clipless?
 

anyone ride fixed clipless? thoughts?

yes. it's godly.

Yep. Seconded that it's godly.

Yep. I have crank bros. :) and dont worry about clipping in, I think its much easier than toe clips. Oh yeah, and its godly.

Clipless is the best. I havent tried the new holdfast style "frs" dealies, but ive tried everything else. Nothing can equal the clipless system for efficiency, power transfer, and security. And if you dont like dorky clipless shoes, get some old ones, take out the stiff insole with the cleat attatchment, cut a hole in your street shoes, and insert the clipless insole. Style for miles.

Godly. Also, Sidi Dominators are totally comfortable to wear as long as I'm not walking more than a few blocks (which I never do) and they make me look fast even when I'm standing still. Personally, I feel like they make me look even cooler than normal.

Clipless is certainly the best. However, I just got some Holdfast straps cause I was sick of always having to wear my magic shoes and I am pretty happy. They're a little harder to get into and out of but once you're in it feels pretty much just like clipless. Also, you never have to worry about that once-in-a-thousand chance that your shoes will come unclipped just as your skip stopping hard into an intersection.

completely superior to clips & straps. skidding and riding no-handed becomes super easy.

and you don't have to wear dorky shoes - check out my new Buyer's Guide for clipless-compatible sneakers and casual shoes:

sneakers - http://djcatnap.com/?p=699

casual shoes - http://djcatnap.com/?p=686

Godly is correct. The superiority of clipless pedals paired with a stiff cycling shoe is immediately obvious when you first try them. I'll ride platforms on occasion for slow leisurely rides, otherwise its clipless all the way. I cannot even imagine going back to clips and straps with sneakers.

Do you guys wear tights with your cycling shoes or nay? Just curious b/c highly considering trying out clipless.

clips
 

i've tried clipless for a bit (and really liked the power transfer, tight snug fit etc), but found it really hard getting OUT of them. I have a pair of crank bros. egg beaters. I think alot of the hard time getting out was due to having multiple bikes, riding multiple bikes throughout any given week, and only having clipless pedals on one (ie switching between clipless and clips&straps).

As a result, i wiped out a couple times (both times at a complete stop). I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with clipless pedals&shoes during an accident. I don't think (at least at the level of practice i was at) that i would be able to get out if hit by a car/cyclist.

Do you think the impact of a car or the ground would snap you out of the clips? (hitting the ground never unclipped me before). Kinda concerned that being so securely attached would lead to much greater injury than being able to quickly dismount in an oh ****! scenario.

I can attest from personal expirience (unfortunately) that you do get unclipped with a car collision. After a bit of straight riding with clipless there is no thought to it...... go for it they rock

if you can't get out of clipless... you're doing it wrong
or there is something wrong with your legs.

really, they're copied off of ski binders, and those eject (in most cases) when you fall.

Most clipless pedals are adjustable to set the clip/unclip effort. I have them set very low on my cross and MTB, medium on the road and very high on the track. I've never been unable to unclip on the road but have accidentally unclipped in the dirt. You just need to get used to turning your foot sideways instead of up and back the way you do with clips. What I sometimes do now when riding clips is forget to loosen the straps when I come to a stop.

took me a couple rides to get used to it. i feel more secure in clipping in and out of clipless than clips (sometimes the straps get caught on folds and creases on my shoes so my foot gets kinda stuck and i stumble. doesn't happen to me really on clipless)

i'm rockin some puma suedes the i cut up to work with clipless mountain pedals. no need for lycra and nice for walking around to class and such

dude, THANK YOU for those links. i DO ride clipless right now with bontrager street's for my winter commute, i'm asking more so because all i see on here are straps and if there was any specific reason for that. i've never seen those exustar shoes before, does anyone on here use them or heard anything on them? the bon street's are pretty good, i'm just not stoked on how they look (but they really aren't too bad). also, anything on the 1976's?

I dont think I could ride with anything else ever again

and I feel like the sidi dominators look pretty awesome too.

I tried clips again this weekend, because I didn't want to bring my bike shoes for the trip, and it sucked. I'm so used to pulling on the pedal in all different directions with clipless that I kept pulling out off the pedal with the clips =P

I really love my ATACs, but I have been using GR-9s (with clips/straps) for awhile now. It is kinda nice to be able to "clip-out" by pulling backward when I ride my local area. I tighten the straps as needed.

That doesn't happen to me. I do very well with clips; I can yank the crap out of it without worrying about float-angle. ... Problem for me would be to find a right pair of shoes, though. This is the uber-turn-off for clips for me.

It's just that when I pedal from a stop, track stand, sprint, or climb, I find myself pulling back and up on the pedals a lot. Maybe this would be easier if I had bigger toe clips and double straps.

Use Hybrid Clipless/Platform pedals. Lake IO shoes and the combination is versatile enough to use on a track or a 1 block ride in flippy floppies.

Are you speaking from experience or is this conjecture?

I am thinking of getting a pair of Look Keo Sprint pedals. :thumb:

Not speaking for Xlink, but I just bought my first road bike, and also made my first venture into the clipless scene.

Being unsure of how hard it would be to get used to them, I opted for some Shimano 424 SPDs, figured I could always convert to upper end pedals later. They're a little heavier than their pure-road counterparts, but I'm not competing, so that's no matter to me. They're dual-sided, and very easy to clip in/out of.

I did have my inaugural fall :o, but it was just being stupid on my part, essentially just got my balance out of whack at a stop, no issue with the pedals.

The M424s are good pedals. I was referring to his comment of those type pedals being "versatile enough to use on a track" as I would not recommend that pedal for the track.

I too have used similar pedals. Shimano has/had a pedal that is like a BMX pedal with a clipless middle. It was great for MTB use.

Edit:

And everyone has that ONE zero MPH fall using clipless. It just happens :)