Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
My bike came with platforms like that. I threw them into the junk parts box after the 2nd time my feet slipped off them in the rain while accelerating from stopped at a stoplight. IMO it's a critical safety issue that I not fall off the pedals in traffic.
This is why it's essential to find a good match of pedals and shoes. Some soles are rock-solid with specific pedals; other combinations are disastrous. It's difficult to make generalizations or (therefore) predictions. When the weather's good, I wear Adidas Sambas with my pedals; at all other times I wear no-name plastic clogs. They don't slip.