Quote:
Originally Posted by squiggs96
Sometimes I ride my bike to dinner, store, etc. and I don't want to wear bike shoes when I'm there. Combo pedals allow me to do this. I can then also put on bike shoes if I feel like going for a longer ride where I won't be stopping. I don't see how this is useless.
I have other bikes that have pedals that are only clip in, but I wouldn't ride these bikes to the store or when it's raining. The combo pedals allow my other bike to be multifunctional.
|
Well we were talking mountain bikes for mountain biking so I stand by my comment. Combo pedals are useless.
The cage side of a combo pedal has no traction with even the stickiest of shoes. Why would you want to put yourself in a situation where you have no control over the bike because you're afraid of being clipped in? That's even assuming that you get the right side of the pedal. Riding your clipped shoes on the flat side or your flat shoes on the clipped side is just asking for trouble.
Buy yourself a good pair of flat pedals and some sticky shoes or go all in with clips.