Originally Posted by
mustang1
Funny you should say this. Today I had to pick up a bike that was in for repair. It was a, well it wasn't a fast bike, it was in fact one of those really slow comfort bikes, and it had no clipless pedals. One of the reasons I decided not to ride it home was due to no clipless pedals...
I just couldn't ride it properly (no power transfer 
).
Dude, that's like needing a calculator cuz you can't make change.
Seriously, a good pedal stroke should not be dependent upon being clipped in and the cases where any reduced efficiency would be apparent are limited...climbing, sprinting, etc.
It's the feet forward riding position of some of them cruisers that should be scaring you.
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