Originally Posted by
TimArchy
And if anyone is worried about pulling out of the shimanos (Lance and a few other pulled out of theirs during the tour a few years ago and people have been scared of them since), Theo Bos rides them now.
Lance didn't pull out. He had wreck when he got his by a child's handbag. He just hopped back on his bike, and chased after Ulrich, and never really got his foot back in. That was in 2000, and those were with SPD-R pedals. SPD-SL was only introduced in 2002, I believe. Maybe 2003.
As for Theo Bos, he doesn't use SPD-SLs, he uses SPD-Rs, as do most sprinters at the international level.