Road pedals

[J4CKO]

My new bike is due in May, currently use MTB pedals, Shimano M520s with MTB shoes but obviously will need to buy some pedals and probably shoes as mine are looking a bit doggy and dont smell so great either.

Shall I just replace like for like, and used to them or am I missing anything not using specific road shoes and some other system ?

[J4CKO]

Think I will stick with the tried and trusted, jut wanted to check when I have the opportunity whether its worth a change and doesnt seem like for me it will make any difference, been dead happy with the MTB pedals and shoes so will stick to that formula.

[J4CKO]

Lad I know just got some flats specced on a rather nice 2 grand Ribble gravel bike, just looks wrong !

As long as he is happy, but if you rent sure about clipping in, just give them a try, you will no doubt have a quick lie down at a junction, but you only do it once.

[J4CKO]

Went to get a new set of M520's, £39.99, no I seem to remember them being £20 or so in my head but though they couldnt be, I checked back through my emails for my last purchase of them which was in 2014 and they were £16.45 delivered.

What has happened ?

I had a look on eBay and an advert for two pairs of used ones popped up, one pair of 520s and one pair of 540s for £25 including delivery.

Dont normally buy SH stuff but they look ok and they end up looking grotty pretty quickly anyway, will spend a happy hour cleaning the up in my man cave with the radio on and beer, and I have a spare pair.

Just annoying how prices have gone, hopefully will settle down post Covid as supply increases and demand drops back a bit, thou part of me hopes it doesnt and the bike takes a much bigger role in the UKs transport mix.

[J4CKO]

Barchettaman said:

Those are pricey.

I know you’ve just bought them, but I would’ve gone for the platform/clip double sided MTB SPD pedals. It just makes the bike so much more versatile with a platform on one side. I love them.

(You can still buy an aftermarket clip-in platform for your pedals)

I have tried those in the past and they drove me insane flipping to the heavier side, never ever use flat pedals so am sticking with what I know. Have some flat ones I can swap in, 2 minute job, currently on my MTB as the kids use it.

Now need some shoes, been wearing mine on the Turbo sans socks, bad mistake, smells like there is a dead Badger in the shed when I take them off.

Still think of them as my new cycling shoes, purchased in 2014.

[J4CKO]

yellowjack said:

Hmmm?

Clipping in? Clearly overrated. Because today, on my way to drop the road bike off at the shop for some work, I was wearing some Decathlon trail running shoes with my SPD pedals and I somehow managed to knock 10 seconds off my PR on a 5 mile Strava segment. And that's with me being 15 months older, and considerably less fit than I was when I set the previous PR. "Improved power transfer" my hairy 'arris...

https://www.strava.com/activities/4930182590/segme...

I might well go back to flat pedals on all of my bikes if this is the end result...



...in fairness though, I was hustling to get my bike into the shop before it closed (1pm daily closing during "lockdown" to let them get the jobs in the workshop done without pesky customers on the shop floor). The decision to run the 12 miles back to Bournemouth from Ringwood was, in hindsight, a very silly one, though. I think I'll drive the bike back when it's ready to collect.

So, to sum up, tailwind