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@cornelius_blackfoot
i'm riding on the crank brothers quattro sl's, after using atac's on my mountainbike. riding in general strengthens the knees, not just riding fixed, got dodgy ones, myself, dislocated one then broke the other, which now has a pin it. Riding means they don't give me jip, the dislocated one doesn't feel like its going to pop out at any moment, which it used to do, and the one with the pin feels like its getting stronger, building muscle mass and all that other guff. If I don't ride for a couple of weeks/months i feel the weakness in the knee, how it tends to want to give more than I would like. If i ride ont he regular like I'm doing now, they feel fine, better than fine actually.
Crank bros are great for a bit of float, knees not locked into one position, you can twist your heel a bit from left to right, finding the clicking in a bit of a problem as I still sometimes can't figure out whether I'm clicked in or not, but once in they are really cool.
the atacs were great as well, any clipless pedal is good in my opinion, roll on the man machine interface.