Originally Posted by
Walter S
I've had a few weeks riding with toe clips. I like it. At first it was very awkward just getting started. Then I could ride but was still thinking I'd made a mistake. Now more and more my toe flips over the pedal and my foot slides in without a fuss.
I used toe clips for years before clipless pedals were invented. I prefer clipless (with SPD), but on my foldup bike I use toe clips.
Originally Posted by
mark_m
I've gone from clipless to clips back and forth over the decades, from one bike to the next. Setting up toe-clips right now after being off bikes for 15 years or so. The main thing I like about both is being able to pull up on the pedals and use different sets of muscles. I hope I'm not the only one that does that
That's where those half clips would be useless I think...
On some of my bikes I use pedals that are SPD on one side, platform on the other. I do not consciously lift with my feet, but I have noticed if I wear regular shoes on the bike, I am so used to lifting my feet that my shoes do not stay on the pedals exactly where I want them.