I just got a Specialized Allez as my first road bike, it is really comfortable but I have a problem.

I broke my femur really badly when I was 17 so a long time ago, due to my leg not being straight I cant use clip in pedals, I could put some flats on but are there road specific flat pedals I can have a look at? I could use a cage it it was big and deep?

Something like this maybe ? http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/token-road-racing-flat-pedals/rp-prod38678

Ah so there are such things, cheers taxi25

How about a pedal(s) with toe straps? They sorted roadcyclists out for decades before clips came in.

http://www.velosolo.co.uk/shoppedal.html

Hora my foot kind of rotates on the pedal so unless the strap is loose then it really messes my knee up. Its ok on a MTB but not so great on the road bike.

Just use some good mountain bike flats. I think road flats are generally used with a cage.

Are you sure you couldn’t use something like speedplay pedals? 15 degrees of free float feels very different on the knees than a shimano spd.

I’ve always thought these look good.
Cannondale 6 Point 3 Pedals 6point3

Chhers Traildog, no the angle of my leg is a bit extreme. If you imagine being on a snowboard in a duck stance my right leg is between 25 and 30 degrees. It is only the road bike I have ever really had trouble with.

Thats not that bad……
My solution was to just nip the screws and get on the turbo for a bit.
Then have a helper tighten the screws up from underneath before unclipping – worked well as the cleat is where it needs to be in the rotation.
Thats on SPD-SL with 6* so 15* should be plenty

I guess it depends on what angle you mean. But you can also angle the cleats with spacers. I have seen some very gammy legs using them.

However, I think flat pedals are very good and I don’t feel you’d lose that much power using them on a mountain bike. So if you are happy then stick with them and ignore what the fashion police think.

I hate toe clips though…

I use Wellgo MG-1’s. I found they made no difference in speed to SPD-SL’s.

Be aware its easier to catch a pedal on the inside of a turn though.

Those cannodnale ones are not very good. They were on a demo bike i tried. No grip or support.

Get some speedplays with all that free float, or just rotate the cleat to the angle your foot would like to be in

some people get away with using flats on a road bike…

SPDs allow some float I.e. lateral oscillation throughout the motion of the pedal, whereas flat pedals don’t since your foot can’t move as easily.

I’d have thought decent cleat position would be the best option, then Speedplay pedals if that’s not float-y enough?

I run flat pedals (new v12s) on my road bike. That probably breaks some UCI rules!

Just run whatever pedals and shoes you run on your mtb.