Originally Posted by
Hiro11
My thoughts here:
- There's no evidence that stiff shoes are more "efficient". It is true that stiff soles are more comfortable in hour three.
- Modern massive pinned MTB pedals offer amazing grip that's close to clipless and can be used with any shoes. I'm a big believer in them.
- Clipity-clop road shoes are great for racing and long road race training rides. If you're not racing, forget road shoes.
- Mountain bike shoes are far more practical for the vast majority of people than road shoes.
- SPD pedals are terrific. SPD-SLs are terrific if you're racing.
- Crocs make great riding shoes with pinned pedals.
Only if you exclude sprinting, climbing short steep hills, or bouncing over rough pavement. In my experience, pulling your foot off in those situations is pretty inefficient.