[obsidian]

I'm new to Singlespeeding. I just bought my first bike and am waiting for its arrival. I have two sets of clipless pedals, and a set of cages and am wondering if just old fashioned platforms without any toe straps of any kind would be better? I have big feet and the cages don't fit too well and the clipless always seem to tie me up just at the wrong moments. What has been the experience of others on this subject?

 

[dtimms]

clipless

 

[crisillo]

+1 clipless

 

[lobolator]

clipless and practice = smooth riding and more power

 

[Sparticus]

You want to be able to pull up on the back stroke.

Very important in developing power unless you are just riding the sidewalks down by the beach.

--Sparty

 

[Rockin]

clipless and practice

And make sure the tension is not set too high. You can always tighten them up after you get practiced up.

 

[obsidian]

I've ridden them for years on my road bikes. I haven't had a mountain bike for about 7 years now and the last one I had was cages. It looks like I'll have to set them a little looser so that I can unclip easier..

 

[brassnipples]

Nothing wrong with a good set of platforms, you'll sacrifice a little bit of power but gain a little bit of skill.

 

[me.]

Normally I would say clipless.

However right now I am running platforms. The advantage is that i can just hop on and go. Disavantage(s) is that I don't feel I have all the power I could have and sometimes the feet just don't end up where I want them on the pedals.

or just do what feels good to you..... you can always switch back and forth like i probably will.