Pedals

[Ritamarie]

My husband and I are both fans of Crank Brothers Egg Beaters. We use them on our serious road bikes, our commuters, cross bikes and mountain bikes. I think they are the most foolproof and easiest pedal system to use, especially if you are new to clipless pedals. No bells and whistles. A simplistic design that works.

We both use the chromoly version: http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...2_512515_-1___

You can step up to stainless steel, but to be honest, we've never seen the need and have never used them:

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...2_511125_-1___

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...2_512513_-1___

I DON'T recommend the platform pedals. They have a lighter spring and I've broken two pairs. I'm hard on pedals, but still, I don't trust them. If you have a stiff enough shoe, you don't need the platform. I've also looked at the interface between my shoe and the platform and they don't actually touch:

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...2_512508_-1___

Cleats are small, fit into the recess in your shoe (if they have one) so walking is easy, and they are inexpensive. Depending on which cleat you put on which shoe, you can control how hard it is to unclip. I use it on the easier orientation and, even as aggressive as I am with pedals, I've never become accidentally unclipped. I also have NEVER gotten stuck in my pedals. They are not fussy about the angle of your foot as you unclip. Turn your heal out and you are unclipped. Every time.

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...2_133536_-1___

[Eden]

You probably won't like the Zero's - It's not that they aren't great pedals - I have them on my race bike and I love them, but the cleats are kind of delicate. The transitions in tri's will probably chew them up terribly and they are not very walk/run friendly.

[JuneHawk]

You probably won't like the Zero's - It's not that they aren't great pedals - I have them on my race bike and I love them, but the cleats are kind of delicate. The transitions in tri's will probably chew them up terribly and they are not very walk/run friendly.

Thanks for that info!

I have not mastered the art of putting my shoes on while on the bike although i can take them off. I suppose it would be a good skill to learn not just for saving cleats but for times as well. I'm too much of a chicken to try and jump on my bike and go like I see most others do.

[Tri Girl]

T I'm too much of a chicken to try and jump on my bike and go like I see most others do.

LOL Me, too. I figure the 6 seconds it takes me to mount and dismount saves me the hours of physical therapy that would ensue when I would go flying through the air while trying to do a flying dismount.

My hubs keeps his shoes on the bike. Although I'd love to do that, he has had plenty of bruises on the bottom of his feet from running over a rock at warp speed barefoot in transition.

I'll stick to wearing my shoes.

[blue_angel]

I second Crank Brothers. I have Candys on my fixed gears and egg-beaters on my road bike. They're super easy to get in and out of and have held up well over the years.