Originally Posted by
Dheorl
No, your not attached to your bike, but if I don't slide/bounce of wet downhill mountain bike courses, your not going to bounce off on the road. The fact your not attached with platforms does reduce the number of possibilitys of comedy on the bike. And yes, you can walk around in clipless shoes, but it's not as comfy as shoes to go with platform pedals.
There is the thing about pulling up, which yes, if your sprinting in competition is good, otherwise it's got no advantage over platforms
AFAIK.
And who are you comparing me to?
On a mountain bike I feel infinitely more in control and safer riding clipless than on paltforms. I can power up inclines at a higher cadence than riders on platforms, push the bike around easier with my feet through obstacles and never feel like I'm going to slip off the pedals no matter what happens.
As far as "sprinting" I "pull up" during every aspect of my riding. climbing, warming up, cooling down, going fast, going slow, sprinting, etc. In every situation it is more efficient than a platform pedal. And again, I feel well connected to the bike and know my feet wont come off the pedals at the top of a sprint if I hit a hole in the ground.
and for walking, I put the little covers on my cleats and can probably run a 50 yard dash in my cycling shoes.