Anyone Ride with Plain Ol' Platform Pedals, No Clips or Nothin'?

[uforgot]

I rode clipless for about 3 years. I tried them all but never liked being attached. I thought that any serious rider HAD to ride clipless. I finally put lightweight platform pedals on my bikes and I love them. No slipping and I don't care what others think, and I now enjoy riding more.

[Orange utopia]

I personally love my frog pedals so they are on both bikes but my DH who is a way more accomplished rider and gone completely back to platforms and even rides them mostly in crocs of all things. He says he doesn't lose anything inefficiency at all but gains in lateral movement and over all comfortability. It is kind of funny to see him all decked out in riding gear from his head to his knees and then hope on his carbon road bike with crocs and platform pedals but it works for him.

[Catrin]

When I ride platforms I ride Sunringle Zuzu BMX pedals, that is how I roll...couldn't resist saying that

I detest regular platform pedals because my feet tend to bounce off and I strongly dislike that, they work for others. The nice things about these pedals is the pins are adjustable. Currently only my mountain bike has BMX pedals, my other two bikes have Frogs and SPDs - eventually I will replace the SPD pedals on my LHT with either Frogs or return to BMX pedals for that bike. When my skills have advanced Frogs will be on my mountain bike

The point is to ride however you are most comfortable. Nothing wrong with ANY kind of pedal system.

[owlice]

I have platform; LBS thought I needed new ones -- no doubt I did -- and put new ones on. I didn't pay attention what they were.

[KnottedYet]

I love BMX pedals.

All three of my bikes have them:

Waterford has elegant sexy MKS Lambda pedals http://www.modernbike.com/itemgroup....179083&TID=367

Surly Cross Check has brutal burly Crank Brothers 5050 pedals, with adjustable spikes, which I really love http://www.crankbrothers.com/pedals_5050.php

Giant "Resurrectio" has basic MKS fixed-spikes pedals which are very similar to the Kona Jacksh*t pedals http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...m=051435000203 (I can't find a page of my pedals, but these are close)

I have a pair of Speedplay Frogs that I can pop onto any of my bikes at will, because I also have a PEDAL WRENCH (every woman should have one) with an extra long handle, and I know how to use it! Stand back, I'm going to use LEVERAGE!

But by far I prefer my BMX pedals. (Mind you, the farthest I've gone in one day on BMX pedals is only 84 miles, so don't take my enthusiasm as a ringing endorsement for BMX pedals for long distances.)

[blackhillsbiker]

I have the MKS Lambda (aka Grip KIngs) pedals on my commuter, mtb and road bike. I love them. I've ridden in a variety of shoes with no slipping. I guess I'm too old to worry about what people think. I love to ride, and am a skilled rider. I just don't want to feel clipped in. I can keep up with my clipped in roadie friend, so I guess it's all good.

Deb

[Velocivixen]

@blackhillsbiker, do your shoes slip when those pedals get really wet? I saw a couple of reviews of them at Universalcycles website (they're in Portland and I could go pick them up in person). They look great, but being in a rainy part of the world it would be good to know about slippage. Also, if I wanted to wear sandals for a half mile ride to coffee or something how do you think these pedals would feel through softer sole shoes?
Thanks.

[wyld thang]

I have the platform pedals on my (antique) MTB which I rode/ride mostly on the road. Back when I was riding the bike a lot, I also had a kid in a seat on the back so clipless freaked me out. I never had a problem with slipping off the pedal though. I did focus on good pedaling form which I would suspect has a lot more influence than being clipped in.

I did have some great (clipable) mtb shoes from Performance way back. They were a lot more helpful than regular tennis shoes, lot less general foot fatigue. My dog chewed them up tho when she was a pup(boo!) and I'm hoping to pick up some new shoes soon. I have some trail running shoes that I use now(saucony) that seem to mesh well with the pedals. I do like a stiffer sole. The Performance mtb shoes had nice deep hard rubber cleats that made grip easy.

But yeah, have always liked having options to positioning feet on pedals(or pegs on the dirt bike, feet move around a lot on those too depending on how much flexion you want for body suspension--more towards toes for more flexibility, back towards arch for stiffer). Helps with fatigue on long rides, and the repetitive movement injury thing.

[Koronin]

My mountain bike has platforms (and I fully intend on keeping it that way). My road bike has those hybrid ones, platforms on one side and clipless on the other side. I still have issues clipping my right foot in. My left foot I don't mind. However, I do like my roadbike shoes, although since I have the hybrid pedals I can wear just regular tennis shoes if I want to. Which reminds me that I need to buy a new pair of tennis shoes, old ones are worn out and the other pair I have I don't like.

[Velocivixen]

I ride with the platform pedals which came with my Trek FX 7.3 and have no problems standing up on them and pedaling. No issues whatsoever.