Bottom line up front: What pedals/cleat combos are popular these days and why?
I've not had mainstream pedals since the 80's so I don't know hardly anything about the pedals that were in common use in triathlon in the years after. In the early 90's I used Sampson pedal/cleats and in the late 90's I went to Coombe pedals/cleats on the roadbike but kept the Sampson pedals on the tri bike. I didn't compete from 08'-2016 but now I'm back racing. The Coombe pedals suck on the tri bike because the shoes will so easily rotate themselves off of the pedals. I love the stack height of the Coombes, I love the fact that I can easily run thru the transition area in them, but not being able to keep the shoes on the bike is costing me a lot of time in transition.
The bolt pattern doesn't matter. Since I've currently using Coombes, no matter what your recommendation might be, it won't fit my shoes. Therefore I've already become emotionally adjusted to the idea of new shoes.
I really like low stack height, but my darn shoes need to reliably stay on the bike. Recommendations?
I did a search here for pedals, but it would seem that in every single thread, someone mentions pedals. I spent 30min reading "pedal hit" threads that were not about pedals and gave that up as a non-win.
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"If only he had used his genius for niceness, instead of Evil." M. Smart
I've not had mainstream pedals since the 80's so I don't know hardly anything about the pedals that were in common use in triathlon in the years after. In the early 90's I used Sampson pedal/cleats and in the late 90's I went to Coombe pedals/cleats on the roadbike but kept the Sampson pedals on the tri bike. I didn't compete from 08'-2016 but now I'm back racing. The Coombe pedals suck on the tri bike because the shoes will so easily rotate themselves off of the pedals. I love the stack height of the Coombes, I love the fact that I can easily run thru the transition area in them, but not being able to keep the shoes on the bike is costing me a lot of time in transition.
The bolt pattern doesn't matter. Since I've currently using Coombes, no matter what your recommendation might be, it won't fit my shoes. Therefore I've already become emotionally adjusted to the idea of new shoes.
I really like low stack height, but my darn shoes need to reliably stay on the bike. Recommendations?
I did a search here for pedals, but it would seem that in every single thread, someone mentions pedals. I spent 30min reading "pedal hit" threads that were not about pedals and gave that up as a non-win.
Books @ Amazon
"If only he had used his genius for niceness, instead of Evil." M. Smart
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RangerGress: Apr 24, 17 18:48