On 06/13/2015 02:56 AM, olofst...@gmail.com wrote:
I started to ride intensively at age 5 and have never stopped (now 72). Didn´t
meet retention until over 30. I´m a natural spinner and rides both roads and
trails. On flat rubber pedals, never got enamoured by retention. This comes
very natural and effortless. Can´t remember when a foot slipped.
May it be that your brain over time grews connections to cope effectively with
the system you´re using and that changing system can feel strange and
inefficient for a long time, maybe years, until the new system literally grows
on you?
I rode flat rubber pedals when I was a kid.
When I first got a derailleur bike in 1964 it had toe clips and straps.
I rode with clips and straps for well over 20 years and then switched to
clipless: first, Mavic Look-alikes with float, then SPDs. It's been
around 24 years with clipless.
I used retentionless pedals on my commuters for 15 years - first rubber
3-speed Raleigh pedals for 5 years, then MTB style that look like a bear
trap for 10. I still bear scars from the raking those bear traps gave
my shin one time when I kicked the pedal around a bit too
enthusiastically, never having noticed that the occasional grounding on
a sharp climbing 180 degree turn on the bike trail had sharpened them.
So in 1995 I gave them up, and didn't try retentionless pedals again
until 4 or 5 years ago.
So, for me, lots and lots of experience with both types, and lots of
disappointment with those BMX flatties Grant was so enthusiastic about
when he was selling them.
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