Originally Posted by
nickw
I won't argue that I 'feel' more efficient with SPD's....but it's a common myth that clipless helps people "pull up" resulting in better performance/efficiency/etc.
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That myth will be exploded soon when pro racers start winning races in flats. Just you wait and see.
(I'm sitting back and watching. This will happen in my lifetime, won't it? I'm only 64.)
Today's race, the E3 Harelbeke in Belgium was a race where the advantages of flats would have proved huge. The winner spent the last 70 km in the wind with one other rider. He won by seconds. With flats and the gain of efficiency, that would have been minutes.
Ben