jova54 en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-674313 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:30:09 +0000 scaredypants 674313@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I have speedplay frogs &amp; MTB shoes on my road bike - means I can walk</p> <p>No idea how they compare to the road speedplay pedals</p> <p>Do road pedals REALLY allow more power to be transferred, or is that all down to the shoe ?????!!? (edit - didn&#39;t see aracer&#39;s post somehow, but I think I agree) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-674267 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:58:02 +0000 aracer 674267@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Using a road pedal distributes the pressure over larger surface area.</blockquote><br /> Which is pretty much irrelevant if you&#39;re using a stiff carbon sole. The important thing therefore being the shoe rather than the pedals - if you get an MTB shoe with a stiff carbon sole, the feel and the power transfer is just as good as with a road pedal and shoe. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-674219 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:38:57 +0000 Vortexracing 674219@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Ta </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-674215 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:38:15 +0000 druidh 674215@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Yep - the roadie Shimano pedals come with the relevant cleats </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-674210 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:36:34 +0000 Vortexracing 674210@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>do Shimano pedals come with cleats, like MTB ones?</p> <p>rather numpty question but with some of the posts above I&#39;m no longer sure. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673894 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:13:41 +0000 Ed2001 673894@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>If you are used to mtb spds you will find speedplay the easiest to get in and out of as they are double sided as you are already used to. They also have adjustable float so you can adjust them exactly as you want them no float upto 15 deg ( I THINK).In speedplay its the cleat thats big with the mech rather than the other way round. The downsides are the cleats are expensive, but they wear out slowly, and they are very hard to walk in. BTW I use look keo&#39;s but if I was starting riding with cleats and I was commuting a lot and I had used mtb spd I would choose speedplay, no brainer imo. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673826 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:55:48 +0000 zaskar 673826@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Been using some spare XTRs on my road bike which is ideal for the city and 2hrs hard riding but 4hrs+ ocassional hot spots.</p> <p>Using a road pedal distributes the pressure over larger surface area.</p> <p>Thing is I could never clip out of my Ultegra pedals -really stuck on the easy release setting.</p> <p>Anybody know a good release road pedal? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673809 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:52:18 +0000 oldgit 673809@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Use cleat covers if you go walkies. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673751 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:38:32 +0000 Vortexracing 673751@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;m sure they will knock a good 10 minutes off my commute.</p> <p>or at least that&#39;s what i&#39;m using as an excuse to buy em </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673618 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:05:44 +0000 geoffj 673618@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Silver disco slippers! The <strong>real</strong> reason I want new roadie pedals! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673588 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:59:55 +0000 Vortexracing 673588@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>geoffj, I&#39;m just going through the same dilemma. Tired of using muddy, wet MTB shoes for commuting.</p> <p>I have seen these on offer at £45 from Evans.</p> <p><img src="http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/8a8/ac3/b2b/40661/product_page/scott-comp-2009-road-shoe.jpg?1249915805"></p> <p>I&#39;m asuming they will need some overshoes for the depths of winter (or even sooner). The Endura Road neoprene overshoes seem to get good reviews.</p> <p>plus some 105 pedals from CRC.</p> <p>I&#39;ve always used shimano MTB SPD&#39;s, but i&#39;m also completely new to this roadie SPD larky. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673486 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:32:13 +0000 mrmo 673486@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>the way to look at speedplays is as a reversed pedal system. The pedal is the size of a cleat and the cleat is the size of a pedal. </p> <p>Only reservation i would have with Speedplay is the amount of float, not sure about that amount of rotational float, and it is expensive if you make a wrong choice. Hence i stick to Time which i like. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673473 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:28:37 +0000 geoffj 673473@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The speedplay stuff looks interesting, but the platforms look small.<br /> Does the cleat make up for it in some way? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673283 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:20:11 +0000 metalheart 673283@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Speedplay. They are double sided and have variable float. No more fighting to find the the pedal when pulling away at the lights... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-673182 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:41:33 +0000 thumbie 673182@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Shoes - Specialized BG<br /> Pedals - Speedplay </p> <p>My experience after starting with SPDs initially, shifting to Look Keo then trying Speedplay. Not looked back TBH. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672946 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:10:24 +0000 njee20 672946@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Keo cleat don&#39;t last anywhere near as long as Shimano ones, particularly if you walk anywhere. I walk about 100 yards across the car park from the bike shed to my office and find my cleats last about 6 weeks.</p> <p>If I were starting again I&#39;d get Shimanos, which I changed from, they&#39;re easier to get in and out too.</p> <p>But I fear it&#39;s too late! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672869 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:59:12 +0000 davo 672869@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>dmr v8s with 5.10 impacts for all riding including mincing around on silly road bikes <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672828 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:19:42 +0000 Andyhilton 672828@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve got some Nike carbon soled shoes that feel like slippers!</p> <p>My spesh mtb shoes are pretty comfy as well. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672790 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:42:54 +0000 geoffj 672790@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Right Keo Classics it will be then - and I suppose Spesh BG shoes, because they fit me best. Time to flex the plastic! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672740 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:03:09 +0000 Andyhilton 672740@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I use look keo classics. Merlin have them in for £39.95 iirc. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672731 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:59:40 +0000 druidh 672731@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>geoff - have a look for new Keo Classic BNIB - £39.95. They come with cleats of course. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672636 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:55:15 +0000 geoffj 672636@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Thanks chaps.