Pedals: free riding up big long hills
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Yeah, those are pretty dorky-cool, Mike. Not sure if they beat mine, though:
Regardless, clips and straps without deep racing cleats just don't give me the security I want for anything more than cruising around the flats. I've pretty much settled on Shimano's A520 touring pedal with Pearl Izumi X-Alp mountain bike shoe. The pedal has good retention and looks good on a classic bike, and the shoe looks and walks like a tennis shoe but still offers enough stiffness for on-bike performance.
Regardless, clips and straps without deep racing cleats just don't give me the security I want for anything more than cruising around the flats. I've pretty much settled on Shimano's A520 touring pedal with Pearl Izumi X-Alp mountain bike shoe. The pedal has good retention and looks good on a classic bike, and the shoe looks and walks like a tennis shoe but still offers enough stiffness for on-bike performance.
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Yeah, those are pretty dorky-cool, Mike. Not sure if they beat mine, though:
Regardless, clips and straps without deep racing cleats just don't give me the security I want for anything more than cruising around the flats. I've pretty much settled on Shimano's A520 touring pedal with Pearl Izumi X-Alp mountain bike shoe. The pedal has good retention and looks good on a classic bike, and the shoe looks and walks like a tennis shoe but still offers enough stiffness for on-bike performance.
Regardless, clips and straps without deep racing cleats just don't give me the security I want for anything more than cruising around the flats. I've pretty much settled on Shimano's A520 touring pedal with Pearl Izumi X-Alp mountain bike shoe. The pedal has good retention and looks good on a classic bike, and the shoe looks and walks like a tennis shoe but still offers enough stiffness for on-bike performance.
too bad my budget for dorky bike stuff is near broke this year...
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on my road bike: clipless and I'll stay with it.
on my commuter: Campus Pedals from Performance Bike. SPD one side, flat the other side.
on my mountain bike: Flat pedals and a sturdy hiking shoe.
after years of spd pedals clogging with mud and my lack of technical skills I went to flat pedals. I climb just fine with them and ride all day on trails and dirt roads with them. Funny thing is the people I sometimes ride with, who are much better technical MTB'ers than I only noticed that I wasn't falling as much and took more risks on the MTB. I'm thinking of doing more long distance dirt road, fire road and double track journeys on this bike and don't know if I'll go back to clipless or not. It hasn't too noticeably affected my ability to climb.
on my commuter: Campus Pedals from Performance Bike. SPD one side, flat the other side.
on my mountain bike: Flat pedals and a sturdy hiking shoe.
after years of spd pedals clogging with mud and my lack of technical skills I went to flat pedals. I climb just fine with them and ride all day on trails and dirt roads with them. Funny thing is the people I sometimes ride with, who are much better technical MTB'ers than I only noticed that I wasn't falling as much and took more risks on the MTB. I'm thinking of doing more long distance dirt road, fire road and double track journeys on this bike and don't know if I'll go back to clipless or not. It hasn't too noticeably affected my ability to climb.