Who rides on platforms?

[Tuckervill]

Tuckervill: My feet bounced a bit on my cage style pedals, but have never come all the way off. While I don't ride off road, I'm not a particularly aggressive rider and platforms will likely meet most of my needs.

Yes, I imagine on a recumbent you're not putting your weight on your pedals like we do on mountain bikes.

I pretty much believe that if I hit something hard enough to bounce my foot off the pedal, something bad is already happening and I'm doomed anyway. lol.

Karen

[RedRansV2]

I pretty much believe that if I hit something hard enough to bounce my foot off the pedal, something bad is already happening and I'm doomed anyway. lol.

Karen

ROTFLOL!!

It was great to be able to post such a heretical notion on this board and know that no one was going to warn me of the dire consequences of my foot falling off the pedal or the loss of speed and power.

I bought a pair of cheapo ($24) Bulletproof pinned platforms so I could try out this pedal style. I liked them quite a bit.

Tattiefritter's right about using the soft soled shoes instead of the firmer mtb bike shoes. I tried both and my feet felt more securely fastened wearing the tennis shoes.

I did notice some loss of power on the hills and starting up from a stop, but they were significantly better than the stock cage style platforms. With the pins holding my foot onto the pedal, I could pull back and achieve maybe 70% of a full circle. And WTH, that's probably the same degree of commitment I have to speed and efficiency anyway. So I'm going to get either the Drilliums or Shimano DX's.

I'm going to keep the clipless pedals, though and ride them sometimes. Sometime, I'd like to do some 3-4 day supported tours or maybe STP, and they really do have an advantage in those situations.

[Kathi]

What clipless pedals do you have? Speedplay makes a platform for the X pedals that clips right over the pedal. I've heard that Shimano makes these also. The pedal is plastic, and isn't grippy but it does allow float. No changing pedals just attach them and go.

I found them on the accessories page on the Speedplay website.

[RedRansV2]

Thanks Kathi,

Float doesn't seem to be a problem; I just hate the feeling of being locked onto my pedals. Anyway, I have Eggbeaters Candys and they came with a plastic cover but not like the one on the X series. That thing looks pretty cool, BTW.