I only ride big, wide platforms with pins. I like the comfort and freedom
of riding in whatever shoes I want. Makes it easier to just jump on the
bike and go without having to think too much about wearing a special shoe
or article of clothing. None of the riding I do would benefit from foot
I could never commit to full clips, and don't have a very "roadie" set-up
on my bike, so for the last 10+ years I've done a combo of the MKS compact
pedals and their half clips. I find it helpful when biking in heels, boots,
flats, whatever, since I only ride in athletic shoes when I'm going a
I ride flats with pins.
Fixed, technical singletrack, road, commuting.
I started with clips and plastic straps on mountain bike bear trap pedals,
then rode SPDs and then Eggbeaters. When my kid was little, I made
platforms for the eggbeaters by screwing cleats to platforms I cut out of
old
On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 5:56 PM Patrick Moore wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 2:21 PM Piaw Na wrote:
>
>> ... After a while [the kids] got strong enough that a tow rope hitched to
>> my bike could drag them up the mountains, so I switched back to SPDs and it
>> felt so good.
>>
>
> Now, a
On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 2:21 PM Piaw Na wrote:
> ... After a while [the kids] got strong enough that a tow rope hitched to
> my bike could drag them up the mountains, so I switched back to SPDs and it
> felt so good.
>
Now, a picture of this would be delightful to see, tho' I expect that
One of the main reasons I have ridden SPD on my bikes for distance riding
is for the foot support SPD shoes have offered and the fact I am not
chewing up or wearing out all my shoes and runners. For commuting, I tend
to wear light weight hiking boots and those work great with flat pedals. I
If you have been riding long enough you have likely tried the myriad types
of retention and non-retention systems (including shoes). Keds and flats on
my Stingray, Avocet (I think) shoes with clips and straps on my early 80s
Trek, clip-ins that my 2000s cycling friends told me I "had to have".
I've been riding SPDs since the mid 1990s when they finally became
affordable. On my tandem/triplet we had one crash caused my the too long
for my kid toe strap getting caught in the timing ring. After that I got
SPD click'r pedals for my kids and they've been riding clipless SPDs since.
(The
My modern cycling (80s onward) has been all with clips and straps then
clipless (SPD).
Weeks after buying my first MTB I coincidentally trashed my right knee (not
bike related injury) and it sat unused for almost nine months. When I began
riding again it was on a Minoura track stand and
I used clipess for years and thought they were the greatest thing ever
until one broke. I immediately switched back to the old platforms with
toeclips "temporarily." All I noticed when I changed back was that the
shoes were more comfortable. I don't think the clipless did anything for
me.
I am currently using both clip in and flat pedals. I still do roadie group
rides with my fellow MAMILs on my Serotta. I use Speedplay pedals for that.
I also have a modern mountain bike with SPDs . On my Sam Hillborne I ride
flat pedals. If I had my druthers I'd ride flat pedals most of the
Seems like a lot of replies in this discussion center around where one does
most of his/her riding. If it's mostly start/stop urban streets, then yes
platform pedals would be safer. On lightly traveled country roads and bike
paths, though, clipless would be workable and probably desirable,
On Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 7:44:43 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote:
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 started riding bikes in 1968. In 1978 I
My journey is very simple to JS’s but without the mishaps. ‘70’s toe clips & straps (PX10) all the way to clipless. Rode clipless (Speedplay road, mostly eggbeater’s MTB) for years / decades without incident. Decided to give large platforms a try maybe 10 years ago - do not remember why - and have
White Industries urban pedals (or MKS equivalents) and half-clips on my
bikes, including the tandem. Tried Look pedals for a year and, while I like
the way they felt, I never got comfortable clipping in and clipping out for
traffic lights etc. Went to half-clips and never regretted it. I like
I rode with clips and straps for most of my riding years (started I believe
with them in the mid ‘70’s on my first 10 speed. I tried clipless in the
‘90’s (frogs) but took a bad spill when I was unable to disengage hurting
my leg, and back to clips and straps. After my second back surgery and
I like it all - except toe clips :)
After refusing to "clip in" for many years, I finally tried SPDs 5 or 6
years ago and really enjoy the power transfer I perceive (actual or
imagined, who cares? I like it) and a sense of connection or connectedness
to the pedals, cranks, bike.
I've
And here's another rider who wore Beta Bikers back in the day with toe
clips and straps, then Look clipless pedals with the big honkin' cleats,
then some Speedplays till I wore them out, and finally settled on SPDs.
(As an aside, I think the Looks were the best of any of them, but lawdy -
Patrick - my experiences with pedal retention or the lack thereof pretty
much mirrors yours, almost verbatim. And I agree that through the years of
clips and straps with or without cleats, LOOK type clipless, SPD clipless,
and occasional dip into simple platforms with pins, I've finally
I have SPD mountain pedals on my road bike and tandem. They're very
important for the tandem, because so much communication happens through the
pedals. They're less essential for the road bike. I have flat pedals on my
main (commuter) bike, but bought flat cycling shoes for my rides because
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