Clipless/Platform pedal combos?

[Kent K25]

Who rides with these? With the trailer hooked up to my bike to ride the boy around town, as well as the occasional ride to work it would be nice to just have platform pedals on my bike so I don't have to put on my biking shoes to ride.

Anyone recommend any certain pedals, or advise in favor of or against doing this on my bike. Will the platforms bother me when I am on the trails?

I have seen lots of "Wellgo" and "Viper" etc...combo pedals that are cheaper than the shimanos, but are they crap?

[Ryan]

My wife rides with the black shimano PD M424. She likes them alot because she gets nervous sometimes and she can put her foot down easier. She doesnt seem to bash her pedals and it is easy to clip in so I think they are fine.
These arent too much $$$$$

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/PE707A09-Shimano+Pd-M424+Pedals.aspx

[blueeyes]

My first venture into platform/clipless on my mountain bike was disastrous! Kinda funny after I realized what was wrong. The bike mechanic put the cleats on my shoes backwards.... intentionally.:angryfire: It was his little trick to get me to come back to the shop, he was an insatiable flirt. What he didn't count on was my stubbornness to succeed. I tried for 3 months to work with those. Thank goodness one side was platform. Still doesn't help when you don't have the right shoes on. Anyway by the time I went back in he had been fired. I now use those pedals on my new road bike. After my first experience and subsequent experiences with clipless I am scared to death to ride them on my mountain bike.

Reason I originally chose the combo was for the same reason you are thinking of. When you ride with the kids you don't need to be clipped in. Or if you ride your bike around town you don't want to carry a pair of shoes with you. They worked good for that. However on the trail I found it annoying because if you took your foot off and then quickly need to get going again you couldn't just pop in unless the clipless side happened to be up. Even now on the road bike I find that very annoying. I just am cheap and don't want to by a set of all clipless until I am sure my anxiety about clipless are over.

I would say it depends on how often you plan to ride with your boy. If it is everyday and you don't want to carry a second pair of shoes with you buy the combo. If he is in the trailer you can always throw your second pair of shoes in with him. Which is what I would do if I had that choice again. I find the need to clip in quick and not fiddle with the pedal a better option.

[Kent K25]

Chere, that's my major concern. I have read reviews on some that say the clipless side is always up by default thanks to the way they engineered/weighted it. I would want that to happen 100% for sure because on the trail is when I need/want to clip in quickly. I have no problem if I am cruising with the boy to take the time and flip over pedal for the platform.

Sounds like if I am going with the combo I need to be sure to get one that will for sure stay clip side up.

[Kent K25]

My wife rides with the black shimano PD M424. She likes them alot because she gets nervous sometimes and she can put her foot down easier. She doesnt seem to bash her pedals and it is easy to clip in so I think they are fine.
These arent too much $$$$$

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/PE707A09-Shimano+Pd-M424+Pedals.aspx

Do those have the clips on both sides? If so that could be a good solution.

[DOSS]

I know there is a company that has a clipless platform that you just put on your pedals when you just want a platform.. basically a treaded platform with a cleat on it.. My friend has them and uses them on his eggbeaters :)

[Skylinerider]

I got my click in platforms like DOSS is talking about from Nashbar. I think they were like 12 bucks or something.

[DOSS]

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174704_-1___

[Ryan]

Do those have the clips on both sides? If so that could be a good solution.

Yes, these pedals do have cleats on both sides so you dont have to worry about which side it is on. They work good. They feel just like normal shimano pedals just a little harder to get used to.

[Kent K25]

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174704_-1___

Ooooohhh, those might be the solution. Look like they aren't very durable but they wouldn't be on the bike when I'm hitting the trails anyway, just paved trail strolls with the fam. Thanks!

[greyhair biker]

You can use a standard 9/16" BMX platform pedal and can pick those up for anywhere from $20 - $30. I've had decent luck with the following: DMR, AtomLabs, KORE, Eastern, Primo Super Tenderizers, The Shadow Conspiracy....and have stocked them all. I keep a set of KORE's because they are black and they are cool. I also have an old set of Shimano platforms - you might even stop by a local bike shope and see if the mechanic has an old set he'd be willing to give you for a smokin deal.:nod:

[REDFOX]

I have shimano clipless on an old roadbike. I rode clipless for 2 years mountain biking. I prefer flat pedals. It took me several years to get the right pedal shoe combination. Now it is easy. Just get any 5 10 soled shoe with any of the pedals that greyhair recommended. I have atomic lab trail pimps as well as kore. I have been riding the kores for 7 years now with no maintainence or problems. I can honestly say that I have never slipped my pedals with this shoe combination no matter what the trail conditions are.

[blueeyes]

Love my 5 10's for biking!

[accadacca]

I have been running some old skool clipless Time ATAC pedals for 10+ years. Very similar to this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PTAO8I/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=bogloutdcomm-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B001PTAO8I&adid=16BFMK1YKK9ZY9XQBC67