I bought a second pair and put them on my touring/load carrying bike, a Surly LHT. I like them for road cycling too.
Joe in GJT On Sunday, April 1, 2018 at 10:29:03 PM UTC-6, tc wrote: > Like them! Today I rode my Sam with Catalysts for the first time. > Thoughts: > > - They're huge > - Had to lower my saddle and move it fwd about 2cm > - Takes some getting used to. I played around until I found a foot > position I could keep. > - Once I got used to them, I felt I could output more power. Hips, > butt, and upper legs were more engaged than on my smaller Shimano Saint > platform pedals, which I rode using a more ball-of-foot traditional style. > > Standing up and pedaling felt extra powerful with less effort > - I had no foot arch nor ball of foot pain after my ride. With > traditional pedals and ball-of-foot style pedaling, I could always count > on > a little bottom-of-foot pain. I wear running shoes with upgraded stiffer > insoles when I ride. > - Toe strike is an issue on tight turns. I imagine this is not the > pedal to get if you're making a lot of turns. Not a bother to me since I > was on a paved greenway with few reasons to turn sharply > > On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 1:06:03 AM UTC-5, Lum Gim Fong wrote: >> >> Thinking of trying them when they come out again in polished silver. >> Wonder if the blue color matches a Rambouillet. >> >> 1. How do you like your Catalysts? >> 2. How have they changed your riding? >> 3. Do they make your bike feel easier to pedal down the road? >> 4. Have they helped alleviate any foot probs you had with regular pedals? >> > -- 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.
