I fancy going on to clipless, recommendations anyone?

can anyone recommend anything good, i don't know much about this stuff. if anyone can recommend a good pedal and even a good shoe too. i've ridden some of those shimano caged pedals a while ago on my old mountain bike, since i was thinking the cage would be a good compromise so i could ride in trainers from time to time. they turned out to be pointless and slippy as fook. anyways, yeah, any pointers? thanks all :D

Am I the only one who uses Egg Beaters? No good if you want to ride in trainers once in a while, though.

Get some Time Atac pedals. Time are wizard ;]

i shall investigates! thanks scott et al

spds = poor mans choice

atacs = great if you have the money

eggbeaters = less good if you skid

i shall investigates! thanks scott et al

There was thread a while back. You can take an old pair of skate shoes, fit the insole/base from a old cycle shoe, shoe goo/glue it in. Then cut a recessed section out of the sole for the cleat.

Time ATAC and sidi mtb shoes.

Time ATAC and sidi mtb shoes.

the millionaires choice

SPD's - £13 for pedal and cleat.

replacement cleats cost £10 though (work that one out!)

There was thread a while back. You can take an old pair of skate shoes, fit the insole/base from a old cycle shoe, shoe goo/glue it in. Then cut a recessed section out of the sole for the cleat.

neat, thanks man, i'll look it up, got some old cycle shoes and stuff lying around, might be good... anyone tried it?

eggbeaters = less good if you skid

Good point. I don't skid, which is why I don't feel the difference. I see what you mean, though - my feet don't feel completely locked onto the pedal.

neat, thanks man, i'll look it up, got some old cycle shoes and stuff lying around, might be good... anyone tried it?

Yeah I saw a few people last summer sporting them.

Ma3k made some up.

I'm digging Speedplay frogs at the moment - I have knee trouble and they have the most rotational float, with no spring loaded autocentering. Also, the pedals are black and match my frame ;-0

Unfortunately, the cost about one megabuck.

EDIT - Woo Hoo, this is my 1000th post.

Do you want to walk around in the shoes ? If so any of the above are good and Look have started doing MTB pedals again, the Quartz range. If you don't need to walk around then Look Keo, Shimano SPD-SL, Time and Speedplay all have their fans.

Am I the only one who uses Egg Beaters? No good if you want to ride in trainers once in a while, though.

I have them, like them a lot, pants with trainers though.

SPD's - £13 for pedal and cleat.
replacement cleats cost £10 though (work that one out!)

It's so weird... normally i just buy new pedals to get the cleats :)

I like SPD's, mostly because they are cheap enough to use on more than one bike, and they work just fine..

eggbeaters and sidis for me personally

Not quite bottom-of-the-line SPDs + dirt cheap (on-sale) Nikes. Budget, but no complaints at all (the opposite in fact).

atacs all the way. Worth every extra penny.
Solid as a rock, no accidental midskid unclipping, just ace.
I'm going to be a bit adventurous when I have the time and try and recess an atac cleat in some old tigers I have.....
might work, who knows...

I love my Time ATACs..

egg beaters are fine for skidding, never unclipped

me egg beater unclipped tonight, skidding up to a junction, i think it looked pretty cool as my leg flew up in the air.

I guess I must have twisted my foot a little too far..

I like the ease of engage/disengage with the dickbeaters, but don't like the shitness of the build quality and the loose feel once clipped in.
and I've not unclipped when skidding, I tend to stamp down a lot rather than pull up on a skid, and make sure my feet don't do the waggle dance

just ordered some time aliums, will see what they are all aboot

Round about 45secs :)

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Time atacs. Bar none.