Writing from Guatemala, having ridden here from Vancouver Canada on a non-Riv, but lugged steel, handbuilt Canadian bicycle (700c wheels - next time 26 inch tourer). 7500 km including some brutal ascents. Using a pair of mountain bike SPDs with downhill pedals. The downhill pedals have a cage around them (PD-M545), which seems to offer some extra foot support. They are heavy, but so is the loaded bike. I like the mountain bike SPD shoes. Strong and durable and lots of support for the foot. If it wasn´t so hot, hiking boots on flat pedals probably as good. Runners have too soft a sole for me and wear out too quickly. The only real drawback with the spd shoes is that sometimes when I am very tired, I forget that I am clipped in - can be a little embarassing when falling off the bike at zero km/h.
On Oct 12, 3:50 pm, 40_Acres <mgla...@gmail.com> wrote: > I feel as if I'm committing an act of heresy, but I'm very curious to > hear others thoughts. I'm no stranger to riding in sneakers on > platform pedals, or to using old-school quills and toe clips (with and > without cycling-specific shoes). When I bought my AHH this Summer, I > decided to give both platforms and quills a serious go of it. After > 4.5 months I'm back to clipless pedals, even for short errands around > town. Any fellow heretics out there? > > On a related note with a different outcome, I went back to downtube > shifting on the AHH. Love it. Brifters are great too, but I'm very > happy with DT shifters. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
