Re: [RBW] "Grant hates toe clips."

[rltilley]

I just remembered I also used Power Grips which was a nice combination of foot retention and normal shoes. The one downside to power grips was that they needed to be adjusted for shoes that were materially different in size from the shoes used to set up the straps. Chuck Taylor’s vs hiking boots for example. I set mine up a bit loose for Chuck’s which worked for most of the shoes I used with the Power Grips. Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone On Dec 24, 2023, at 9:08 PM, rltil...@gmail.com wrote:  The first bike I bought for myself was a mid 80’s Schwinn Sierra and I rode that to commute to work and school. Once I added a road bike (Nishiki Prestige) to that I started reading cycling magazines and learned that the flat pedals I had been using since I started riding weren’t the way to go. So I bought some Time pedals and cleats for the road bike.  The Schwinn got some clips and straps for retention. At some point I ditched the Time for SPD’s and used those on all bikes for years. When I got my Riv custom in 2000 I went in on the retro thing and put clips and straps on it but that didn’t last long and the Riv soon got SPD’s as well. Quite a few years back I picked up a Brompton and found the flat, no retention pedals on it didn’t feel weird and I did not miss having retention. Since then I have most of my bikes set up with flat pedals with pins. I still have my “go fast” bike set up with SPD’s and I do put those on my off-road bike when I plan to do more technical trails. But most off-road rides I just used flats.   I really like not having to change into different shoes when I ride. Most of my riding is commuting/errands so I am not getting “kitted up” for those rides. Since I’m not changing into a riding outfit it makes sense to not have to change shoes as well. Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone On Dec 24, 2023, at 5:44 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:  First entry in new Blahg. And no, he doesn't; he reports someone's out-of-context judgment. But I'm curious how many on this RBW list like and use retention and how many don't; and of the former, how many use toe clips and how many use clipless systems -- and what kind. I'll start: I rode fast for years and thousands of miles in Keds with thick, soft soles and then rubber-soled lace ups of other sorts on un-clipped rat-trap pedals (and even rubber block pedals) until in about 1990 I got my first relatively expensive road bike (1989 Falcon, tout 531C with Sante group) and decided largely because of bike mag content that I'd better get with the retention program. I started with Bata Bikers and clips and straps, graduated to clips and straps and slotted cleats, then pretty quickly switched to the burgeoning varieties of clipless -- Sampson Stratics, Grafton "Erector Set" road and mtb pedals, Speedplay X1s and Frogs, Looks of various sorts, and finally SPDs, road and mtb (by "road" I mean the ones that came out for about 1 season long long ago with the mtb mechanism).  A couple of years ago I tried platforms with spikes and no-retention shoes but after about a month of annoyance always shifting my foot to find the right position I gave up and went back to SPDs. I've got SPDs on all my bikes though I've got a very nice set of XC Pros + clips and straps + almost-as-new wood-soled Duegis with cleats that I'd like to try -- I found slotted cleats with semi-tight straps easier with a fixed drivetrain than Look Keos -- except that SPDs are so perfect. So, I've round that having gotten used to retention I find it very hard to give it up. I daresay that this habituation is stronger since so much of my riding is on fixed drivetrains, but I'd still want at least clips and loose-ish straps with rubber soles for any freewheel drivetrain. But again, SPDs just feel so perfect that I will probably just stay with them. Best wishes to all for the Christmas season. 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