Thinking of going clipless have no idea were to begin.
12-03-09, 07:27 PM
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 30
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Thinking of going clipless have no idea were to begin.
i pretty much do everything with one bike my mountain bike, commuting, road riding with friends, mountain biking with gf ect. i guess what im looking for if it exists is a clipless pedal that can also be used as a platform pedal that i can still wear regular shoes but want the platform to have a decent grip. also will i be able to walk on mountain shoes, alot of my friends have road shoes and its hard for them to walk and all ur hear is click click. any suggestions on pedals or shoes looking to spend no more then 100 dollars? maybe the clip/platform pedal on one side would be best for me. what do you all think?
12-04-09, 03:13 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 2,324
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
Shimano MTB shoes (I use MT40) and egg beater pedals. I have used the egg beaters which have a platform and I much prefer the ones without.
12-04-09, 03:41 AM
#5
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 30
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
12-04-09, 04:14 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,936
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Sounds like you've already answered your own question. Clipless on one side, ordinary platform on the other will give you what you want. Any other clipless pedals will still leave you with a clipless mechanism sticking up out of it, even if there is some semblance of platform around it. In a pinch, you can pedal on these with normal shoes, but it's not something you want to commit to doing regularly. Unless your regular shoes are made of wood, you will feel the hump of that clipless thing dig into the bottom of your foot.
12-04-09, 09:40 AM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 409
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I just bought my first clip-ins last month. I chose the Shimano M540 pedals and Shimano MT21 shoes. I paid about $160 for both including shipping and tax. You can go cheaper with the one sided M520 pedals but I think double sided is worth it. You can't get much cheaper than the MT21 shoes but they get great reviews, pass for normal shoes, have a good tread, and I can walk around in them without much clicking.
12-04-09, 10:19 AM
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 435
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
In the market for pedals myself, except I'm going from SPD to platform. Found these Wellgos that might suit your needs: Wellgo Wam-D10. They have good pins on the platform side, and then what looks like an SPD-style clip on the other. Obviously, the pedals come with cleats, and the cleats are compatible with any SPD shoes. I also liked the look of the Sette Enduro shoe, but I've never tried them. I do have a pair of the Shimano MT21 shoes above, and they look and feel like a regular shoe. The cleat makes the worst grinding noise, but only when walking on concrete. Any other hard surface, they're silent.
12-04-09, 03:07 PM
#10
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 30
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
In the market for pedals myself, except I'm going from SPD to platform. Found these Wellgos that might suit your needs: Wellgo Wam-D10. They have good pins on the platform side, and then what looks like an SPD-style clip on the other. Obviously, the pedals come with cleats, and the cleats are compatible with any SPD shoes. I also liked the look of the Sette Enduro shoe, but I've never tried them. I do have a pair of the Shimano MT21 shoes above, and they look and feel like a regular shoe. The cleat makes the worst grinding noise, but only when walking on concrete. Any other hard surface, they're silent.
dont seem to have very good grip on the platform part but only combo pedal i found that also has the adjustment for the clip. any others like this with the combo and adjustment?
12-04-09, 05:52 PM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 820
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Clip on one side and platform on other are junk IMO. I swap out between flats and clips all the time, two minutes top. I use anti-sieze on the pedal threads and I milled down a nice 15mm open end wrench slightly to make it easier (grinding would work too) to do the swap.
12-04-09, 06:27 PM
#12
Pint-Sized Gnar Shredder
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell
Posts: 3,549
Bikes: '09 Jamis Komodo, '09 Mirraco Blend One, '08 Cervelo P2C, '08 Specialized Ruby Elite, '07 Yeti AS-R SL, '07 DMR Drone
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Shimano M520: Should be able to find for ~$30
Wellgo MG-1: $30 on eBay
661 Filter/Vans Warner SPD/Time DXZ: Filter can be had for $70, not sure on the Warner or DXZ
Park Tools PW-3 pedal wrench: $20
A little above your budget, but it'll work better than a clipless/platform combination. It doesn't take long to swap the pedals. Also, if you already have a wrench you can skip out on that, and if you have shoes to ride the platforms with, you can get a cheap set of mountain shoes for less.
