Originally Posted by
rando
nah, not silly. just optional.
It is optional AND silly.
plenty of people ride without 'em.
On $2000-bikes that are not custom-built faux-vintage Grant Peterson's creations?..
I already gave what I think is an apt comparison: getting an expensive light fast bike and not getting clipless pedals + shoes for it is like getting a state-of-the-art computer system and running it with only 32 MB of RAM. It will work, and it is not a safety issue - but you're ridiculously limiting the system's potential. If you knew you were only going to run it with that much memory, it would have made a lot more sense to just get an 10-year-old second-hand machine. Paying big bucks for the most current hardware and then using only a tiny fraction of its capabilities because you are restricting efficiency in one crusial area IS silly.