Originally Posted by
darukhan
The interesting thing (at least to me) was that I was getting the knee pain with toe clips and straps due to my habit of tightening the straps down very tightly so my foot wouldn't move at all against the pedals. (Which made for some tricky dismounts a few times!) This fixed mounting of my foot really strained my knees.
When I switched to the clipless pedals, my pedals were attached to my shoes, but the freedom of side-to-side movement was realized and that connection to the pedals feels so much more organic now, and the pain is gone!
(To keep this on topic...) My cadence has greatly improved with the use of clipless pedals and I'm now able to ride faster, more consistently.
Even people who use platform pedals with pins often find that going clipless helps their knees as the pins prevent your feet from turning when pedaling. And I find getting my feet out using clipless is much easier than with toe clips and the strap being anywhere near tight.
And, yes, I find it helps my cadence a lot.
Originally Posted by
BlackCheetah
I'm a handy kind of guy, I might one day build myself a fairing and put myself in a sock, oh the honks I would receive.
One of my observations: The weirder your bike looks, the more likely cars are to notice you and give you room passing.