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Judibob
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I have been a Time pedal user since they came out. The large contact surface, and small spindle to
foot distance (used with Time or equivalent shoes of course) make for the most efficient setup
around. They allow me to use a cm smaller frame size as well. I have a number of questions I have
yet to answer, all prompted by the demise of the classic Time pedal ----
1 - on the new Time Impact pedals - has anyone used them? how are they? I see the new cleat, and it
has some thickness above the spindle, so wouldn't that add to the now lower spindle distance offered
by this design?
2 - how about these new Shimano SPD-SL pedals? I'm not familiar with the cleat design, but if
similar to the old Time setup, they look quite nice. Do these cleats add a bunch of space between
the foot & spindle? I do not like the Look system at all - adding that hugely thick cleat above the
pedal platform makes me feel like I have a 2-by-4 under my foot. If this Shimano is like that, I
won't go that route.
3 - I am intrigued by the new Northwave Genetix shoes. They advertise a very thin sole, but are not
compatible with the old Time pedals. Has anyone tried these with the Impacts? or, with the SPD-SL's?
As I said above, it would seem that by adding the new Impact cleat to the Genetix, you would be
adding more sole thickness back in. Any thoughts on that? The Northwaves do fit my feet quite well.
The combination I am intrigued with at the moment is the Genetix plus the older Time pedals. It
would seem that by adding these 2 together one could get a very small distance between the foot and
pedal spindle. Before I spend time trying to design & fab a one-off cleat to mate these 2, I thought
I would seek some opinions from people out there.
I have been using the classic Time pedals, with either Time shoes, or Carnacs, on everything. Now
I'm faced with either changing all my bikes/shoes over or stocking up on older stuff. Thanks for any
opinions, info, etc. I'm especially interested in any updated study done on the foot to spindle
distances of varying pedal / shoe systems, as Zinn (I think) did in Velonews a few years ago. Thanks
again, Bob
foot distance (used with Time or equivalent shoes of course) make for the most efficient setup
around. They allow me to use a cm smaller frame size as well. I have a number of questions I have
yet to answer, all prompted by the demise of the classic Time pedal ----
1 - on the new Time Impact pedals - has anyone used them? how are they? I see the new cleat, and it
has some thickness above the spindle, so wouldn't that add to the now lower spindle distance offered
by this design?
2 - how about these new Shimano SPD-SL pedals? I'm not familiar with the cleat design, but if
similar to the old Time setup, they look quite nice. Do these cleats add a bunch of space between
the foot & spindle? I do not like the Look system at all - adding that hugely thick cleat above the
pedal platform makes me feel like I have a 2-by-4 under my foot. If this Shimano is like that, I
won't go that route.
3 - I am intrigued by the new Northwave Genetix shoes. They advertise a very thin sole, but are not
compatible with the old Time pedals. Has anyone tried these with the Impacts? or, with the SPD-SL's?
As I said above, it would seem that by adding the new Impact cleat to the Genetix, you would be
adding more sole thickness back in. Any thoughts on that? The Northwaves do fit my feet quite well.
The combination I am intrigued with at the moment is the Genetix plus the older Time pedals. It
would seem that by adding these 2 together one could get a very small distance between the foot and
pedal spindle. Before I spend time trying to design & fab a one-off cleat to mate these 2, I thought
I would seek some opinions from people out there.
I have been using the classic Time pedals, with either Time shoes, or Carnacs, on everything. Now
I'm faced with either changing all my bikes/shoes over or stocking up on older stuff. Thanks for any
opinions, info, etc. I'm especially interested in any updated study done on the foot to spindle
distances of varying pedal / shoe systems, as Zinn (I think) did in Velonews a few years ago. Thanks
again, Bob