And I'll come down on the other side of the wide foot/Grip King debate. I've got wide 12EEE feet and ride GKs on all my bikes and love them. I tried the Touring Pedals but much prefer these. To be fair, I haven't tried Sneaker Pedals.
I commute daily and generally do a 50-80 mile ride on the weekend. Mostly I ride my Quickbeam, but I've put them on an old Raleigh ten-speed I have on the Big Island as well as on my beater bike (a old ATB from before it would have been called a mountain bike which is also a single speed these days). Aloha! Bob Sent from my iPad On Oct 16, 2010, at 6:37 PM, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > I will chime in with the shoe width reference as well. I wear size 12 > keens when riding and the grip kings felt like they barely made it > half way across my foot. Put them on the wife bike, she is a size 7 > ot 8 I think and she loves them. if you are going wide and flat look > for some decent thin aluminum sealed bearing bmx pedas. vintage mks > pedals have some nice patterns and colors as well. > > Rob > > > On Oct 16, 5:31 pm, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> A second vote for the MKS sneakers over the GKs. I found the Grip Kings >> pretty slippery actually, and my wide feet like the sneaker pedals quite a >> bit better. They're cheaper, too. >> >> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net>wrote: >> >> >> >>> I like the MKS Sneaker pedals more than the Grip Kings. As far as >>> platform pedals go the sneaker pedals are really really hard to beat. >> >>> On Oct 16, 5:47 pm, Rob Harrison <robha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> The biggest plus with the Frogs compared to toe clips and straps is easy >>> entry. Maybe I'm uncoordinated, but even after years of using them, I find >>> it sometimes takes me 20 yards of futzing to flip the pedals the right way >>> and get my feet into both pedals, which has its downsides riding in traffic. >>> The Frogs are basically step n' go. OTOH, with toe clips and straps I have >>> no lingering doubts, as I do with the Frogs, whether I'll somehow not be >>> able to get a foot OUT to keep myself from falling over in a panic stop. >>> Only ridden a week with the Frogs so far. Maybe I'll get used to them and >>> gain confidence in that department. The biggest downside of course with the >>> Frogs is having to wear the only pair of shoes I have with the cleats, >>> rather than whatever happens to be on my feet. Owning a pedal wrench has >>> been a revelation though--I can change pedals in ten minutes to suit the >>> ride. I'm thinkin' Grip Kings could be the pedals for commuting at least. >>> They have lots of fans, I'm interested to see what the buzz is about. >> >>>> Rob in Seattle >> >>>> On Oct 16, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Johnny Alien wrote: >> >>>>> I just put a set of Frogs on my Rambouillet. Did a 28 mile run today >>>>> with them and I actually get along pretty well with them. I miss >>>>> moving my feet anywhere I want them but it had some benefits too. >> >>>>> On Oct 16, 4:35 pm, Rob Harrison <robha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Experimenting with pedals on my Saluki these days. Took off the MKS >>> Touring pedals + toe clips, now running (gasp!) Speedplay Frogs. (First time >>> ever with clipless pedals--and I like 'em more than I ever thought I would!) >>> Would now like to try Grip Kings. >> >>>>>> Anyone have an extra pair? >> >>>>>> Rob in Seattle >> >>> -- >>> 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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-bu...@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. > -- 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-bu...@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.
