Re: [RBW] Clipless or Clips?
I started using clips and clipless as my very nice Marinoni built bike had lots of toe overlap -- and heel strike on panniers too. Then again I am biggish - 6'5 with size 12 US shoes. For longer bikes like my Fargo, no problem Eric Floden Vancouver BC On 9 August 2016 at 18:11, Eric Daume wrote: > Another vote against clips and straps. I don't see any benefit: they don't > have the freedom and ease of use of flats, and they also don't have the > security and locked in feeling of clipless. No thanks for me. > > Eric Daume > Plain City, OH > six bikes, 4 clipless, 2 flats > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 3:51 PM, RJM wrote: > >> I cannot stand clips and straps and find them hugely annoying...but that >> is just me. >> >> My stable goes like this...One mountain bike is using thin gripsters, the >> other mountain bike is using xt clipless. The carbon road bike is using >> Look Keo Classic pedals with Sidi shoes. The Touring bike is sporting thin >> gripsters. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Clipless or Clips?
Another vote against clips and straps. I don't see any benefit: they don't have the freedom and ease of use of flats, and they also don't have the security and locked in feeling of clipless. No thanks for me. Eric Daume Plain City, OH six bikes, 4 clipless, 2 flats On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 3:51 PM, RJM wrote: > I cannot stand clips and straps and find them hugely annoying...but that > is just me. > > My stable goes like this...One mountain bike is using thin gripsters, the > other mountain bike is using xt clipless. The carbon road bike is using > Look Keo Classic pedals with Sidi shoes. The Touring bike is sporting thin > gripsters. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
[RBW] Clipless or Clips?
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.
[RBW] Clipless or Clips?
I cannot stand clips and straps and find them hugely annoying...but that is just me. My stable goes like this...One mountain bike is using thin gripsters, the other mountain bike is using xt clipless. The carbon road bike is using Look Keo Classic pedals with Sidi shoes. The Touring bike is sporting thin gripsters. -- 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.
[RBW] Clipless or Clips?
Some time ago I swapped the Shimano M324 pedals on the Hon Solo for MKS GR9s, complete with Christophes, toe strap buckle pads, and strap buttons. The GR9 is a cheap pedal, not nearly as nice as the MKS Urban, which I also tried briefly, but the flip tab on the -9 is simply the best, IMO. At any rate, the ease of entry and the flexibility with regard to footwear are benefits that once again loom large on my mental horizon, and I'm thinking of switching at least one of the Rivendells back to clips and straps. As an additional motive, I just found a very good garage-shop cobbler, and I have a pair of very nice, old leather soled Rivats that need re-soling. And I know from experience that slipping the Rivats into semi-tight straps on MKS RX-1 pedals is a hellofalot easier than getting into KEOS. Presently the '99 has lightweight double sided Expedos, and the '03 has some upper-middle-class Shimano double sided mtb pedals from 10 or 15 years ago; both very good. I'm thinking out loud: should I or should I not switch? More practically: how many of y'all use clips and straps? Clips and straps and slotted cleats? Probably I should just ride the bikes and shut up. But I *do* like clips and straps, and the decennially recurring question is now up for answer. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ** ** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
