View Poll Results: What type of pedal do you ride with?

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  • Platform (flat, no clip in)

    14 37.84%
  • Clipless (or clips, or "clicky thingies")

    23 62.16%
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Thread: Pedals - Platform vs Clipless

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    Pedals - Platform vs Clipless

    What's your preference?

    After breaking my ribs twice, I went back to platforms. Never looked back.

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    I currently ride with "clipless" but am thinking of going back to platforms. I don't race, and I usually am riding alone.

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    Flats for me!

    Pedals, that is, not tires.

    I'm not terribly coordinated, and I have a LOT more confidence with platforms. I tried clipless for a while and hated them. I have one leg that's a little "off". I need to periodically move where my foot contacts the pedal front to back or I have knee problems. The key is good platforms-ones with pins. Put that together with a good pair of shoes like 5.10's and it's pretty dang hard to slip off a pedal accidentaly.

    The downside is if you do slip a pedal, you'll have shin scars for life. But scars make good stories.

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    Egg Beaters all the way baby! If you actually like to climb like I do then it's the most efficient way to go. 'been riding clipless for many, many years.
    Are we there yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tallsteve
    Egg Beaters all the way baby! If you actually like to climb like I do then it's the most efficient way to go. 'been riding clipless for many, many years.
    I agree I ride egg beaters and love em. I don't know that I would go back.

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    Yeah shagster, and how many times have we seen you tip over!

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    I actually use both, platforms on the dh sled platform/clips on the xc
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    I am going to have to jump on the egg beater bang wagon. I bought them when they were first released and have never looked back and now I am on my third pair, and my first set are still in great working condition. I will never switch to a platform pedal again, I love my pedals!



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    Quote Originally Posted by greyhair biker
    I will ride anything but the ole strap pedals
    Oh yeah the ole strap pedals were awesome.

    I ride clipless. Time Atac to be exact.


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    Lock 'em in. Tie me to the bike so when I eat sh!t, it can stay closeby to hit me in the back of the head when it comes back around.

    I started of w/ platform and just don't like the all around performance. Then I switched to clipless. It took 1 spill because of them, but since, I feel quite proficient with the clipless pedals. I won't go back.

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    I rode clipless for several years, then I went downhillin Deer valley with Greyhair and freinds one time , I ordered platforms as soon as I got home!

    I just bought a hardtail bike again, I put Time Atacs on it and I'll probably keep platforms on the heavy rig or maybe change out every now and then depending on the trail.

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    Definitely clipless - Time Atacs. Love 'em. One thing I do like about these over eggbeaters is that you have a bigger surface area so if you want to not clip in over a section you can still get some power on the pedal, so to speak.

    I much prefer clipless for the uphills they allow me to get a complete pedal rotation of work, not just a push down, but a pull up as well. Much more efficient in my opinion. I also feel like I can manhandle my bike more, like to move it around and around on it while being "connected", not sure if that makes sense... but to me it does. :-)

    I've never had trouble coming out of my clipless either, even with crashes when I wasnt trying.
    Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. ~ Frost

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    From Brian Lopes and Lee McCormack:

    [i]If you can learn to ride with flats, it

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    I had platform back in the BMX days. . .15-20 years ago. Yep, I could do all that stuff with them too, including bunny hopping in the back of a pickup truck with the tailgate down.


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    since i switched to clipless...have never had a regret...easier to climb and i feel as though i have more control on my bike. but most of my riding is cross country style riding. I actually think that half the fun is ridiing to the top of the hill!
    go get lost, it is good for the soul

  20. #17
    anyone of you that says you have more control with your clipies than you do with your flats are riding the wrong flats... google the shinburger

  21. #18
    Clipless here. Took me about one summer to get comfortable in them. I prefer them to platforms.

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    I ride with clipless.

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    I ride eggbeaters and love 'em, but would consider platform on the DH rides.

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