Clips & straps or Clipless
08-30-09, 10:18 AM
#1
really?
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 30
Bikes: around 10 of various styles and types
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Clips & straps or Clipless
How do you prefer to ride?
I have been riding with neither and really need to get me something to hold me to the pedals
I've got some yellow Power Grips kicking around and was going to give them a go, have any of you used them, i don't want to fit them if they're useless
thanks
I have been riding with neither and really need to get me something to hold me to the pedals
I've got some yellow Power Grips kicking around and was going to give them a go, have any of you used them, i don't want to fit them if they're useless
thanks
08-30-09, 10:54 AM
#4
Oh, you know...
Join Date: May 2009
Location: DC
Posts: 2,834
Bikes: '74 Schwinn Sports Tourer (Polo), S-Works E5 Team Festina (Chorus 11), Trek 2200 Bonded Carbon (Fixed), Trek 920 (7 speed IGH), Chesini Olimpiade SL (1x7)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I ride clips and straps on my fixed gear, clipless on my geared bike.
If I'm going for a long enough ride that I'd rather have gears, it's a long enough ride that I'd rather be clipless. Works for me.
If I'm going for a long enough ride that I'd rather have gears, it's a long enough ride that I'd rather be clipless. Works for me.
08-30-09, 10:57 AM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,694
Bikes: A few BSO's.
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 164 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 55 Times
in
27 Posts
Clipless with M324's. Clipless on 1 side and platform on the other. For me it's a PITA to get into clips/straps but I have big feet and ya gotta be in the straps or drag them on the ground. YMMV.
08-30-09, 10:59 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Athens, Ohio
Posts: 1,568
Bikes: Fuji Track, Half built 70s Azuki
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Clipless. i use mtb pedals on my fixed gear since its my commuter/around town bike and i often need to walk in them and road pedals on my geared bike that normally only sees long rides.
08-30-09, 12:37 PM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,779
Bikes: Leader 735TR 09 58cm 46/17
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Clips and straps. I like being secured to the bike, but not as much as clipless. Plus i can wear any shoes i like.
08-30-09, 12:40 PM
#9
Old fart
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Appleton WI
Posts: 24,777
Bikes: Several, mostly not name brands.
Mentioned: 153 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3582 Post(s)
Liked 3,395 Times
in
1,929 Posts
08-30-09, 12:56 PM
#10
Fixed-gear roadie
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wilmington, NC
Posts: 1,048
Bikes: 2008 Masi Speciale Fixed
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Clipless FTW. I don't really need any kind of superior performance while I'm just riding to and from classes around campus, so I just ride on top of them in street shoes. Then later when I'm doing my "serious" riding, I'll bust out the bike shoes along with the rest of the gear.
08-30-09, 02:47 PM
#12
Fresh Garbage
08-30-09, 02:53 PM
#13
hateful little monkey
Join Date: May 2003
Location: oakland, ca
Posts: 5,274
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
You can pull every which way if you're running slotted cleats with tight straps.
Hope you've got a fast hand when it comes to loosening the straps at stoplights, though. I went over a few times in my junior uscf years.
Hope you've got a fast hand when it comes to loosening the straps at stoplights, though. I went over a few times in my junior uscf years.
08-30-09, 06:31 PM
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Davis/Lafayette, CA
Posts: 2,014
Bikes: too many
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
i run clips so i can use regular shoes since i usually use my fix to go to class.
I went on a ride just for fun the other night and threw my clipless pedals on. clipless is superior in every way while on the bike. off, they're bearable (since i'm using mountain bike shoes and pedals)
I went on a ride just for fun the other night and threw my clipless pedals on. clipless is superior in every way while on the bike. off, they're bearable (since i'm using mountain bike shoes and pedals)
08-30-09, 07:32 PM
#23
Riding Engineer
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Tokyo
Posts: 835
Bikes: Kiyo Kiyo Kiyo
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Which reminds me, anyone like MKS Silvan Road pedal? ... Or rather what clip pedals do you like?
P.S. I am on an ATACs now. Pretty nice.
08-30-09, 08:12 PM
#25
Veteran Racer
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas
Posts: 11,757
Bikes: 32 frames + 80 wheels
Mentioned: 26 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1331 Post(s)
Liked 763 Times
in
431 Posts
The answer depends on the following:
1) Do you ride a SS or a FG?
2) How much do you get off the bike and walk?
a) None at all - just do my ride non-stop
b) A few short times like taking a pit stop and a break
c) As much off the bike as on
d) Most of the time like commute to school/work, walk around all day then ride back home
3) What is the terrain?
a) Completely flat
b) Some short moderate climbs like a freeway overpass
c) Lots of long and/or steep climbs
1) Do you ride a SS or a FG?
2) How much do you get off the bike and walk?
a) None at all - just do my ride non-stop
b) A few short times like taking a pit stop and a break
c) As much off the bike as on
d) Most of the time like commute to school/work, walk around all day then ride back home
3) What is the terrain?
a) Completely flat
b) Some short moderate climbs like a freeway overpass
c) Lots of long and/or steep climbs