Originally Posted by
guadzilla
If you want to pedal in the most efficient manner - pedaling full circles, including pulling back at 6 and pushing forwards at 12 - it is easier to do that when your feet are attached to the pedals and you dont have to exert any force or effort to maintain contact between the foot and the pedals - especially at higher efforts and when your legs are a little tired, and your form isnt perfect.
Just not true.
Pushing down on the pedal with good timing is what it is about.
There is no effort involved in keeping your foot on the pedals. The foot pushes down on pedal not across it.
Tiredness reduces your form not the pedals.
For a regular cyclist there is no benefit.
When was the last time you cycled forty or fifty k in soft thin soled runners?
I have done both.
Toeclips are probably the best but everyone thinks that's somehow archaic when it does exactly the same thing.
Easy to use and cheap. Wear any shoes you like.
We have been conned