Truth about clipless pedals.
07-02-13, 02:14 PM
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Truth about clipless pedals.
I've been thinking about this while i was riding today. I have a hybrid bike with flat pedals and road bike clipless. As you know, you are applying maybe 4 different types of force with clipless pedals. Pressing, lifting, pushing (forward) and pulling (back). Well but in the same time you are wasting, let's say consuming more energy for your extra efforts. In the end you are getting exhausted quicker. Maybe it sounds bullish but i gave a thought about it. What would you say?
07-02-13, 02:19 PM
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07-02-13, 02:20 PM
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Well it is said that clipless won't make you faster.
Then again a slipping foot is wasted effort and also clipless is safer.
Then again a slipping foot is wasted effort and also clipless is safer.
07-02-13, 02:22 PM
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I'd like to see who said that... If you're applying more energy in areas that a flat pedal won't allow, then you're getting more energy to the rear wheel. Will it be using more energy and making you more exhausted? Not really. I think you'll be bringing in more muscles to do this work resulting in less fatigue on only a couple muscles to propel you.
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I would disagree. I believe your motor is much more efficient when clipped in. Don't ask me to explain the math- I'm a Psychology major- but my experience tells me so. I was originally set up like you- clipless on the road, flat pedal on the hybrid- and upon changing my hybrid over to clipless I've gotten faster and stronger on the hybrid, with no noticeable fatigue difference. Besides, fatigue is good... means you're doing something right.
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Us recreational rides shouldn't have pedals so tight that we can't pull out of them in an emergency situation. Racers may have a problem with this because they want them as tight as possible for sprints and such, but everyone else shouldn't have this issue.
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After riding since I was a kid, I got a searing pain in my knee after a long ride one day. Hurt for most of a week. Twisting at the knee to get into my car would make me scream. Didn't ride the bike for a week or two after that to let it settle down. Next long ride, it came back. Very frustrating. Anyway, I got clipless pedals and the pain went away, never to return even after several years.
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Mine are cheap set and i need at least 50 meters to get my feet off of them. That's my problem though. Actually they have an adjustment screw but my allen keys are not fit for them. That is also a problem of mine.
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I've been thinking about this while i was riding today. I have a hybrid bike with flat pedals and road bike clipless. As you know, you are applying maybe 4 different types of force with clipless pedals. Pressing, lifting, pushing (forward) and pulling (back). Well but in the same time you are wasting, let's say consuming more energy for your extra efforts. In the end you are getting exhausted quicker. Maybe it sounds bullish but i gave a thought about it. What would you say?
You press down on it.
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Shouldn't this thread be called "Speculation about clipless pedals?"
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After trying many different types of pedals, I ended up with Speedplay Frog pedals since they are easy to clip in and easy to clip out of. MTB pedals, but I'd rather wear shoes I can walk around in if needed. I wouldn't recommend them for any type of road racing because they are fairly easy to accidentally unclip, but that's what makes them such a nice pedal for recreational riding also.
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I like them cause I can just pedal and dont have to keep putting my foot back on the pedal if its slipping off etc. Plus I feel like climbing is a win in clipless.
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I've been thinking about this while i was riding today. I have a hybrid bike with flat pedals and road bike clipless. As you know, you are applying maybe 4 different types of force with clipless pedals. Pressing, lifting, pushing (forward) and pulling (back). Well but in the same time you are wasting, let's say consuming more energy for your extra efforts. In the end you are getting exhausted quicker. Maybe it sounds bullish but i gave a thought about it. What would you say?
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1. It's weight + gravity will hold it in place.
2. It will float away
3. You have to tie it down somehow.
Your foot on the rear, rising bicycle pedal is the same. If you don't tie it down in some manner, you have to push on the upward rising pedal and you're working against yourself.
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Well, that's a problem. Fix it. I get mine out in 1/10th of a second.
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