Originally Posted by
Sedgemop
Recently rode an organized century on my Merckx. Got a lot of compliments on the bike throughout the ride. Even more though, I got comments on my using flat pedals. Almost everyone was using clipless pedals and they thought it was "wild", "crazy", "old school" that I was using flat pedals. Only obvious performance difference I could detect is I'd have to wait for them to clip in after every red light.
you waited?
only guys with Speedplay pedals seem to engage faster than me while riding with toe clips and straps. That muscle memory thing.