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  1. PatrickGSR94

    Should children be barefoot?

    I find that water shoes are often just as narrow as "normal" shoes.
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    Anyone alway drive barefoot (or most of the time)?

    Actually I did do that commute once on a different bike with platforms. I can confirm that it did suck.
  3. PatrickGSR94

    Should children be barefoot?

    My mom spent a lot of time barefoot as a kid, so she is cool with me never wearing shoes, and whenever my son wants to be barefoot. Unfortunately my wife and her mom are the opposite. They are convinced that he will "step on something" any time and every time my son goes outside of the house...
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    Anyone alway drive barefoot (or most of the time)?

    Well yes true-dat. :) I started barefoot running for awhile, about a year or so, before getting seriously back into cycling, and about a year and a half before I tried clipless pedals (SPD) and shoes. I think you should definitely give them another try. My work commute is 31 miles round trip...
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    Barefoot at Work

    I'm always coming into work and leaving work barefoot, unless I'm cycling. If I rode to work, I'll take a shower after arriving and then go around the office barefoot for a little bit. A couple years back I was going barefoot most of the day, but the boss said to just have shoes on when...
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    Anyone alway drive barefoot (or most of the time)?

    That's very interesting that you say that about cycling and being clipped in, being that you also run barefoot. I find that running barefoot, or minimalist, basically anything with a forefoot landing, works many of the same muscles used to pull up on the bike pedals when your feet are clipped...
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    Any suggestions on how to challenge this?

    What is this park under constant supervision or something, like lifeguards at a pool?? Just take the shoes off and don't worry about it. Seriously, who would even ask you to leave? Is this a public park owned/maintained by the city?
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    Anyone alway drive barefoot (or most of the time)?

    not really, actually I think they would be pretty awful. Doesn't work as a cycling shoe, and sure as heck wouldn't work as any sort of minimalist shoe. Completely pointless. And yes I know it's an April Fool's prank.
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    Hospital/medical facilities?

    Hey all, long time no post! Yesterday I had to go in for a heart echo test. I had to go to the same building as my cardiologist, but to a different floor/suite. I visited my cardiologist a few weeks ago, barefoot, and had no problems at all. The doc didn't even seem to care at all. He even...
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    Anyone alway drive barefoot (or most of the time)?

    lol bowling, I actually have been 3 times to the local alley recently (last time nearly 4 years ago) and was barefoot all 3 times. I found myself bowling better than I ever did with those nasty rented shoes! With cycling shoes I really don't think a heel or arch support makes much difference...
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    Anyone alway drive barefoot (or most of the time)?

    Oh hey, I actually have a pair of those barefoot pedals on the shelf in the garage. Aside from them having the most horrible bearings I've ever felt on pedals (felt like I was always in the next higher gear), the platform size seemed totally inadequate for my size 13 paws. I used them once...
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    Anyone alway drive barefoot (or most of the time)?

    Hey folks, been awhile since I posted here! :D Always drive barefoot, except when driving the company car to a meeting. I wear my Stems at work with no-show socks (feet get too sweaty without socks) and I'm not going to deal with taking all that off just to have to put it back on again at my...
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    Mileage Reporting 18th Week 2013

    What's up y'all, it's been a LONG time since I've been on here, and in fact today was my first run in 2 1/2 months. I've been doing LOTS of cycling though, and in fact just completed the 30 Days of Cycling challenge yesterday, logging 30 separate bike rides in the 30 days of April. Yesterday I...
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    Mileage Reporting 2nd Week of 2013

    whoa that's an interesting way to make snow tires. :D I have also seen people make their own studded tires.
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    Mileage Reporting 2nd Week of 2013

    Still none for me, but I finally got my car running after 10 days of sitting lifeless. So now that's off my mind maybe I can get back to the fitness stuff. Also just bought a sweet hitch bar and Thule hitch bike rack for my car. Finally no more yanking off wheels and stuffing it all into my...
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    Cycling - good idea or bad idea?

    I started running because I was going barefoot all the time. And then I got back into cycling because I was running. I love doing both. I think both are great for general fitness.
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    Mileage Reporting 2nd Week of 2013

    Man, I haven't run since the Friday before Christmas, and have only cycled twice since then. Slackin'. Part of it I think is the fact that my car has been broken since 30 December and I don't feel motivated to do much of anything until I can fix it, for whatever reason.
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    GIVEAWAY! - HOO-RAG - Expires Saturday, January 12, at Noon, EST

    Count me in. Looks exactly like "buffs" on buffwear.com, except those come in more fabric choices, including Merino wool. I'll probably be ordering a wool buff whether or not I win this one, to use for cold weather cycling.
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    Article: Web developer Mike Funk, 37, jogs 13 miles a day without shoes

    "You can pick up micro-organisms and infectious agents, and that can lead to greater problems." psshhh ever looked inside those running shoes lately? Now THAT is nasty!