Time Atac Pedals

Bringing up an old topic, but I just got a pair of Diadora X-country which are beautifully made, comfy and work a treat with my Atacs. I also join the crew of bigging up Time Atacs, they are ace all round.

Monsta, all I can says is choose the shoes that you find the most comfortable of all.

Will do! Trainers are just a little too floppy and give me foot cramps after a while. Looking at something better for long rides/commuting.

Guess I better get down to Condor again eh. Bye Bye hard earned money! :)

Does anyone use Time Atac (Rocs) with the Specialized BG Sport MTB Shoe?
Just wondering if this would be a good match or should I really be looking at the Sidi Dominator and nothing else?

Going down to Condor tomorrow to try some on, so let me know what you think.
Monsta

Missed this at the time (no pun intended) - that's the exact combo I use. Works perfectly. No need to cut away any tread on the sole, which apparently sometimes you do with ATACs.

I find those shoes to be very comfortable indeed, personally, and they seem to be well made. Some parts of the upper are just thin mesh though, which is fine in the summer but quickly results in cold/wet feet in winter unless you use either overshoes or (as I am at the moment) Sealskinz and a merino thermal sock underneath.

Recommended though - and obviously they're an awful lot cheaper than Sidis.

Cool, I'll defo take a look and if I find them comfortable I'll get a pair.

Yeah I use Sealskinz socks at the moment, didn't think of putting merino socks underneith, never really had much of a problem with cold feet in them though. Really good winter socks actually, very strange material.

I am using ATACs with Specialized Comp MTB Shoe, opted for the Comps over the Sports cause of the ratchet fitting. Awesome combo, very comfy and as said merino socks and overshoes makes a great winter setup (even in Glasgows killer temperatures)

thinking of replacing my shimano m076 shoes with the spesh comp mtb shoes. The shimano feel a little flexy (but that's compared with my carbon road shoes). Would the specialized be an improvement or are dominators much stiffer in the sole?

Go to a bike shop with your shoes.

take off shoes, flex it.

then take off the specialized one you like off the shelf and flex that too.

easiest way to figure out whether it's stiffer or not.

I think I've found the cheapest place online that sells ATACs: http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/

They're currently the cheapest anyway but they're doing a accumulator discount right now so I was going to go for the standard xs 's as they work out at £79 but bought some carbon xs 's for £91.75 inc delivery!

Thought I'd share this to fellow forummites in the market for some new ATAC's!

Bah! I wish they came in a bare metal colour!
Both my bikes are classic builds and would look terrible with any of the Atacs on there...

That's tragic.

Brilliant pedals. Easiest pedals to clip in and out of except when the cleats are worn. Still on the original cleats after nigh on 10 years.

has anyone tried any of the following

Time All Road Gripper+
Time All Road Gripper
Time All Road

they seem to be 1 sided time atac touring pedals but not too dear.

They're cheap on the Planet X online shop.

Oh yes, I wanted to ask:

I have for 2 years been using a set of Burgtec Penhouse flat pedals with my Pompino, and now fancy a change. I have been looking into SPD and ATAC, and decided to go with ATAC as apprently it's nicer to your knees (and one of mine has been hurting a bit recently).

So which pedals to go for? ATAC XS Carbon, ATAC XS, ROC ATAC S, or ROC ATAC?

depends on how much you want to spend. The more expensive ones are lighter and look nicer, that's it.

xt/xtr spd's :)

depends on how much you want to spend. The more expensive ones are lighter and look nicer, that's it.

not true, the actual atac pedals have different metal that clip you in and people said to me it rubs away much quicker. So I'd say stick to rocs or aliums or the new grippers. The preference is for a round bar as opposed to a rectangular one on an atac. You can see the different shapes in the pictures below

Atac = Rectangular Bar

Roc = Circular Bar

Thanks for the info. I'll try the ROC ATAC S version.

These are the ones you want, Atac Alium, cheap and awesome.

+1

Hi I am new to the forums (this is my first post) but I have been looking at clipless pedals to replace my existing platform pedals and am really interested in the Time ATACs (was originally going to go for Speedplay Frogs) at the moment wiggle offer the Alium for £38 and found the XS for 78 is there much benefit paying the extra 40 English pounds for the XS over the Alium?
Is it only the MTB pedals which have dual sided entry compared to the Road pedals?
I am looking to use these pedals with the Shimano RT51 do the cleats sit nice so I can walk in them as I have a few fair hills with me that I'll need to walk up in the shoes.
Cheers and thanks for the help

Nope. The difference will be lighter weight and perhaps better bearings.

Those Shimanos are 3-bolt road shoes so not suitable for ATACs. You need 2-bolt MTB style shoes if you want to use double-sided ATAC pedals.

Nope. The difference will be lighter weight and perhaps better bearings.

Those Shimanos are 3-bolt road shoes so not suitable for ATACs. You need 2-bolt MTB style shoes if you want to use double-sided ATAC pedals.

Thanks for the quick feedback really appreciate it I was going to order those shoes too, I didn't even look to see if they were 3-bolt are there any decent road shoes that can take 2-bolts, or would I be best just sticking to MTB shoes for the times? I am used to a thing shoe cause I wear canvas shoes quite a lot.
Thanks once again.

Most people are fine with mtb shoes and pedals. I use SPD or ATACs on most of my bikes without drama. The race bikes get SPD-SL road shoes/pedals.