When I set up my first "real" bike 3 years ago, I used MKS Touring pedals. Love 'em, but after 30 or so miles, my right foot would be numb.
A friend suggested SPDs so I could actually walk in the shoes (at least to go into a convenience store without falling on my ass). He also felt that cycling shoes makes your pedal stroke more efficient and that it might alleviate the numbness because the force of the stroke is being spread out over a larger area than just the pedal surface. So I decided to try Shimano A530s - SPD on one side and platform on the other - because I wanted to be able to ride without the shoes. I must say that they are great. I like being clipped in, and actually do pull on the upstroke going up hills. I keep the tension on the looser side, which makes quick "escapes" easy, but not so loose that the cleats will come unclipped while pedaling. I moved the MKS over to my commuting bike, as I don't like using the clipless pedals in traffic so much. Call me a heretic, I suppose. Steve On Oct 12, 2009, at 2:50 PM, 40_Acres wrote: > > I feel as if I'm committing an act of heresy, but I'm very curious to > hear others thoughts. I'm no stranger to riding in sneakers on > platform pedals, or to using old-school quills and toe clips (with and > without cycling-specific shoes). When I bought my AHH this Summer, I > decided to give both platforms and quills a serious go of it. After > 4.5 months I'm back to clipless pedals, even for short errands around > town. Any fellow heretics out there? > > On a related note with a different outcome, I went back to downtube > shifting on the AHH. Love it. Brifters are great too, but I'm very > happy with DT shifters. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
