Road/Mountain Clips

[blasternot112]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any input. I have a mtb with crappy pedals and a new flatbar urban road bike with BMX pedals on it. I am ripe to make an investment in clipless pedals and ride both bikes about the same ammount of time. I was wondering first if anyone objectivally can tell me where clipless pedals are mor important. Or if there are pedals that would make sense on both road and mt bikes. The most economical decision would be to but the bmx pedals on the mtb and get road clipless pedals.

Any input?

[Bombardier]

Depends on your bikes. If they’re Wally-world deathcycles, don’t bother. Just put some Wellgo alloy flats on your city bike and call it good.

In most cases, BMX pedal spindles won’t fit on mountainbike cranks. I wouldn’t put BMX flats on a MTB anyway, as there are plenty of MTB specific flats that will save you some weight & cash, as well as the option of replaceable pins.

In your case, if your bikes are good quality specimens, I’d put a set of Crankbro’s Mallets on both bikes. That way you have the best of both worlds.

[Slyp_Dawg]

speaking of the mallets, can they be used as flats on regular shoes? I’d like to get some pedals that give me the option of going clipless but that I can still use as flats if/when I need to, and I don’t want a one-sided pedal because something tells me taht a good whack to the clip mechanism from a curb or a root when using the flat side wouldn’t do the clip mechanism any good.

[cjm]

I rode Mallets for a couple years. They will get you through in a pinch with regular shoes, but they’re more for when you miss clipping in or its to surly to even attempt. The mallet is much more narrow than any of my flat pedals, which seams to lead to more for foot fatigue with soft soled sneakers, especially when your out of the saddle for long periods of time. Only the leading and trailing edge of the pedal will really dig into your shoe, which isn’t enough when the trail gets jittery. Flat pedals have grip around the entire pedal, and then some on several models (yummy shinburgers). Also, you can feel the eggbeater through regular shoes. Probably more foot fatigue from that too, but it is just damn uncomfortable.
Mine do work well with skate shoes on my old MTB turned trainer. If I went back to clipless, it would be Mallets.

[castnpedal]

Real men ride platforms. Real smart men ride platforms and wear shin guards.

[GreenGiant]

I started out with Mallets but found clipless to give me better control. Of course there are risks with clipless, like not coming out in time when you go OTB. That’s why [i:klgb7u5r]real daring men only ride clipless[/i:klgb7u5r] and [i:klgb7u5r]wear armour[/i:klgb7u5r], too.

Or maybe it’s age. You young, whipper snappers can afford a few injuries every now and then but when you have a job and a family to support, every bit of extra protection is worth it.

None-the-less, went to Shimanos two years ago and loved them. Then I got a pair of CBs on my Iron Horse and found to like them even more and have switched out my SS to CBs, too. Now, most clipless brands also offer the best of both worlds, clipless platforms, which is what I am going to put on my ‘Horse for those harry moments.

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