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What are the most knee friendly clipless pedals these days? Years ago it was the time ones, but I've been riding flats for years.
They aren't for me, they are for someone who has been fine with flats for years, went back to (pretty old) Shimano SPDs and within a week had terrible knee pain, which has gone again after going back to flats.
TIA
Look quartz.
I have shocking knees and these are great. Bit fiddly to set up but I really like them
I would have thought any clipless system which provides reasonable float would be fine.
Crank brothers for a decent amount of float so you can find your natural position without thinking about it?
A mate of mine has dodgy knees and swears by speedplays.
Well you could try you SPDs but with multi-release cleats.
Still time's in my book, the best for bad knees for many years now.
+1 for Time pedals.
time.
Was an serious shimano user for years and years... recently (about 8 months ago) switched to time ROC pedals. Superb, really impressed with the level of float, easy of entry/exit and the stability and support.
Times = Great.
Time sorted my problems, so another +1 for them.
Time
Time
+1 Time ROC. Probably like many others I spent years thinking Shimano pedals were the business. How wrong I was.
Time or Crank Bros
both work on a similar principle and therefore both provide a lot more float than SPDs. SPDs have very little float and this forces your knee to follow a particularly pedalstroke path that its not used to or not comfortable - thats what causes the pain (and will eventually cause injury).
There's nowt wrong with SPDs as long as you get them set up to suit your bio-mechanics perfectly - but getting cleats 100% in the right place is a bit of a dark art - in fact if you get them set up perfectly they can help knees etc. as they stop you changing the angles that your knees working at.... but thats only really an issue if you're riding vast distances etc. for us mere mortals its just easier to use a pedal with lots of float and let comfort/pain naturally get it set up right.
I have a pretty crappy condition left knee but have never had any problems with Shimano pedals. Not really sure its about float, anything set up poorly will give you trouble..
Time.
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Strangely I only have knee problems with Time pedals. The release action for the left foot gives me problems. During the pedalling action they are ace, but not engaging or releasing. Great all rounders I find are Shimano.
Time also.
Had 4 lots of knee surgery and the cycling surgeon also reccomended Time. 😆
I broke my ankle a few years ago and now find that flat (grippy) pedals give me more problems than SPD's as they have no float at all 😯
Tried quite a few myself,not been happy with any bar Speedplays,-greaseports, cartridge/needle roller bearings, plenty of controlled float(not side to side slop), and easy release.