Originally Posted by
taz777
Thanks for all the replies. I'll look into clipless in a couple of months time as I would need to get a pair of shoes with the pedals. I sold my old SLD-SL pedals and shoes a while back.
For the first few weeks I'm going to use the flat pedals from my MTB just to get used to the bike, and then think about switching to clipless.
if you do, keep this in the back of your mind. when I was shopping for the cleats I found out the
Shimano SH56 SPD Cleats are easier to release than the
Shimano SH51 SPD Cleats I bought both but am just using the (56) model cleats. I also loosened the tension on the pedals a smidge. so far so good, but I've been wicked careful due to all the "tomaby" hype ... I use 1 sided MTB pedals, I mean 2 sided, actually don't know what I mean, anyway the clip is only on one side, so when I approach a road crossing or whatever I have options