> I find they have an alarming tendency to come off the pedal or to be > misaligned, and it seems like a > lot of work to me to constantly have to think about foot placement.
Jim's amusing take on differences notwithstanding, I think it is a case where different physiology is in play. I just got back from an approximate 600 mile in 7 day tour with camping and hiking worked in. My tour bike is set up with old Campy quill pedals (bought from some nice guy on these boards. forgot who he was but 3,000 miles and going I sure appreciate the deal.) without clips. The alternative would have been to wear riding shoes and stow my hiking shoes. Doable, but shoes take up a lot of pack space. On Oct 13, 7:15 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 04:47 -0700, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > > I have tried 3 different clipless pedal systems, with 3 different > > pairs of shoes, but each time, I came back to flat pedals. I see some > > advantage of being attached, but not enough to make it worth changing > > shoes. And on long rides, being locked in one place actually causes > > more fatigue and discomfort than free-floating on MKS Sylvan Touring > > pedals. I have become so accustomed to letting my foot roam around the > > pedal that even spiky bmx pedals seem too restrictive (I have bmx > > pedals on my fixed-gear and on my unicycle (ouch!)). For all types of > > riding, I use thin-soled, flimsy shoes, by the way. > > > Anybody who does it differently is clearly wrong, and probably has a > > range of other moral failings. > > How, I wonder, do you keep your feet from coming off the pedals > accidentally? Talk about fatigue and discomfort - when my feet "roam > around", even on my townie/errand bike, I find they have an alarming > tendency to come off the pedal or to be misaligned, and it seems like a > lot of work to me to constantly have to think about foot placement. > That's fine for a short-distance townie, where the emphasis is on > off-bike activities like walking around in the supermarket, but when I'm > actually out for a ride, forget it! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
