Platform / Clipless Pedals Suggestion

"Simon" wrote in
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Thanks for all the great suggestions everyone. I decided to go with
Crank Bros. Mallet C's. I'll reply back once I get them put on and go
for a ride.

"Simon" wrote in message
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Anyone use clipless pedals with a platform surround? I want to use
regular
shoes for quick rides around the neighbourhood. Any suggestions?

tia,
Simon






Let me know how the Crank Bros. Mallets work out for ya... I've been
wanting to switch over to clipless for a while now, but since my bike is
a campus bike first, trail bike second I've been weary of getting rid of
my Zu-Zu's for overall performance.

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Slash wrote:
On Mon, 03 May 2004 21:10:32 GMT, Steve + Laura
scribbled:

Simon,
I just swapped both my bikes to shimano 324 pedals (clipless on one
side, cage on the other). So far, I like them better than the Wellgo
double sided clipless pedals that came with my mountain bike, they
are a bit easier to get out of. Pricepoint has them for $50.

Steve.

Nashbar Rodeos are similar, and what I have on my bike right now. I'll
probably try clipless this summer, but will likely retain the platform
(Crank Brothers Mallets) because the ease of being able to jump on a
ride is a nice convenience. I think it helps occasionally in tricky
terrain too, but that's me and I'm kind of odd.

Got a question for you, Slash.
If you're wearing cleats, can you stay UNclipped while using the Mallets?
I'm looking at the Mallets but aren't sure if you can ride technical terrain
unclipped and stay unclipped even if your foot slides around a bit. I
thought that it'd be unavoidable to clip in?
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Westie
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Simon wrote:
Thanks for all the great suggestions everyone. I decided to go with
Crank Bros. Mallet C's. I'll reply back once I get them put on and
go for a ride.

Ditto. Would love to hear how they go. Especially if whether or not you
can stay unclipped on them while wearing cleats.
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Westie
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"Westie" wrote in message
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Simon wrote:
Thanks for all the great suggestions everyone. I decided to go with
Crank Bros. Mallet C's. I'll reply back once I get them put on and
go for a ride.

Ditto. Would love to hear how they go. Especially if whether or not you
can stay unclipped on them while wearing cleats.
--

I tried finding a pedal combination about 6 months ago like this---any
cleated pedal I tried tended to end up clipping back in if you tried staying
unclipped and pedaling like the pedal was a flat. If you had a real flat
pedal on one side, and a clip on the other, then you still had the problem
that the cleat ruins your ability to "stick" to the pedal surface like soft
soles on flats.
If there was a pedal with clip on one side, and flat on the other, where you
could have an indentation that would keep the cleat from interfering with
the rest of the shoe's contact--allowing it to "stick" to the platform well,
then this would be awesome for some trails with big bridge sections where
riding clipped in is not particularly comfortable ( or smart at my level of
technical ability on bridges;-).

Maybe you could build up something on the flat side that could do this--but
I've never seen it.

Dan V

I got the Mallet C's put on this Saturday and did about five hours of riding
over the weekend. The pedals are great! I takes a bit of thinking to stay
unclipped while wearing cleats (staying on the outer edge of the pedal).
With street shoes you can hardly feel the egg beater in the centre. A great
compromise and just what I was looking for.

They are on the heavy side compared to my SPDs but the ease of getting in
and out of the pedal is well worth it. I feel much more comfortable on the
technical stuff and it's easy to keep tackling a hill if you accidentally
get unclipped.

"Westie" wrote in message
...
Simon wrote:
Thanks for all the great suggestions everyone. I decided to go with
Crank Bros. Mallet C's. I'll reply back once I get them put on and
go for a ride.

Ditto. Would love to hear how they go. Especially if whether or not you
can stay unclipped on them while wearing cleats.
--
Westie
(Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)

Simon wrote:
I got the Mallet C's put on this Saturday and did about five hours of
riding over the weekend. The pedals are great! I takes a bit of
thinking to stay unclipped while wearing cleats (staying on the outer
edge of the pedal). With street shoes you can hardly feel the egg
beater in the centre. A great compromise and just what I was looking
for.

They are on the heavy side compared to my SPDs but the ease of
getting in and out of the pedal is well worth it. I feel much more
comfortable on the technical stuff and it's easy to keep tackling a
hill if you accidentally get unclipped.

Thanks for getting back to us.
Glad that you're enjoying them :-)
--
Westie
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On 2004-05-11 09:42:07 -0400, "Simon" said:

ey are on the heavy side compared to my SPDs but the ease of getting in
and out of the pedal is well worth it. I feel much more comfortable on the
technical stuff and it's easy to keep tackling a hill if you accidentally
get unclipped.

Is there a reason you didn't get the Candy model instead of Mallet? I
would think that Candy would still allow you to pedal using shoes
without cleats and is much lighter than the Mallet. The Candy C is 308g
per pair versus 540g per pair for the Mallet C.

I just bought a pair of Eggbeater SLs (266g) myself and can't wait to
get them and try them out. They'll be my first clipless set of pedals.

The Candy costs more and the platform looked really small (unpractical for
someone who wants a platform solution). I'm really enjoying the Mallets,
they are on the heavy side but I'm not counting grams.

Have fun with the SLs. I'm an egg beater customer for life now.

"Mike" wrote in message
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On 2004-05-11 09:42:07 -0400, "Simon" said:

ey are on the heavy side compared to my SPDs but the ease of getting in
and out of the pedal is well worth it. I feel much more comfortable on
the
technical stuff and it's easy to keep tackling a hill if you
accidentally
get unclipped.

Is there a reason you didn't get the Candy model instead of Mallet? I
would think that Candy would still allow you to pedal using shoes
without cleats and is much lighter than the Mallet. The Candy C is 308g
per pair versus 540g per pair for the Mallet C.

I just bought a pair of Eggbeater SLs (266g) myself and can't wait to
get them and try them out. They'll be my first clipless set of pedals.