I read about this guy in an article in I think Dirt Rag or maybe Bicycle Time this past spring. The article was a column by a mountain bike racer who could not adapt to clipless, he was encouraged to try flat pedals by his strength coach who I think was this same guy.
Anyway, it opened up a whole new world for me, I have neurological problems with feet not taking orders from my brain when trying activate small motor movement so after a lifetime of riding with toe clips and slotted cleats I had to find something else. After trying and failing to be able to use clipless pedals I gave number of flat pedals a try. what I found was that my anxiety level while riding on city streets etc. declined significantly and opened the way for my old confidence to return. The other thing I noticed was how much better my pedal stroke was. This along with months of postural restoration PT, which opened my hips and pelvis, my pedal stroke is much lighter and is taking advantage of higher pelvic flexibility which has reactivated my ham strings and glutes in the pedal stroke instead of stressing my quads and knees. I'll definitly be trying some 50-10s this coming season. Incidently Competitive Cyclist has them on sale now 50% off here's the link: http://www.competitivecyclist.com/specials/five-ten.498.html On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:21:05 PM UTC-6, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > This is an impressive document about platform pedals. It echoes much of > what GP has said about this subject for years. > > https://www.bikejames.com/strength/the-flat-pedal-revolution-manifesto-how-to-improve-your-riding-with-flat-pedals/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4yQCUg9xjvwJ. 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.
