Clipless pedals: Frogs vs. SPDs

[salsabike]

Yen, just fyi, I have had Frogs on my Sidi Dominators also, and am about to put Quattros on the Dominators. So those two types of cleats can also be used--you just have to carve a little off the bottom of the shoes, and the LBS can tell you how to do that.

[Yen]

Yen, just fyi, I have had Frogs on my Sidi Dominators also, and am about to put Quattros on the Dominators. So those two types of cleats can also be used--you just have to carve a little off the bottom of the shoes, and the LBS can tell you how to do that.

salsabike: Thanks for the tip. Why are you moving from Frogs to Quattros?

[j.nurse63]

Hi,
has anyone used the Speedplay Light Action pedals? I bought a wonderful pair of Sidi Genius 4 from LBS. (last year stock) and a good friend I ride with has encouraged the Speedplay. But...he thinks I should have stayed with the X Series. Truthfully, what I read is that the Ligh Action has an easier release and more float.
Thoughts?
Thanks....Jean

[salsabike]

salsabike: Thanks for the tip. Why are you moving from Frogs to Quattros?

Two reasons: I wanted to see if some, but less, float would be good enough for my knees, because of what Andy Pruitt says in his Complete Medical Guide for Cyclists: "The less float your cleats have, the more power you can produce. With more float, your leg muscles have to work harder to stabilize your foot as it rotates on the pedal. Therefore, it's best to choose pedals with the least amount of float you need." I knew I needed more float than SPDs provided, but wanted to try to not have unlimited float.

Second reason: I wanted to be able to pedal unclipped safely if necessary for short periods of time. I personally could never quite do that on Frogs--unclipped, it's easy for me to have my foot just slip off, and I didn't like having to worry about that.

But they sure saved my knees after SPDs, and I think they're great.

[sundial]

I wanted to see if some, but less, float would be good enough for my knees...

When I got my Epic mtb bike, it came with Crank Bros Candies. I just put those babies on my road bike to see if it would help my hot spot and reduce the hip pain. I'll take it out for a spin and see if I like 'em better than the Frogs. Stay tuned.

[GeoCam]

--you just have to carve a little off the bottom of the shoes, and the LBS can tell you how to do that.

I have never quite gotten up the courage to try clipless, but I really want to! I have shoes and I have pedals and the only thing holding me back now is that I do need to trim the shoes a bit, and I am not sure how to do it. I didn't buy the shoes or the pedals at my LBS, so don't feel comfortable asking them for help. Does anyone have any tips on how to go about this?

[sundial]

....I'm going back to the Frogs. The Candies just didn't feel right and when I tried taking them off the cranks, they were super tight. I mean I thought I was going to pop a vessel trying to get those things off. Hubby tried and tried and finally it loosened up. Somehow they got tighter as I rode.

Froggies it is.