</p> <p>Druidh - these? <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Look-KEO-Easy-Clipless-Road-Bike-Pedals-Cleats-NEW_W0QQitemZ360188674322QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item53dceb0112&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Look-KEO-Easy-Clipless-Road-Bike-Pedals-Cleats-NEW_W0QQitemZ360188674322QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item53dceb0112&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14</a></p> <p>There were some new 105s for sale in the classieds for £35 posted but then I&#39;d have to get some cleats as well - another £15 or so?</p> <p>And to float or not to float? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672579 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:22:32 +0000 Ed2001 672579@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>1 word speedplay, without doubt the best particularly if you have been used to mtb spd&#39;s. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672574 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:17:44 +0000 bikesr4riding 672574@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I recently converted from SPD / MTB carbon shoes to Ultegra SPD SL / Carbon Road shoes. There&#39;s definitely a difference in power transfer so worth the transition. I can&#39;t comment on the other many brands as I&#39;ve always used Shimano.</p> <p>I&#39;m still getting used to clipping into the SLs as its a little trickier... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672569 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:13:33 +0000 druidh 672569@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I think there are some Keo Classics going cheap-ish on ebay at the moment... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672565 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:11:55 +0000 oldgit 672565@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Probably all good geoff. I&#39;ve always used LOOK so can&#39;t comment on anything else.<br /> I do find I can get LOOK cleats anywhere though, and they have a long old race proven history.<br /> I would imagine LOOKs Keo is the most popular road pedal out there. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672560 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:09:52 +0000 druidh 672560@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Do it...</p> <p>I&#39;ve been using Shimano Ultegra with some Specialized BG shoes (the cheapest carbon soled ones). Definitely feels like there&#39;s more power going into the bike and I don&#39;t suffer any problems with sore feet (but then I don&#39;t with an MTB style shoe/cleat either). We&#39;ve just got some Look pedals in the shop and they &quot;look&quot; really nice too. I&#39;m gonna give some a go for comparative purposes. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bike-pedals-again#post-672552 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:06:02 +0000 geoffj 672552@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve started to up my mileage to a stage where I&#39;m ready to do 3-4 hour road rides. To date I&#39;ve been using MTB spds and shoes, but I&#39;m starting to feel a bit of numbness and or hotspots after a couple of hours or so.</p> <p>Is it now worth making the move to proper road pedals and shoes? I&#39;m guessing the larger platform will help?</p> <p>If so - what is good? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-648677 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:55:53 +0000 iDave 648677@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>i&#39;ve never had a problem with mine in 6 months, put sport tracker on today, works fine. it&#39;s great for music, movies, browsing, have some useful apps on it, can&#39;t fault it really. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-648084 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:48:38 +0000 molgrips 648084@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Then get fed up with the touch screen and faffing about with that stylus (its ok you will lose that soon) and wish you had got a N79</blockquote></p> <p>As pointed out, you don&#39;t need the stylus. I never use it, and only very rarely use the plectrum thingy it also comes with.</p> <p>Sportstracker works for me - it also supports the bluetooth heart rate strap that Polar make but DON&#39;T SELL ANYWHERE the flippin idiots. You can only get it with some other Nokia phone marketed as a sports thingy. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645654 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:28:17 +0000 willej 645654@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve had one for 3 months. Great phone. Camera&#39;s OK, Sports Tracker works fine on mine (v1.83), Google maps is great too, the Latitude thing is good for seeing where all your GPS-enabled mates are! I&#39;ve got Kaspersky Mobile Security on mine, as I do a fair bit of browsing and emailing. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645605 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:10:16 +0000 neilsonwheels 645605@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://forum.dailymobile.se/">This forum is a very handy tool. Loads of apps, advice, games ect...</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645601 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:08:48 +0000 Andy W 645601@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>just google it and you will see the probs people have been having with it</p> <p>mine worked fine with the spoertracker until a update in june time then it just started crashing all the time</p> <p>vodafone sent me a new 5800 and that works ok on with sportstracker but not all the features</p> <p>tracks my rides so thats all i need it for so its not too bad </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645594 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:05:04 +0000 Andy W 645594@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://symbianworld.org/1187-sports-tracker-finally-available-for-nokia-n97-and-5800/" rel="nofollow">http://symbianworld.org/1187-sports-tracker-finally-available-for-nokia-n97-and-5800/</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645588 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:03:36 +0000 Andy W 645588@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It used to be but then they took it off </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645579 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:02:12 +0000 iDave 645579@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>the 5800 isn&#39;t listed on the sports tracker site </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645563 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:56:49 +0000 Andy W 645563@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Fill it with music,<br /> Download and set up nokia sports tracker<br /> Go ride your bike and then look where you have been on your PC and bore you mates to death with it </p> <p>Then get fed up with the touch screen and faffing about with that stylus (its ok you will lose that soon) and wish you had got a N79</p> <p><a href="http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/community/index.do" rel="nofollow">http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/community/index.do</a></p> <p>you will not be able to get the download from that website nokia took the 5800 of the list after trouble with getting it to work with the touch screen </p> <p>you will have to google it and get it from the net</p> <p>good luck </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645517 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:42:44 +0000 MussEd 645517@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Don&#39;t need the stylus. I use the full screen qwerty, but it takes a bit of getting used to if you have fat thumbs. Otherwise with the alphanumeric it&#39;s the same as a normal phone.</blockquote></p> <p>I have fat thumbs. Well, they&#39;re big anyway. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645114 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:02:31 +0000 ooOOoo 645114@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Only if you buy the whole UK maps in one go. I spent £15 on credits last year and just download maps as I need them. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/using-the-nokia-5800#post-645111 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:01:34 +0000 albino 645111@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;d say Viewranger is pretty good VFM if you ride around the same area most of the time. I got tiles covering all the hills around Rochdale, Oldham, Bury, Burnley, Halifax plus a few other randoms around the UK for £25. There is a minimum spend of £20 but once you get past that it works out pretty well. </p>