Shoes & Pedals for Commuting...

[Jezston]

Oi! Don't you start on that again!

 

[MacB]

Oi! Don't you start on that again!

Don't panic, it'll gradually dissipate but I expect the odd reference will pop up for, at least, the next 30 years

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Indeed you can and I had read it before and appreciated the real world data, though you are the exception, rather than the 'norm', in this. A 6% improvement is quite something from one change, if all else is equal, which is why it surprises me that this sort of evidence isn't plastered over the web by shoe/pedal manufacturers. It may be that the benefits are so apparent that they feel no need to demonstrate. But even at 6% I'd have to weigh up the inconvenience aspect and the potential danger of falls etc. I have to accept that your numbers don't lie so either you input more power or you transferred the usual amount of power at a more efficient rate.

My experience didn't reflect yours and I didn't enjoy being attached to the bike. I could be bias, I could have a rubbish pedalling technique, I may have set the cleats/shoes up wrong. But I do feel that these sorts of threads need a balancing viewpoint and I'm currently filling that post

And here, I had six months with SPD's on my best bike, I didn't like them, didn't get any advantage from using them and went back to toe clips and straps.

 

[Jezston]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Jezston has gone clipless!

Apparently I've made a terrible feaux-pas and have mixed shimano spd branded shoes with crank brothers pedals, but to be fair that's exactly the kind of thing I do. Mixin ting up is how I roll.