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10-04-17 | 04:05 AM

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16Victor

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From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Bikes: 1974 Schwinn Paramount, 1980 Raleigh Competition GS, 1986 Vitus 979, 1988 Trek 360, 1991 Trek 7000 MTB, 1999 Burley Rumba tandem

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Originally Posted by dougdunn

I tried SPD's on our new tandem and disliked them immediately - poor in and out, poor surface contact. After one day on a 6 day tour, I drove home, took the Looks off my road bike, installed them on the tandem and was happy the rest of the tour. Lesson - you might want to match your everyday road bike pedals if you are used to them.

I echo both the experience and the opinion. In my opinion SPD is a poor solution. I've been on LOOK since the 80's and see no reason to change.

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