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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
