Ive only had trouble with them when riding trails and bumping around alot, then theres some slippage
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Jay in Tel Aviv <jayin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to say, I ride non-spiked grip kings in all sorts of weather. > The only time I had any problem with slipping was one time when both > the pedals and the soles of my shoes were bathed in mud. > > I suspect the reason for my good luck with this is the shoes. I > ususally cycle in Keen Newport sandles, with waterproof socks if it's > raining hard. > > Jay > On Feb 8, 6:07 pm, Michael Williams <mkernanwilli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Peter, thanks for the reply. I tried that originally but it > didnt > > work. My problem is that I can only screw them in for like one full > turn, > > so the spike never really goes in, its really just sort of on top of > the > > pedal. Were you able to get about half of the spike to screw in? > > thanks again -Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Peter F <phfmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I didn't even bother trying to drill out the holes. I just screwed the > > > little spikes into the holes with a sturdy hex wrench, letting them > > > self-tap their way in. Seems to work reasonably well. I've a one or two > > > fall out in the ensuing months but if you're putting 4-8 spikes per > pedal > > > side, you've got a lot of redundancy there. I supposed if I used a bit > of > > > blue or even red Loctite on them at the same time, they'd be even more > > > secure. > > > > > They do definitely finally allow the Grip Kings live up to their name. > > > Grip is amazing now, especially in the rain. > > > > > On Friday, February 8, 2013 12:57:38 AM UTC-5, Michael Williams wrote: > > > > >> Hey Group, just wondering if anyone has any experience with the > spikes > > >> that Rivendell sells that you can put into the Grip Kings. I > drilled out > > >> a hole with a 7/64 bit which is right between the recommended 3/32 > and 1/8 > > >> and tried screwing one in but it just didnt want to go. Then I > drilled > > >> that same hole with a 1/8 bit and it still wouldnt budge. I > thought I > > >> was going to break/bend my little 2mm Hex key. Am I doing something > > >> wrong? thanks in advance. -Mike > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > Visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
