I just switched to my first set of clipless pedals last week after 2 mos of cage riding on my very first road bike and I LOVE them! However, this really seems to come down to each individual person. I know that when I bought my bike a couple of months ago, I didn't even consider taking off the cages for clipless pedals because I was inexperienced and under the impression that an amateur like me didn't really need them. Let me just say though, that after the first week of riding, I HATED the cages with a passion.
I hated the constant reaching down to tighten and loosen, and never felt that I was being especially efficient on my rides. I haven't found it so far to be difficult at all to adjust to the pedals and remember to unclip before coming to a stop. For some reason, my brain is hyper sensative to the pedals and so far I have remembered to unclip everytime. Perhaps it's all of the painful cautionary tales that I have read here that help me remember!
Anyway, just go with your gut. I don't think I have been affected by not starting with clipless right away, so if you give the cages a shot and then move on, you really haven't lost anything in my opinion. At least then you will be sure about the move from the cages to clipless. Good luck!
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10-24-2007, 10:07 PM #1
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10-25-2007, 05:10 AM #2
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When I got my first road bike it came with SPDs with the clip-on platforms. The following week I rode the 25 miles to the shop, had them take off the platforms, bought shoes and off I went (after a lesson in the back of the shop). Never regretted it.
Cages with straps require the skill of reaching down, tightening and loosening which you don't need to do with the clipless. Plus there is the extra expense of 2 sets of pedals.
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10-25-2007, 07:15 AM #3
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Do they even sell toe-clip style cleats any more??? (I'd let you have my old ones but I have no idea where they might be... probably in my ex-husband's basement if he hasn't thrown them out by now
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Either way there's a learning curve. Why go through it twice?
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