Quote Originally Posted by Geonz

There are a number of thigns I *could* do to be more efficient... but I don't need to be, so I don't. Efficiency has its own joys, but it isn't everything!
Yeah, most of the time I'm not that interested in efficiency. Except on the hills.

mimitabby: That's right, no cleats, no toe clips. I had my first bent for 12 months and put 1000 miles on it wearing a pair of tennis shoes. I thought I'd try clipless to find out if I could ride a bit faster and, therefore, farther. And I can.

Kitsune06: I think that is indeed, generally the market for platform pedals with pins. I read some of those reviews and came to a some conclusions:
1) Most, and maybe all, the reviewers were guys.
2) They claimed "X" pedals were the "grippiest" and your feet would never fall off and then wrote about how their shins looked like they'd been attacked by a mountain lion.
3) Complaints of injury were not actually complaints. (It's hard to compare battle scars online.)

I was just wondering if anyone regularly rode a lot of miles with some kind of platform pedal, and if so, what kind. I wonder what kind of platforms Austin Powers rides in.