Originally Posted by panzerwagon

A steel see-saw accident left me with a broken right ankle when I was a wee one. Osteophytes formed near the joint, slightly limiting my freedom of movement (no Brexit required). Yes, I'm going to refer to them as "osteophytes" instead of the more colloquial "bone spurs". The latter has gathered a bit of a stench of late. My bikes have a variety of pedal setups (clips, spd, looks, flats, shin-straps, missing, etc), but I've never really established an ideal. Lately, I've been riding a couple bikes without the straps, only toe clips. Apparently old crusty leather strips are old and crusty-- who knew? A little adventurous at times, but lots of ankle movement allowed, and hey, life is short and you never know when next you might ride a see-saw.