I have been commuting on a steel CX bike for the last 2 years and run the same 105 pedals as my road/tri bikes. One reason I like them is because there is a decent platform even without cycling shoes.
Realizing that I haven’t actually clipped into them in the last 6 months, I am looking to swap them out for flat pedals for a bit larger of a surface.
Looking for recommendations. Thank you!
Its’ a flat pedal, does it make much difference? I’m serious. $15 special on Nashbar. I’ve used them on my MTB for years lugging my daughter around in a car seat or trailer. For commuting I’d want toe clips or I’d just change shoes so I can bunny hop curbs, potholes, etc.
The other option are flats on one side, SPD cleats on the other… just like spin bikes. That was my favorite pair.
I use a mountain bike flat/clip less hybrid pedal on my commuter because I’ll ride it on occasion for hours (trainer, cyclometers, gravel, rain…).
Something like this:
https://www.crankbrothers.com/product/mallet-2
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I do ride eggbeaters on my mountain bike, so those may fit the bill. When I tried out the Candy, I was hoping for the best of both worlds, but I didn’t like the feeling in flat shoes. They also weren’t as easy to clip into as the eggbeaters when I was wearing my mountain bike shoes.
How do these feel under feet when wearing flat shoes?
It is a bit of a compromise on either (clip or clipless), but it also has some advantages. I run the same pedals on a fat back, and on a gut busting climb, if you hit an icy spot and loose momentum and have to clip out, the flats are a nice in-between to regain momentum.
With shoes, there’s a noticeable bump, but it’s really not that bad. I’ve tried the candy as well, and these work MUCH better than the candy pedals. I think the candy pedals are just not wide enough so you go in to a bit of a varus position which tightens up your IT and the lateral side of your ankle. I typically where very thin soul casual leather shoes to work and though the bump is noticeable… It’s only barely so. If you wear anything even slightly more substantial, you wouldn’t notice it. For instance, we had a bit of an arctic blast up here lately, so I’ve been commuting with the fatty and snow boots (very basic fairly thin variety), and I don’t notice it at all with the snow boots.
I use pedaldabs adapters with my SPD-SL pedals when I’m working on my bike on the trainer and too lazy to get my shoes.
I use these for most all of my riding…
(Complete description on another thread from last week…
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=5314954;search_string=tdstegner;#5314954)
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