Originally Posted by
ddeadserious
[Puts on flame suit] Everyone needs to relax about foot retention. I've been riding fairly regularly without foot retention since August and have slipped off of my pedals twice, only when wearing my boat shoes(I don't typically). I haven't had any other issues. Obviously, foot retention is a good thing for fixed riding, but it's not ridiculous or dangerous to not use it.
/guywhoisgoingtobuystrapssoon
everyone seems to assume everyone else is doing hard fast paced riding. Going around at 15mhp or less, not so much. My friend converted a cruiser to fixed with just platform pedals, and man, that thing is fun