Originally Posted by
hairnet
Try the Bebops. I've been curious about those ever since i started riding, but I haven't invested that much in pedals yet.
I like my bebops, but I'm going to switch out to ATACs because it's a hassle to share the same pedals between 3 bikes and for bebops that 3x$90 minimum.
That and the cleats are big enough that they make walking in the shoes a bit hard on hard and smooth surfaces. Not as bad as road clipless, but enough to cause you to slide around on the floor.
Originally Posted by
frymaster
you only think the name doesn't make sense because you're not old enough to remember what came before. in the olden days, serious foot retention was done with a combination of slotted cleats, toe clips and straps. when look came out with their first retention system, the really noticable thing about it was that there were no toe clips. hence the name clipless.
really, my theory is that in cycling if the name implies it exists, it doesn't and vice versa. ie clipless actually clip and tubulars actually have no tubes.
Well there's Tubeless. Tubular just means there's no 'clincher' and is a single 'tube' that goes all around.