Clipless trikers?

Hello,

I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.

If so, do you like it? What kind of pedals did you get?

Thanks,
Cullen

wrote:
Hello,

I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.

If so, do you like it? What kind of pedals did you get?

ClipLESS. Less clip. This should language wise mean
pedals without clips. But it doesnt :-(

I bought the cheapest kind of clip pedals i could find.
Works fine. Make sure the clip under the shoe is aligned
CORRECT, else you might feel it during or after a long
trip.

Mine are clip on one side of the pedal, and normal pedal
on the other side. I have seen some pedals that are just
4 clips arround a cylinder.


JonB

wrote:

I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.

Since you never have to worry about unclipping without warning on a
trike there's not much reason not to: you get your feet held in
place rather than having to hold them up yourself which is nice on
a 'bent, and power transmission is more effective.

Downside is capital cost and having to walk around in your cycling
shoes off the trike, but get a touring or MTB pair and that's a bit
of a non-isse anyway.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

"Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message
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wrote:
Hello,

I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.

If so, do you like it? What kind of pedals did you get?

ClipLESS. Less clip. This should language wise mean
pedals without clips. But it doesnt :-(

It does mean pedals with out "toe-clips" which predated the Look step-in and
Shimano SPD step-in systems.

One word of advice about clipless pedals and trikes...make sure, if you ride
a taddy, that the retension setting on the pedals is set to high. I recently
had an episode of leg-suck when one of my shoes disengaged and the cruciform
smacked my ankle area pretty hard. Fortunately I was able to ride home and a
week off the trike with a regimen of RICE (rest, ice, compression and
elevation) I was able to get back on the trike.

gotbent aka FRT rider

gotbent wrote:
"Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message
...
wrote:
Hello,

I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.

If so, do you like it? What kind of pedals did you get?
ClipLESS. Less clip. This should language wise mean
pedals without clips. But it doesnt :-(

It does mean pedals with out "toe-clips" which predated the Look step-in and
Shimano SPD step-in systems.

Yes, but normal pedals are also clipless because they
do not have a toe-clip either.



JonB

Jon Bendtsen wrote:

Yes, but normal pedals are also clipless because they
do not have a toe-clip either.

It's a bit like "road bike". You can be pedantic and say that
since a Brompton is designed for the road it msut be a road bike,
but if you ask any cyclist that isn't pedantic what "road bike"
means and you'll get back serious sports machinery. And so with
clipless pedals, which everyone knows means a lock-in mechanism
without a clip and strap. Even if you don't like the terms (and
the "road bike" one did bother me for quite some time before I
realised it really doesn't matter) then that's what they /mean/.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

On Dec 12, 9:07*pm, " wrote:
... I'm curious if any trikers here have [click-in pedals]. If so, do you like it?
What kind of pedals did you get?

In our trike shop, we insist that test riders on tadpoles use click-in
pedals,
even though for most of our customers it's a first time experience and
takes a bit of getting used to. But the safety factor of positive foot
retention
to prevent one slipping off and getting caught beneath the tadpole's
crossbeam. Aside from the initial learning process of using these
pedals,
there doesn't seem to be any significant downside. New shoes and
pedals
are available very cheaply ($50 to $100 for both, with typically much
better
quality than the OEM 'plain' pedals. Used stuff can almost always be
found more cheaply on eBay or Craig's List.

Shimano SPD compatible systems are by far the most popular, and make
it easy to switch trikes with another tadpole owner for brief test
rides. My
personal preference, however, is the egg-beater system originally sold
by
Crank Brothers.

Regards,
Wayne
3-2-GO: The Trike Store
Ventura CA

Jon Bendtsen wrote:
gotbent wrote:
"Jon Bendtsen" wrote in message
...
wrote:
Hello,

I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.

If so, do you like it? What kind of pedals did you get?
ClipLESS. Less clip. This should language wise mean
pedals without clips. But it doesnt :-(

It does mean pedals with out "toe-clips" which predated the Look
step-in and Shimano SPD step-in systems.

Yes, but normal pedals are also clipless because they
do not have a toe-clip either.

Quit being logical. We are talking marketing terms here.

Yes, the rider "clips into" "clipless" pedals.

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll

On Dec 13, 4:19*am, Jon Bendtsen wrote:
wrote:
Hello,

I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.

If so, do you like it? What kind of pedals did you get?

ClipLESS. Less clip. This should language wise mean
pedals without clips. But it doesnt :-(

I bought the cheapest kind of clip pedals i could find.
Works fine. Make sure the clip under the shoe is aligned
CORRECT, else you might feel it during or after a long
trip.

Mine are clip on one side of the pedal, and normal pedal
on the other side. I have seen some pedals that are just
4 clips arround a cylinder.

JonB


What kind do you have? How much did you pay for them?

Thanks,
Cullen

wrote:
On Dec 13, 4:19 am, Jon Bendtsen wrote:
wrote:
Hello,
I'd like to equip my recumbent trike with clipless pedals, and I'm
curious if any trikers here have done the same thing.
If so, do you like it? What kind of pedals did you get?
ClipLESS. Less clip. This should language wise mean
pedals without clips. But it doesnt :-(

I bought the cheapest kind of clip pedals i could find.
Works fine. Make sure the clip under the shoe is aligned
CORRECT, else you might feel it during or after a long
trip.

Mine are clip on one side of the pedal, and normal pedal
on the other side. I have seen some pedals that are just
4 clips arround a cylinder.

JonB


What kind do you have? How much did you pay for them?

Some noname for a MTB i guess. I dont remember what i
paid, and i dont live in USA anyway, so prices can not
easily be converted to US $.