Originally Posted by
dippitydoo
I ask because people told me that a large reason you go for clipless is because you use your energy more EFFICIENTLY***, that you are using energy both pushing down and now pulling up.
The thing is, it doesn't feel any different. It still feel as though i'm only using energy pushing down.
Here is the biggest, simplest truth I can tell you about clipless:
You are feeling what everyone feels the first time they use them. You have heard how much better they are, and you did not feel any magic when you started using them. You aren't going faster and you thought you would.
But you will. Use them for a while. Get your new pedaling muscles built up, get used to them, and then try going back to platforms. THAT is when you will see how much better clipless has made you. You may not think you are pulling up on the pedals, but when you go back and try platforms, you will be pulling your foot off the pedal. That's when you can tell clipless is much, much better.