Paul Knight Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 My first DC2 - Eric is rubbing off on me! he did one of these the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawadhi Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Very well done Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiMcMullen Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great Paul! err, wait a minute! Now I have to get back into shoes so as not to be shown up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthcarl Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great Paul! err, wait a minute! Now I have to get back into shoes so as not to be shown up! I just got shown up big time...but I had the feeling it was coming. Nice bend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalstrength Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 (edited) Dang!!!! Now even the horseshoes are no longer safe Once again, congratulations on that bend Paul Edited May 17, 2008 by naturalstrength Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim71 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Wow! Great all around strength. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_wigren Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Awsome shoe bend! Thoose DC2 are tough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr104 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great work Paul!! You need to give on2 of the DC3s a try. If you can get them just a little bit more past 180 on your leg that crush will be a ton easier for ya. Strong Bend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Knight Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great work Paul!! You need to give on2 of the DC3s a try. If you can get them just a little bit more past 180 on your leg that crush will be a ton easier for ya. Strong Bend! Your right! I guess you noticed I was trying the final crush to early and it wasn't until I went back to my leg for a few more hits that I finally started to move it on the final crush. I've seen some of your DC1's hearted - thats awesome! - might you know how they compare? I haven't tried to heart a DC1 yet. I was feeling froggy last night I haven't been able to find and DC3's any where - do you know where I can get some? Are those the shoes they stopped making? Eric and I hearted a couple of St. Croix Lite #3's the other day though (rimmed) they were tougher in my opinion than the DC2 - do you think that shoe might be comparable to the DC3? Zach you can chime in also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalstrength Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hahaaaa Is that a beer bottle in the background? You should know better than to drink and bend. Its all fun and games until someone "pokes their eye out" on the end of a horseshoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Eaton Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Nice work Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmatt Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Nice job man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiMcMullen Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great work Paul!! You need to give on2 of the DC3s a try. If you can get them just a little bit more past 180 on your leg that crush will be a ton easier for ya. Strong Bend! Your right! I guess you noticed I was trying the final crush to early and it wasn't until I went back to my leg for a few more hits that I finally started to move it on the final crush. I've seen some of your DC1's hearted - thats awesome! - might you know how they compare? I haven't tried to heart a DC1 yet. I was feeling froggy last night I haven't been able to find and DC3's any where - do you know where I can get some? Are those the shoes they stopped making? Eric and I hearted a couple of St. Croix Lite #3's the other day though (rimmed) they were tougher in my opinion than the DC2 - do you think that shoe might be comparable to the DC3? Zach you can chime in also. I'd love to, but really can't. I have never bent a DC2 or DC3. I would be willing to bet, however, that a Lite #3 Rim is around a DC3. The DC shoes seem to get harder as the # goes up. I have never had a problem destroying DC0's but DC1's were always a bit tougher. Everyone who has done a DC1 and DC2 has said they are much harder so I have to go with them on that at this point. What you need to do, Paul, is get yourself a St. Croix Regular Plain #2 or #3 and see how you fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Knight Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 You should know better than to drink and bend. I know I'm not suppose to ............................. but its a great combination! What you need to do, Paul, is get yourself a St. Croix Regular Plain #2 or #3 and see how you fair wink.gif Are you talking about a Lite #3 not rimmed? is the not rimmed considered a plain or is that a completely different shoe? P. S. - I guess horse shoes are way more popular than braced bending. I was expecting to see more feedback on my mid bar bend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Manion Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Excellent bend Paul I have only recently gotten to the DC level myself, having bent quite a few DC1's, a single DC0, and a single DC2. The DC0 was a little tough for me to find good starting position, but it went much easier than the DC1's have. Most of the time, I can get roughly 140-160 degrees of damage on the DC1. That DC2 that I did was a monster and it took