Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
Honestly, you're not making much sense. Being inefficient means you're wasting power. You need to work on your spin more.
I admit there is inefficiency and waste. However with the clipless pedals I can't output as much power. Maybe others can stand on the pedals (and apply similar if not greater force) with clipless pedals, I can't. I'm willing to live with a 5%-10% or whatever it is inefficiency all the time to gain significant extra power output when pushing hard.