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Old 06-22-18 | 10:32 AM
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PaulRivers
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Originally Posted by Kimmo
Did every company in the world just completely give up on making toeclip pedals sexy once clipless was a thing?
Yeah.

There's 2 popular choices...
1. Clipless pedals + shoes
2. Flat pedals with pins + flat shoes with grippy rubber (five tens are the most common)

Toeclips have drawbacks worse than the other options and lack advantages to make up for it.
- For getting your foot out in a emergency it's worse than either clipless or flats
- Getting in and out of the pedal every time your stop is a pain as you have to flip the pedal right side up.
- For convenience you can't beat flats
- The "look"...well...it just sortalost it's "cool" appeal when they stopped using it in racing if you want the racer look it's clipless

I personally used to use clipless but went back to flats because they make riding so much more enjoyable for me, and there's no difference in speed. Some people say there's a difference for racing, I don't race so I don't know about that, but there's not a difference in speed that would make up for the time I have to spend changing shoes on each end. For toeclips I understand the nostalgia appeal but I wouldn't personally recommend toeclips to anyone because I think either flats or clipless do it better depending on what kind of riding you're doing and what your priorities are.

Last edited by PaulRivers; 06-22-18 at 10:36 AM.
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