My buddy and I have both used the VO sabot pedals for many miles of paved bike touring, and been very happy with them. I've done around 5,000 miles, and he has done about 15,000 miles. We both use them with sturdy soled trail running shoes. For paved riding, I have no issues with the rounded pins. For off-road riding, I agree that sharper pins would be a benefit.
Besides the VO sabot pedals on my touring bike, I have VP pedals on most of the rest of my bikes (fat bike, fixed gear, monster cross). My commuting bike has spanky oozy pedals with the 3 middle pins removed. I've tried the Hold Fast straps a couple of times, and just couldn't like them. I find them too much of a hassle to get into, and it doesn't help that I have size 14 feet which probably causes them to have a less stiff open shape. I even tried their extra large version, and it didn't help much. I find good pedals don't require straps, and even my fixed gear is ok if I don't get too crazy on the downhills. Fixed gear is harder to get into the straps, because you can't coast and hold the pedal level. I use five10 shoes for mountain biking, but regular trail running shoes (even sandals) for road riding. On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 12:10:53 PM UTC-4, drew wrote: > > Agreed. The vp pins grip and dig into anything, in all weather. Including > shin and ankle meat. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
