Not clipless

[Primal Scream]

If you do not use clipless pedals but instead use miniclips as I do is their any advantage using cycling shoes. I am using a good quality Nike cross trainer.

No doubt I will go clipless but not yet.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Stiffer soles. Better power transmission from leg to forefoot.

 

[boydj]

Stiffer soles. Better power transmission from leg to forefoot.

And a lot less likely to leave you with sore feet cause by pressure on soft soles.

 

[HLaB]

Stiffer soles are the main advantage but another spurious advantage may be that they keep your laces out of the pedals.

 

[Edwards80]

I haven't moved to clipless yet but do have some cycling shoes already which I use with miniclips. Pretty much as above! They are far more comfortable than the trainers I was using and no danger of sending laces through your chain-rings!

When it rains it doesn't take them 3 days to dry either

 

[KateK]

What are miniclips? I use knackered trainers and ondinary pedals which I know are not brill .. have to use your ankles a lot to keep feet on pedals, but I'm not ready to attach my feet to pedals yet...too steep a learning curve.

 

[Hip Priest]

I use ALDI cycling shoes and flat pedals for commuting. The stiffer sole and velcro mean they're much, much better than regular trainers. I've just gone clipless on my road bike and have enjoyed it very much so far.

 

[MickL]

What are miniclips? I use knackered trainers and ondinary pedals which I know are not brill .. have to use your ankles a lot to keep feet on pedals, but I'm not ready to attach my feet to pedals yet...too steep a learning curve.

Mini clips are like a small cage that bolts to the front of your pedal which your feet slip into. Its the alternative to toe clips and straps.

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[theloafer]

What are miniclips? I use knackered trainers and ondinary pedals which I know are not brill .. have to use your ankles a lot to keep feet on pedals, but I'm not ready to attach my feet to pedals yet...too steep a learning curve.

hi katek
these are mini clips got some for my g/f ..
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/zefal-mini-clips

larry

 

[GrumpyGregry]

What are miniclips? I use knackered trainers and ondinary pedals which I know are not brill .. have to use your ankles a lot to keep feet on pedals, but I'm not ready to attach my feet to pedals yet...too steep a learning curve.

That's where you're possibly going wrong. You need a nice flat straight learning doorway, not a steep curve, to master clipless.

 

[LarryDuff]

Stiffer soles are the main advantage but another spurious advantage may be that they keep your laces out of the pedals.

Nearly came off 2 weekends ago when the laces of my right trainer got tangled up with the chain.

 

[KateK]

Mini clips are like a small cage that bolts to the front of your pedal which your feet slip into. Its the alternative to toe clips and straps

Thanks MickL, sounds interesting. I quite like the idea of something that gets me used to considering my feet when I stop.

 

[KateK]

Thanks Larry I'll have a look.

 

[KateK]

It's not the nice flat straight learning doorway I'm worried about...its the busy corridor junctions...

 

[KateK]

[quote="LarryDuff

Me too, but I was still on our driveway....overlooked by an entire building site. And I was trying to look so competent!