everything I had to get it to around 140 degrees of damage. Now, if you bent those St. Croix Forge Lite shoes previously, then a DC2 should be little, if any trouble for you. My only attempt at one resulted in no damage to the shoe, but spasms in my ribs that lasted 3 weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiMcMullen Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Are you talking about a Lite #3 not rimmed? is the not rimmed considered a plain or is that a completely different shoe?P. S. - I guess horse shoes are way more popular than braced bending. I was expecting to see more feedback on my mid bar bend Yep. A "Plain" is just not a rim. It's the same shoe only a tad harder Check out the second to last shoe in this pic, http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7025 (you can click for a larger picture) It is a Plain #3 Lite sitting between 2 Rimmed #2's(the farthest to the right being a Rimmed Regular). More people have experience with bending shoes I think. Plus, I was on a big shoe bending spree a few weeks before you joined the board and a bunch of guys jumped in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatBoy Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Nice work. Its the Beer!!! Bending and Beer go hand in hand. Hey Pass a hef and some lemon my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Knight Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Are you talking about a Lite #3 not rimmed? is the not rimmed considered a plain or is that a completely different shoe?P. S. - I guess horse shoes are way more popular than braced bending. I was expecting to see more feedback on my mid bar bend Yep. A "Plain" is just not a rim. It's the same shoe only a tad harder Check out the second to last shoe in this pic, http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7025 (you can click for a larger picture) It is a Plain #3 Lite sitting between 2 Rimmed #2's(the farthest to the right being a Rimmed Regular). More people have experience with bending shoes I think. Plus, I was on a big shoe bending spree a few weeks before you joined the board and a bunch of guys jumped in Ahh yes, the famous avatar pic. ................ so you think the 3 plain is just a tad harder or quite a bit harder than the rim? and are you not still on your shoe spree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiMcMullen Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Ahh yes, the famous avatar pic. ................ so you think the 3 plain is just a tad harder or quite a bit harder than the rim?and are you not still on your shoe spree? Haha, yep. It's my avatar pic I have never bent a #3 Lite Rim, but judging by how the #2 Lite Rim in the pic felt, I'd have to say the #3 Plain was noticeably harder. The Regular #2 Rim is a super tough shoe but I'd be willing to bet you could take it down, especially if you could take a #3 Lite Rim far enough to heart it. You should get ahold of one and have at it Nah, I got burnt out on the shoes for awhile. I was also concentrating on my deadlifting near the end of my shoe spree and I started noticing that pulling and shoe bending are closely related. My upper back was fatigued from deadlifting everytime I attempted a heavy shoe and that is the main puller when using my starting technique. I decided to focus on pulling first and shoes later. I actually haven't bent a shoe in months and my hands have thanked me for it Just ask Stew and Nick Rosendaul, I had a big ole hole in my hand from all the shoes I had been doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Knight Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Nah, I got burnt out on the shoes for awhile. It can't be . . . . :cry . . . please - just give them another chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthcarl Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I was on a big shoe bending spree a few weeks before you joined the board and a bunch of guys jumped in What are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiMcMullen Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) Nah, I got burnt out on the shoes for awhile. It can't be . . . . :cry . . . please - just give them another chance Ok, ok, just for you Paul I'll need to get back into them though. I actually ran out of all my polos and DC shoes. Both were my warm up piles for the hard shoes so I'll have to make a trip out to Tractor Supply sometime soon I just can't bend a tough shoe without having done an easy one before it. Even when I was strongest at them. Haha, your right Matt. I don't know what I'm talking about on that one I'm pretty proud of the fact that it took Jeremiah and Nick R almost a month to bend a #3 Lite after me :rock It was the first victory I've had in a great while Edited May 18, 2008 by MalachiMcMullen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Knight Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) Ok, ok, just for you Paul My job is done! Edited May 18, 2008 by Paul Knight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr104 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I would say the Lite 3 was harder than the DC3. I couln't get the Lite 3 into a heart. When I was flattening it on my leg it put the brakes on just past 180 and couldn't move it after that. I have to get some more hard shoes because I'm out. The next time i go to the place I get my shoes at i can see if they still have the DC3. As far as I know they still make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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