Mountain Bike Pedals Road Bike
I wore shimano carbon sole road shoes for years a while ago i switched to the new specialized body geometry road shoes designed by andy pruitt.
Mountain bike pedals road bike. How much performance am i giving up if i use mountain bike shoes and pedals. Mountain pedals tend to be cheaper and when you are starting out you don t need road pedals until you start riding longer distances. They differ in that from a distance they look like a road pedal. Coach fred matheny replies.
Hi all i m currently building up my first road bike. 3 5 out of 5 stars with 8 reviews for mec road pedals. Bike pedals and cleats. While there are many different systems all require a cycling specific shoe such as the mtb spd pedals usually dubbed spdcompatible after shimano s spd system to accommodate the cleat that snaps your foot into place on the pedal.
57 items filter. While mountain bike pedals go with very small cleats which are easier to unlock from the pedal road bike pedals go with larger ones that increase the contact surface between the sole and pedal. Maybe it might not seem important but actually the surface of the contact area is the one that generates the differences between the two pedals. What shoes do you use.
Read reviews 8. The issi flip ii pedals are similar to the pd m324 pedals in that they use a mountain bike connection. If you are new to clipless mountain pedals are the. Road bike pedals.
Clipless mountain bike pedals are also double sided unlike road specific clipless pedals and since they rely on a mechanical attachment rather than the surface area and pins to keep rider and. I m coming over from around 20 years of mountain biking and i want to run mtb clipless pedals more specifically crank bros eggbeaters or candys with my current mtb shoes. Yeah i used to ride mountain pedals when i first started. Like the pd m324 they have a pedal cage but the issi pedal cage is smaller but on the back contains some screw pins that will hold your shoe in place should you miss clipping into them.
My question is can i simply buy some mtb eggbeaters candys and fit them straight to the road bike or do road bike cranks take a specific thread size as bmx cranks do. I currently ride a 2007 trek 5 2 madone sl. I like to use my mountain bike pedals and shoes for road biking but i get funny looks on group rides. I also ride a mountain bike.
Clipless systems available for both mountain and road bikes typically give more control and more efficient power transfer.