Crazy de-ja-vu. Think I saw a thread similar to this just like a week ago...

Anyways, do you know that they actually ride through unclipped? I thought the point wasn't to ride through without clipping in, it was to provide a larger target surface area for your foot to hit when you've unclipped then are trying to get clipped in while simultaneously throwing your weight around going over rocks and such. It's easier to hit a larger target when the pedal is twice as big, vs a tiny spot like on an eggbeater.

Once your foot is on the pedal, I've always thought the idea was to get clipped in as quickly as convenient. I've read people say the platform seems to be designed to nudge your foot back towards the "clipped in" position before. And the complaint in the thread from last week was exactly that the guy couldn't keep from clipping in on the platform, if I remember right.

I'm really curious if you know if anyone rides them with the specific intention of have a platform and not clipping in...