I actually find getting into semi-tight straps easier than getting into single sided "clipless" pedals, at least on fixed gears. I have clips/straps on the folder, and getting my slip ons into them takes less time than getting into the M 324s that they replaced. The straps are tight enough to hug the sides of my shoes when I insert them, but loose enough not to hinder the process.
I've tried half clips (plastic) only briefly, and didn't find they had any advantage, for me, over full clips and straps. On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Robert Liebermann <bai...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use half clips on riding around bikes, and full w/straps on longer > rides. 'Getting into' straps only takes a fraction of a second (like > friction shifting or looking at a map) and I prefer those while touring or > long day rides. I'm about to try the fancy leather mks halfs on a riding > around town bike I'm finishing up (1989 Trek 420 since you were curious), > and same w/o leather on my 1982 (lugged) stumpjumper I'm also finishing up > (when I bought it a few years ago, not very ridden, it had Christophe > specials on it). > > Anyway, I like half clips, and the Japanese-made MKSs are the best, cheap, > and available widely. I haven't used Looks in well over a decade, though > for about 15 years I thought they were the cat's meow. > > Also recommend MKS pedal flips if you're using Sylvan tourings. They even > work perfectly when bent-down, as seen here on some (mostly) 'beausage' > photos from last fall's tour: http://rjl.us/velo/2005LHTpix-6.htm > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
