General Cycling Discussion - Side Mounted Pedal

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Poppaspoke
06-25-08, 06:06 PM
I think this may be interesting to many of you. A new clipless system SMP
(side-mounted pedal) will be introduced soon:
http://www.sidemountpedal.com/smp_tech.html
http://www.sidemountpedal.com/images/Nextgensm.gif

dobber
06-25-08, 06:45 PM
So the problem this solution is suppose to fix is?
Gonzlobo
06-25-08, 06:48 PM
Cute, but it'll never work (Imagine being on steep singletrack and need your sugarfoot to clip in quickly).

CommuterRun
06-25-08, 06:54 PM
I don't remember which bicycling magazine it was, I don't think it was Bicycling, but one of them had an article covering this pedal in, I think, early '05, maybe late '04.

As I recall, it's supposed to give a more efficient pedal stroke by moving the axis of the pedal closer the the sole of the foot, among other things.
rodrigaj
06-25-08, 06:59 PM
Hurts my corns just looking at it.
rkpol7
06-25-08, 07:00 PM
from the looks of it, your foot is only being supported from the side, which will really really hurt your feet over time.
Soil_Sampler
06-25-08, 07:11 PM
http://www.sidemountpedal.com/images/SMpcloseup2.gif
http://www.sidemountpedal.com/smp_tech.html
aubinmg
06-25-08, 07:16 PM
Good security. How to you ride away if there are no pedals? It looks like it was invented by Red Green or some similar dope.
jaxgtr
06-25-08, 07:26 PM
Can't imagine clipping in to those in easily, but would be interested to see how they feel and work
jaxgtr
06-25-08, 07:40 PM
These things are $289
mlts22
06-25-08, 07:59 PM
Cool idea, but I wonder if it will end up in the same chapter of bike history as Biopace chainrings -- innovative concept, but so far from standard that nobody uses it.
ATAC49er
06-25-08, 10:08 PM
Not a chance in He[[ you'll get me off my Times for THAT...!
ottawa_adam
06-26-08, 10:23 PM
So how do you make adjustments so you don't ruin your knees?

Looks gimmicky to me.
MMACH 5
06-26-08, 10:34 PM
Wouldn't that play havoc with fitting a bike for the rider? It would put the sole of your foot several centimeters below the pedals' axis rather than above it.
jsmithepa
06-27-08, 12:33 AM
Goes down with the automatic shifting, if it goes that far.