Clipless
12-08-13 | 09:24 AM
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Clipless
Are all you touring guys pretty much clipless? I'm starting a light touring build in January and that's the direction I'm going; thinking Speedplay Frogs.
12-08-13 | 11:05 AM
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From: Cape Vincent, NY
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac Expert, Schwinn Mesa, Huffy Rock Creek 29er, Fuji Cambridge, 1970s-era Ross ten speed. Various parts bikes in various stages of disassembly.
For me:
Road touring=Looks.
Off-road=platform.
Road touring=Looks.
Off-road=platform.
12-08-13 | 12:44 PM
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I use spd pedals with mtb shoes and spd sandals for touring, both are easy to walk in.
12-08-13 | 01:03 PM
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I made comments on pedals at this link, I am too lazy to retype the info.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1#post15671809
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1#post15671809
12-08-13 | 08:45 PM
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SPD sandals and A530 pedals, like the other poster above. Probably about the most flexible option for touring under a variety of different conditions.
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12-08-13 | 09:02 PM
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SPD IMHO! 
Seriously as others have pointed out, they are the way to go. Easy to walk in, you probably could get by with just your bike shoes. But I prefer to carry a light weight pair of shoes for off bike. If I know it is going to be warm, I take the SPDs and sandals for off bike and in the shower. I it happens to get cold at night then I have the option of wearing the bike shoes.
Seriously as others have pointed out, they are the way to go. Easy to walk in, you probably could get by with just your bike shoes. But I prefer to carry a light weight pair of shoes for off bike. If I know it is going to be warm, I take the SPDs and sandals for off bike and in the shower. I it happens to get cold at night then I have the option of wearing the bike shoes.
12-08-13 | 10:09 PM
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I have to use platforms due to an injury, but I would use clipless if I could. The efficiency gain is enormous. I think it is grant pedersen who has written that most people never use the efficiency gain that spinning can give, and I think he is right because when I get onto a hard hill, i use the full circle, and it is like dropping nitrous. Grant suggests platforms or the straps you twist into.
12-09-13 | 02:06 AM
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Copied and pasted from the very recent Pedals thread ...
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/924744-pedals
I use ...........
Shimano PD M324 ... on all my bicycles.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/924744-pedals
I use ...........
Shimano PD M324 ... on all my bicycles.
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12-09-13 | 12:52 PM
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Shimano M520 double sided mountain bike pedals and mountain bike shoes because it bothers the guys who ride platforms.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
12-09-13 | 04:37 PM
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Some really "brilliant" and "useful" posts there. Some people have way too much time on their hands
12-09-13 | 04:41 PM
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Search for "Nightshade". Clipless bothers the hell out of him.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
12-09-13 | 05:23 PM
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Wow, lots going on here. I was expecting "yes" pretty much across the board. I just picked up the Frogs and some mountain shoes. Guess I will see how comfortable they are to walk in and go from there. Thanks!
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