Originally Posted by
Dheorl
Lol at that statement. Please don't make assumptions about my cycling. I live in the countryside in England... wet days is what we do best, with rolling countryside coming a close second.
With decent soled shoes and proper platforms I never have a problem with control. Like I say, if I can manage wet, slippery downhill courses with them without loosing control, then you can do it on the road.
Oh, and with you annalogy, if it's a proper well designed toboggan then the amount of control will be great.
try pothole riddled roads coverd in ice and snow, I know you don't get that often in england.
one bad step and your platforms and shoes are frozen and very slippery.
Originally Posted by
Dheorl
If your pedaling at a higher cadence than people with platforms, that's because they haven't got a good pedaling technique, not because of their choice of pedals. Tbh I never feel like I'm going to slip of either. Also all this is your "feeling" meaning it is your opinion, not fact.
I'd also bet that you don't pull up all the time half as much as you think you do. And it doesn't make it more efficient, your muscles are still using the same amount of fuel to produce the same amount of power (assuming they are trained as well as the muscles you use to push, which I obviously can't really comment on, but in most people I'd expect they aren't). Once again I have no problem with feet coming off the pedals.
Woop de do, I can and have done hikes in the alps quite happily in the shoes I used for cycling, they are supremely comfortable for both that and cycling.
higher cadence is generally better than slower, especially for your knees. general ball park figure is 95rpm.
I can hit a good 160rpm going down hill when I'm all out of gears. It's very hard to do that with platforms even if you have a good technique.
and just try platforms with a fixed gear.