Riv's MKS Grip King (Lambda) pedals are the best thing since Technomic quills. I can ride in my Merrell sandals and they stick like glue. They pedals are the final touch in my upright riding adjustment. I have a compression injury in my left knee from a car wreck when I was young. Riding on the ball of my foot on touring pedals limits the load my knee can take, and can't get too aggressive on climbs - I live in the TX hill country. With the lambda pedals, I center on my arch and it unloads my knee. It required sliding my saddle forward almost by same mount - not quite 2 centimeters. This is combined with M-bars, but I can get as aero as I'm interested in getting. On my ride yesterday, I was hitting 40 mph at the bottom of the hills, and when the chase group eased by me, I was pacing 21 mph.
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:38:54 PM UTC-5, Ryan Ray wrote: > > Started with platforms > Went to clips, then to clip-less > Finally: platforms > > When I got back into cycling someone actually pointed out the Riv site to > me. I read the articles, tried some stuff out. The Shoes Ruse was one of > the articles I read more than once. I tried flat pedals with my vans and > boat shoes and didn't like it. Once my soles were wet they had issues > staying on the pedals and were not fun to spin in. So I went clipless and > didn't have many of the issues other people had with them. I picked the > double sided Shimano ones and they were fine. > > Then I went camping a few times on my bike and decided it wasn't fun even > to wear the SPD MTB style shoes around camp so I picked up some breathable > meshy hiking shoes with good tread on the bottom. Now even when wet the non > SPD side of my pedals feel good and don't slip. Turns out I didn't have the > wrong pedals before I just had the wrong shoes. I can't imagine clipping in > again anytime soon. > > - Ryan > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/kjb1LxtMREYJ. 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.
