I have roughly a dozen bikes and have clipless pedals on only one - a custom Mercian built with modern Campy components. One bike has regular old 2-sided city pedals with no clips or straps - I use it for shopping and getting around in the city. All the rest have old school toe clip & strap pedals, and that includes my main commuting bike. That one has 80s vintage Specialized touring pedals which are a blend of quill and platform pedals. The others are racing quill pedals like Campy Record SL or MKS Sylvan or similar.
I have never had trouble getting in or out of toe clip pedals - in fact, I tend to have more problems with clipless. If the cleat on the clipless pedals doesn't line up just right it's likely your foot slips off and you end up with banged up shins or worse. But I can get moving on toe clip pedals safely even if I have a momentary problem flipping the pedal up. I sometimes use slotted cleat shoes, but I don't cinch the straps super snug. Mostly I ride in flat soled touring shoes. And I like that I can use regular street shoes or sneakers if I wish to. Kyle Brooks Akron OH The Retrogrouch Blog -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
