Originally Posted by claire
Hi,
I have a question that might be a bit stupid: this year I'm really decided to not give up my commuting unless there is at least 20 cm of snow on the ground (I live in Toronto). I hate having to walk to school instead of riding because of too much snow. So I was wondering what I should put on my pedals. I've used toe clips for years and I just switched to clipless this summer on my touring bike. What do you guys think is the safest, or more appropriate, for riding on snow? clipless, toe clips, or none?
Thanks,
Claire
I have no experience what so ever riding in the snow. Don't even ride in the rain. But I would imagine riding in the snow you would stop quite a few times for some reason or other due to the heavy snow. Not sure what it would be. But I sometimes find even riding in nice whether, getting the cleat out of my pedal is pretty hard and sometimes have gone over on my side embarrisingly because of the clipless system. I would go with having nothing, just your winter shoes & the pedal to push on. Also, I would imagine your ride to school isn't a long journey, so the point of going clipless seems pretty pointless unless your journey is over 30KM...