now that i have a great bike should i buy shoes and clips?
06-02-12, 04:02 PM
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now that i have a great bike should i buy shoes and clips?
Hello everyone. I have made terrific progress since starting on a marin hybrid in january to my new felt chipolte/carbon road bike. I did 42 miles this past thursday. Im averaging 25-30 4 to 5 times a week. This new felt enables me to stay on the road alot longer and my speed has gone from 12-14mph to about 16-18mp. Im wondering if some good riding shoes and clips would be the next purchase for me? if so...where do i start,as there seems to be lots of choices. Im not intending to race.I just want to squeeze every drop of efficency out of my rides and get better at it.
thanx mike
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Yes.
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Yep, you will wonder why you didn't change them sooner.
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sweet.....I will be there monday morning when they open. Will $200.00 get it done?
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Mos def get shoes, & pedals!
Do your best to go & try/test a few out, just as you would a bike, the ones that fit the best are the ones you want.
I luv my carbon sole Specialized BG carbon pro's. They're speed cleats, but work well when I do the daily grind.
I also have Shimano with look pedals that I use when I train, the carbon sole are great on these too.
I don't wear them while I commute since I don't want to thrash the sexy carbon sole.
Do your best to go & try/test a few out, just as you would a bike, the ones that fit the best are the ones you want.
I luv my carbon sole Specialized BG carbon pro's. They're speed cleats, but work well when I do the daily grind.
I also have Shimano with look pedals that I use when I train, the carbon sole are great on these too.
I don't wear them while I commute since I don't want to thrash the sexy carbon sole.
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consider spd instead of spd-sl pedals if you want to walk around. $35 for the pedals, about $80 for the shoes on amazon.
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Hello everyone. I have made terrific progress since starting on a marin hybrid in january to my new felt chipolte/carbon road bike. I did 42 miles this past thursday. Im averaging 25-30 4 to 5 times a week. This new felt enables me to stay on the road alot longer and my speed has gone from 12-14mph to about 16-18mp. Im wondering if some good riding shoes and clips would be the next purchase for me? if so...where do i start,as there seems to be lots of choices. Im not intending to race.I just want to squeeze every drop of efficency out of my rides and get better at it.
thanx mike
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Absolutely, I recently commuted to school with out my shoes and I was amazed how incredibly less efficient my pedal stroke was.
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yes, i sometimes commute on regular shoes (i can still use the SPD-SL since i don't have huge feet) and i can feel the difference.
i got my ultegra 6700 pedals for 125$ and i bought scattante shoes for 70$.
i got my ultegra 6700 pedals for 125$ and i bought scattante shoes for 70$.
06-27-12, 01:14 PM
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well i got the shoes and pedals. i bought some pretty nice shoes. paid 160.00. shimano pedals. i got the spd style so i can walk in them. I must say,its a real eye opener. I wish i did it sooner.
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