Feb. So when your off work for a week you like to get in a lot of riding. And the weather has been hot but dry till today.

Per [email hidden]:

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bare feet

When I lived in Hawaii, we used to go barefoot much of the time. Stepping on
the occasional lit cigarette butt was just part of the game. Being aggressively
barefoot was part of the surfer image.

That was until the lady in the apartment upstairs got on our case. She was a
retired dermatologist (looked about 80 years old...shacked up with a guy that
didn't look a day over 35...).

After she told us about some of the interesting things that people pick up by
going barefoot, the attraction soon wore off and we all went out and got custom
sandals. Today I don't go *anywhere* without something on my feet.

Also, some people think they're being fastidious by going barefoot inside their
houses. I used to do that until I found out that in China, bare feet are
gross. The fastidious part is leaving your street shoes outside. Inside you
wear socks, slaps, and/or slippers. Makes sense to me. If somebody in my
family brings foot fungus home from the gym, I won't die of it... but I'd rather
not catch it.
--
PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell) said:

Per [email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

bare feet

When I lived in Hawaii, we used to go barefoot much of the time. Stepping on
the occasional lit cigarette butt was just part of the game. Being aggressively
barefoot was part of the surfer image.

That was until the lady in the apartment upstairs got on our case. She was a
retired dermatologist (looked about 80 years old...shacked up with a guy that
didn't look a day over 35...).

After she told us about some of the interesting things that people pick up by
going barefoot, the attraction soon wore off and we all went out and got custom
sandals. Today I don't go *anywhere* without something on my feet.

Also, some people think they're being fastidious by going barefoot inside their
houses. I used to do that until I found out that in China, bare feet are
gross. The fastidious part is leaving your street shoes outside. Inside you
wear socks, slaps, and/or slippers. Makes sense to me. If somebody in my
family brings foot fungus home from the gym, I won't die of it... but I'd rather
not catch it.
--
PeteCresswell Good case but a little paraniod.

Per [email hidden]:

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PeteCresswell Good case but a little paraniod.

A *lot* paranoid. I was probably the only 17-year-old in the world that
drilled holes in his VW Bug to install lap-and-chest belts. Likewise
undoubtedly the only 15-year-old in the county that wore a helmet when riding
his moped.

It's just me...
--
PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell) said:

Per [email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

bare feet

When I lived in Hawaii, we used to go barefoot much of the time. Stepping on
the occasional lit cigarette butt was just part of the game. Being aggressively
barefoot was part of the surfer image.

That was until the lady in the apartment upstairs got on our case. She was a
retired dermatologist (looked about 80 years old...shacked up with a guy that
didn't look a day over 35...).

After she told us about some of the interesting things that people pick up by
going barefoot, the attraction soon wore off and we all went out and got custom
sandals. Today I don't go *anywhere* without something on my feet.

Also, some people think they're being fastidious by going barefoot inside their
houses. I used to do that until I found out that in China, bare feet are
gross. The fastidious part is leaving your street shoes outside. Inside you
wear socks, slaps, and/or slippers. Makes sense to me. If somebody in my
family brings foot fungus home from the gym, I won't die of it... but I'd rather
not catch it.
--
PeteCresswell

So, say, riding a bike barefoot with these pedals isn't something you'd
do?

http://www.brooklynmachineworks.com/parts_pedals.htm

/s

Per Scott Gordo:

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So, say, riding a bike barefoot with these pedals isn't something you'd
do?

That might be the understatement of the year - although there was a time when I
used to ride my motorcycle barefoot.
--
PeteCresswell