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10-13-14 | 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaywalk3r

Are you sure?

Personally I use BMX pedals, which are not intended for use with toe clips. Slippage has never been an issue, except for the desirable intentional kind, i.e., the ability to move my foot fore and aft on the pedal as appropriate when the road grade changes.

Language changes. In the 1980s, a "platform" pedal was a toe clip pedal that had a wider base than a "quill" pedal. But the "quill" pedal is almost a thing of the past...most people don't even know what a "quill" pedal is nor why it is called that.

For all intents and purposes, "platform" now means a wide flat pedal that has a "platform" for your foot and can be used for toe clips but often isn't.

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