# Platforms wtf
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [December 23, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730 "2008-12-23T14:41:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ant](https://tarck.cc/u/ant)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/1 "2008-12-23T14:41:46Z")
So last night i got my wifes scrambler built up and i took it for a spin. I wrapped up her pedals/clips and put them under the christmas tree so all i had was some janky ass platforms to put on the bike for a trial ride.
I was scared as hell when coming down a slight incline (no brakes yet) and i’m trying to back pedal and my foot slides forward and hits the front wheel (it’s way to small for me). I just don’t get how someone could in good conscious run platforms and brakeless, i mean it’s just stupid and begging for an accident. Especially if the frame is to small for you but you’ve got a foot of seatpost, toe overlap sucks really hard.
ok i’m just rambling i’ll stop.
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### Author:  [@FarAwayBoy](https://tarck.cc/u/FarAwayBoy)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/2 "2008-12-23T14:59:21Z")
Platforms suck man.
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### Author:  [@ant](https://tarck.cc/u/ant)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/3 "2008-12-23T15:02:10Z")
i’d never tried platforms on a FG, and i’m glad i never did. i was running clips on my road bike
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### Author:  [@FarAwayBoy](https://tarck.cc/u/FarAwayBoy)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/4 "2008-12-23T15:12:21Z")
I know a guy who runs big fat BMX platforms and his bike is impossible to ride.
Even resisiting feel sketchy.
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### Author:  [@zorroe](https://tarck.cc/u/zorroe)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/5 "2008-12-23T15:39:16Z")
I’ve ridden my old conversion on platforms and 40-15 just for getting anround town and it wasent all that bad, of cause it’s harder to stop and you dont ride as fast in traffic but i didnt have a problem with my feet slipping off.
It’s also really easy to just grab your bike to the store or something.
I still think clipless or straps is safer and much more fun, i’ve got double toshis now and they’re nice.
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### Author:  [@tjayk](https://tarck.cc/u/tjayk)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/6 "2008-12-23T16:16:04Z")
my winter bike is fixed + platforms + 2 brakes. i think i drank some grant peterson kool aid, 'cause i think he was on to something with the platform thing. there has got to be some muscles that go unused when your foot is fixed in position, plus i feel like everyone should go back to the basics once in a while to make sure you aren’t missing anything…
-edit-
also, one of my friends rides platforms almost exclusively, and he is awesome. it takes so much more skill to ride singletrack well.
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### Author:  [@bigbadwimp](https://tarck.cc/u/bigbadwimp)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/7 "2008-12-23T16:18:42Z")
I had platforms on my conversion with a front brake for a while. I liked it. Only time I missed clipless was on the steeper hills but I don’t ride my fixed gear enough to really worry about it that much. Think I might put platforms back on.
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### Author:  [@ant](https://tarck.cc/u/ant)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/8 "2008-12-23T16:55:54Z")
resisting without clips made my knees hurt. i like being able to pull up to resist. if you have brakes i don’t think it’s much of an issue. BMX pedals would be better but i’ll take the clips anyday
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### Author:  [@tzusing](https://tarck.cc/u/tzusing)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/9 "2008-12-24T00:56:03Z")
step on your back wheel like the brakeless bmx kids do. it is much easier than resisting.
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### Author:  [@kevinwulf](https://tarck.cc/u/kevinwulf)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/10 "2008-12-24T01:13:34Z")
> [@tzusing](#):
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> step on your back wheel like the brakeless bmx kids do. it is much easier than resisting.
i find that a LOT easier with a freewheel. in fact, i don’t have the skill to do that at all with one foot still rotating.
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### Author:  [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/11 "2008-12-24T01:15:54Z")
I can’t even deal with platforms on a geared bike with two brakes.
It’s like driving a car without a seatbelt.
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### Author:  [@halbritt](https://tarck.cc/u/halbritt)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/12 "2008-12-24T01:32:38Z")
> [@tjayk](#):
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> i think i drank some grant peterson kool aid…
I lol’d.
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Trujillo](https://tarck.cc/u/Matthew_Trujillo)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/13 "2008-12-24T01:36:09Z")
gotta ted shred when rockin platforms
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### Author:  [@zombie](https://tarck.cc/u/zombie)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/14 "2008-12-24T01:41:23Z")
I can skid and skip on the bottom of my pedals. There’s absolutely no reason I can think of to run platform, though.
Good skill to have when your foot slips out on a steep downhill.
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### Author:  [@ant](https://tarck.cc/u/ant)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/15 "2008-12-24T02:31:11Z")
[quote=“Rusty Piton”]I can’t even deal with platforms on a geared bike with two brakes.
It’s like driving a car without a seatbelt.[/quote]
exactly
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### Author:  [@phil](https://tarck.cc/u/phil)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/16 "2008-12-24T04:01:14Z")
I love the bmx pedals on my geared bike.
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### Author:  [@tx\_what\_it\_do](https://tarck.cc/u/tx_what_it_do)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/17 "2008-12-24T04:09:45Z")
my scrambler is on bmx platforms with powergrips and i love the fuck out of them. especially in soft crappy plimsoles like vans.
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### Author:  [@ant](https://tarck.cc/u/ant)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/18 "2008-12-24T04:13:36Z")
yeah but you still have foot retention
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### Author:  [@bigbadwimp](https://tarck.cc/u/bigbadwimp)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/19 "2008-12-24T04:26:29Z")
ant your feet want to be free. why must you cage them?
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### Author:  [@ant](https://tarck.cc/u/ant)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/platforms-wtf/11730/20 "2008-12-24T04:29:58Z")
clips are racist
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