Hey, Mat! The shift to a toeclip pedal is going well. Some of it you can read about here: https://thegrid.ai/withabandon/pedals-and-shoes-for-feet-shaped-feet-and-fixed-gear-riding
I’ll likely do another post after I’ve bikepacked with the Rinko MKS Urban pedals. I love how they feel underfoot, give better clearence all round, and ride. My plan is on long LCG sections, which are the hardest on pedals/clips as the fixed gear pedals spin over the roughest trails bashing into rocks and roots that can’t be avoided with the weight of my full bike less engine, to remove the pedals because that takes ten seconds each and 20 seconds each to reattach them, so they don’t get bashed nearly as much. As for thoughts on midfoot vs. forefoot pedaling, I’d say they are roughly equal in most ways (power/torque generation) given proper setup of stiff or soft shoes, grip, etc, but that my mid-foot pedaling has less capacity to spin fast than my forefoot pedaling capacity does. I suspect this is biomechanical because mid-foot pedaling eliminates the ankle as a pivot point, and the ankle pivot makes fast spinning noticably smoother (180+ rpm, or 28-30 mph in a 61” gear, 20mph in a 47” gear, based on speed zone radar readings. I don’t use a computer.) With abandon, Patrick -- 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.
