Originally Posted by
MRT2
The cleats come free with the pedals. All you need to buy is a set of shoes which, if you look around, you can find for about what a decent pair of tennis or running shoes will run you. And cycling shoes last a long time.
Though it isn't hard to swap out pedals, I would not want to be swapping pedals every time I wanted to go out for a ride.
I meant shoes. I use cleats/clipless shoes interchangeably. Force of habit from football/rugby.
I also run pedal spacers, so I would have to change those too....
Originally Posted by
RockiesDad
2X... I still like my flat pedals and am happy with them. I am using mtb ones with the pins built in so its not slippery at all. It's one less thing to think about when you want to ride your bike especially while in college...
That's the thing, I have about 3 1/2 more months of college for the most part. I got my bike for commuting around campus and from that I took up longer riding and I was unsure if I should go clipless (or if I could find size 15 shoes that I could still walk around in, but I asked that in a different thread).