suitable clipless pedals for road and touring use?

[Wideboythin]

Hi all,

Having been getting more serious about cycling recently I've bought a pair of nice specialized road
shoes, and am looking into getting some clipless pedals to match. The shoes work with all types of
clipless pedals, but I'm not sure where to start - look, spd, time - I can't tell which is better
for what reason!

Any advice much appreciated!

WBT

 

[GearóId Ó Laoi]

best all round easily SPD.

 

[Peter B]

"WideboyThin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any advice much appreciated!

Look cleats are no good if you want to walk with a degree of normality. Shimano SPDs (Not SPD-Rs)
are great to walk with and offer a wide range of pedals from "aero" single sided road type A515,
several double sided mtb types that are perfectly alright on a road bike, covering a wide price
range (the cheapos are fine IMHO) and mtb types that have a plain platform on one side and a clip-in
on the other. Time are also well thought of but I have no personal experience.

Pete

 

[M Series]

This thread will become like a Campag v Shimano or helmets v no helmets.

Me ? I use Look, why ? Was the obvious choice at the time, SPDs if available were for MTBers and
Look/Time for roadies. Time were too expensive. I have used SPDs on my MTB and found them much
harder to step into than Looks but that's possibly because I am so used to Look

"WideboyThin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Having been getting more serious about cycling recently I've bought a pair of nice specialized
> road shoes, and am looking into getting some clipless pedals to match. The shoes work with all
> types of clipless pedals, but I'm not sure where
to
> start - look, spd, time - I can't tell which is better for what reason!
>
> Any advice much appreciated!
>
> WBT

 

[David Hart]

Road Bike - Time Equipe MTB - Time ATAC Winter/Touring Bike Time ATAC

Have ridden Time for a 10 years never any problems. Easy to set-up, little maintenance required. Did
try SPD's no MTB gave me knee problems, likewise with Look pedals.

If you are using road shoes whatever pedals you choose the cleats will always be exposed. For hassle
free walking get a pair of MTB Shoes and either Time ATAC or SPD's

Dave

"M Series" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> This thread will become like a Campag v Shimano or helmets v no helmets.
>
> Me ? I use Look, why ? Was the obvious choice at the time, SPDs if
available
> were for MTBers and Look/Time for roadies. Time were too expensive. I have used SPDs on my MTB and
> found them much harder to step into than Looks but that's possibly because I am so used to Look
>
>
> "WideboyThin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Having been getting more serious about cycling recently I've bought a
pair
> > of nice specialized road shoes, and am looking into getting some
clipless
> > pedals to match. The shoes work with all types of clipless pedals, but I'm not sure where
> to
> > start - look, spd, time - I can't tell which is better for what reason!
> >
> > Any advice much appreciated!
> >
> > WBT
> >
>

 

[Ian Smith]

On Mon, 31 Mar, Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

> best all round easily SPD.

SPD are not good for the knees. SPD are one of the less good pedals in mud (they jam up too easily).

ATAC aare better onn both counts. Personally I have ATAC on mtb, tourer and recumbant trike.

regards, Ian SMith
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[David E. Belche]

Ian Smith <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> ATAC aare better onn both counts. Personally I have ATAC on mtb, tourer and recumbant trike.

They're a bit more expensive than the diecast-bodied ATACS, but if looking for something with more
of a "road" appearance, they also do a single-sided version called the Cyclo. Still cheaper than the
carbon/thermoplastic ATACs, though.

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York

 

[Peter Clinch]

Ian Smith wrote:

> ATAC aare better onn both counts. Personally I have ATAC on mtb, tourer and recumbant trike.

I run ATACs on the MTB and the 'bent tourer as well. Good bit of kit. Unlike SPuDs and SPuD-u-likes
they seem to be unaffected by cleat wear causing unwanted release, and there's no faffing about
setting tension. A very clean design, one of the very few with genuine lateral float as well as
rotational float.

My tandeming friends have switched over from SPuDs, and report more positive engagement and
basically just seem to prefer them. They'll cost a bit more than vanilla SPuDs, but OTOH I think
it's a better piece of kit.

Pete.
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[Wideboythin]

> > ATAC aare better onn both counts. Personally I have ATAC on mtb, tourer and recumbant trike.
>
> I run ATACs on the MTB and the 'bent tourer as well. Good bit of kit. Unlike SPuDs and
> SPuD-u-likes they seem to be unaffected by cleat wear causing unwanted release, and there's no
> faffing about setting tension. A very clean design, one of the very few with genuine lateral float
> as well as rotational float.

Thanks for all the replies, The ATACs were double-sided which seemed appealling and wiggle were
doing some 2002 Alium pedals at a reduced price, so I've opted for those. Will report back

cheers

WBT

 

[Wideboythin]

> Unlike SPuDs and SPuD-u-likes they seem to be unaffected by cleat wear causing unwanted release,
> and there's no faffing about setting tension. A very clean design, one of the very few with
> genuine lateral float as well as rotational float.

Years ago in my MTB days as a yoof I had some of the earlier SPD models, and my worst cycling
accident involved coming un-clipped in mid-air while travelling/cycling rather fast in Epping
Forest. Luckily nothing was broken - the bike was another matter!

WBT

 

[Dan Gregory]

Time Cyclo for road/touring are very good. All the best Dan