> 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.
I am pretty much with you. Regular shoes on plain pedals works well for me. Recently I bought a set of White pedals for my commuter. I use the Bruce Gordon half clip. Except for the metal residue mess on my shoes, it works quite well. In fact, I see where Mr. Gordon now offers White pedals and half clips combined at a discount: http://bgcycles.com/accessories.html > Anybody who does it differently is clearly wrong, and probably has a > range of other moral failings. Hilarious! On Oct 13, 6:47 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected]> 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. > > On Oct 13, 6:17 am, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 16:36 -0700, Pierre wrote: > > > At first, the retro switch came this spring when they started some > > > serious road rebuilding where I live, making it necessary to walk my > > > bike here and there (due to sharing narrow, temporary construction > > > pathways with pedestrians). This rammed home what I've already known > > > for years, and that is, walkable SPD or compatible shoes are not all > > > that walkable except on the most perfectly smooth and even surfaces. A > > > few too many crunching sessions made me decide to put my old Campy > > > quill pedals back on, so I could ride with any ordinary athletic shoe. > > > I will never forget my first century attempt, in 1973 wearing athletic > > shoes (we called them "sneakers" in those days) with my Campagnolo > > Record quill pedals. (I also wore shorts made from cut-off denim > > trousers with briefs underneath, and did not wear gloves.) > > > I can still feel the burning lines of fire in my feet whenever I think > > of it. > > > Maybe the walkability of SPD shoes depends on the shoes. I have no > > difficulty at all walking with my Sidi Dominators on uneven surfaces or > > smooth ones.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
