Eggbeater pedals on road bike?

(Tai) wrote in news:e327185b.0406280854.7e0f33a5
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Anyone use the Eggbeater pedals on their road bike? The shoes will be
Shimanos. Should I expect to get hot spots? My current road pedals are
the cheapest Speedplays but I'd like to start using my SPD shoes since
they're easier to walk in.

Hot spots are caused by a lot of different things: hard pedalling, flexy
shoes, poor shoe fit, small cleats, etc. Some people may have problems; most
will not.

(Tai) wrote in
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Anyone use the Eggbeater pedals on their road bike? The shoes will be
Shimanos. Should I expect to get hot spots? My current road pedals are
the cheapest Speedplays but I'd like to start using my SPD shoes since
they're easier to walk in.

Thanks


I switched to Eggbeaters from Speedplays last year for much the same reason
- ease of walking and not having a ton of crud packed into the cleat. Found
that the "hot spot" disappeared also; win-win for me. My shoes are [were]
Sidi's. What prompted the switch on the road bike was using Eggbeaters on
my cross bike; found they were a lot easier on my poor old feet. One thing
I've found is that the cleats wear faster on the road bike owing to
increased mileages; caused me a bit of ankling at first. Now I just keep an
extra pair or 2 of cleats around, and change them out when they get a bit
sloppy.

YMMV
--
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YMMV

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Anyone use the Eggbeater pedals on their road bike? The shoes will be
Shimanos. Should I expect to get hot spots? My current road pedals are
the cheapest Speedplays but I'd like to start using my SPD shoes since
they're easier to walk in.

Freddy Rodriguez uses Egg Beaters:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...bikes_climbing

and they developed a new road specific pedal with bigger platform:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/sponsors/...hers04/quattro



"Tai" wrote in message om...
Anyone use the Eggbeater pedals on their road bike? The shoes will be
Shimanos. Should I expect to get hot spots? My current road pedals are
the cheapest Speedplays but I'd like to start using my SPD shoes since
they're easier to walk in.

Thanks

On 28 Jun 2004 09:54:36 -0700, (Tai) wrote:

Anyone use the Eggbeater pedals on their road bike? The shoes will be
Shimanos. Should I expect to get hot spots? My current road pedals are
the cheapest Speedplays but I'd like to start using my SPD shoes since
they're easier to walk in.

there are speedplay frogs. I have used them on my road bike with no problems.

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On 28 Jun 2004 09:54:36 -0700, (Tai) wrote:
Anyone use the Eggbeater pedals on their road bike?

Yup. Love 'em.

The shoes will be
Shimanos. Should I expect to get hot spots?

Everybody's shoe/foot/pedal combination is different. I've only used
Lake sandals with my Beaters. No hot spots.
--
Rick Onanian

(Tai) wrote in news:e327185b.0406280854.7e0f33a5
@posting.google.com:

Anyone use the Eggbeater pedals on their road bike? The shoes will be
Shimanos. Should I expect to get hot spots? My current road pedals are

I'm using Eggbeaters with Shimano RO-73 shoes on my "fast commuter"
conventional steel road bike. At first I used a generic Look-style pedal,
then Ritchey SPD-compatibles, and now Eggbeaters. I like the Eggbeaters
the best for all-around use.

For commuting I find the Eggbeaters to be the ideal pedal. Stoplights
were always a little clumsy for me with either the Looks or the SPD
pedals; when the light turned green half the time I didn't flip the pedal
just right and I would mess up the clip-in. With Eggbeaters clipping in
is much easier -- with four-sided entry there's no worry about pedal
orientation prior to clipping in. I just put my toe on the pedal and roll
my foot across the top with a little downforce. Clips nearly every time.
Clipping out is very easy, easier than the Look/SPD's.

Another advantage of Eggbeaters is their weather resistance. SPD-type
pedals always seemed a little delicate to me to be exposing them to water
and grit on rainy days. Eggbeaters, with their MTB design, laugh at rainy
day road grit.

The ease of maintaining Eggbeaters is a real plus. Unscrew the end plug,
insert a grease gun and squirt until grease starts to ooze out of the
pedal body. Put the end plug back on and you're done.

I have experienced two instances of hot foot with the 'beaters in the
last 4 months. Happened on extra-long rides (for me) starting at about 3
hours in the saddle, but only in one foot. Unclipping, flipping the pedal
a quarter turn, and reclipping seems to help.

When you first put on the 'beaters they are a little disconcerting. They
feel less "precise" than SPD-style pedals. Not only does your foot have
float in the traditional sense, there is also float in "roll", as in
rolling the foot outward off the end of the spindle. I got used to it,
and I don't notice it any more; so if you try 'em, hang with them for a
few weeks before you decide to keep them or not. -- J.