Flat pedals feel weird

[jim55]

After being used to clipless , I put flats on my s/s that iv just built up and was out trying the gearing and a gen shakedown test ,pulling away from a stop and getting out of the saddle feels so dodgy .
I felt as if I was gona slip off pedals and impale myself on t/t and stem , I'm gona strip it down and paint the frame but when I build it back up its getting a pair of spd on it , feels far more secure

 

[fossyant]

You are going to die !!! Haven't ridden a bike without clips/clipless for 30 years !!! Not sure what I'd do.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Each to their own, I went from flats to SPD and eventually back to flats.

The sun still rises each morning, rain is still wet & I haven't fallen off or mashed my goolies from not being clipped in.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I have flats on my MtB and spd's on my other bikes. No problem swapping one bike to the other. Mind you I don't go very far on the MtB

 

[mjr]

Some flats are awful. Others are fine. Why not get some better flats with good grips? I like rubber grips, others prefer pins.

 

[Dec66]

I have flats on the B'Twin Triban 500 and SPD's on the Cube Peloton. I have no problems switching between the two, but I use the B'Twin for my daily commute, as unclipping and clipping in again every 75 yards for the traffic lights is a nause.

Incidentally, tonight I did a little under 25 miles on the B'Twin, and was faster on that (flats and all) than I was doing the same ride on the Cube on Saturday morning (19.8mph average against 19.3; if the traffic lights had been kinder I'd have gone over 20 tonight).

 

[jim55]

I just don't feel as safe, maybe physcological but I don't like my feet moving on the pedal,I was scared to get out the saddle and sprint

 

[mjr]

...but I don't like my feet moving on the pedal...

My feet don't move on the pedals unless I deliberately lift them. That's why I'm suspicious of yours.

 

[G3CWI]

If you read the threads for people trying clipless pedals they suggest that it takes a while to get used to them. You have lost your flat-pedal skills and will need to re-learn them in the same way.

 

[Banjo]

I have DMR V12 flats on my road bike.

The pins dig into rubber soles on shoes and you will not slip.

Some shoes not as good as others on flats but I feel well locked on and completely confident sprinting out of the saddle or stood up giving legs a stretch.

 

[snorri]

,I was scared to get out the saddle and sprint

That would be a cycling style some of us have never considered.

 

[youngoldbloke]

I sympathise with the OP. I even have trouble using clips and straps after using SPDs and Look Keos for many years (must be over 50 years since I've used flat pedals). I tend to pull my feet out of the straps, even if tight, and have obviously become used to a pedal style that involves pulling on the pedal as well as pushing. I can't see how either rubber or pins can keep your feet on the pedal if you are pulling up?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Flats all the way for me, I used to use DMR V12s but am slowly moving over to a Specialized pedal, not sure of the model number but it is really grippy.

 

[hifinut]

After being used to clipless , I put flats on my s/s that iv just built up and was out trying the gearing and a gen shakedown test ,pulling away from a stop and getting out of the saddle feels so dodgy .
I felt as if I was gona slip off pedals and impale myself on t/t and stem , I'm gona strip it down and paint the frame but when I build it back up its getting a pair of spd on it , feels far more secure

Well i hear what your saying but i have only been using spd shoes for 2 days and although i much prefer them i did manage a very stupid looking dropping the bike at some traffic lights as i set off my shoe clip missed the clip and i went down with my other clip nicely engaged !!,i obviously stood up and looked at the pedal as if there was something wrong with it .

 

[jim55]

Lol I can imagine