[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 12:03 am
D Griff wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:57 am
I might go to REI and see if they have anything I can try on... it's another one of these things that I don't really know how well it will work without buying it.
Speaking of, now that I am stealing the pedals I've been using on the Ribble for the MTB, I'm debating making the move to real road shoes, but also kind of
Stop being a
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and get some road shoes and a road helmet for that fancy road bike.
I actually got a helmet
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Although it was a
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, I may get another one I like a bit more. It is a Kask Rapido.
I am just
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on the shoe front, something like these seems kind of perfect all around:
https://www.rei.com/product/178863/shim ... shoes-mens
Then I don't have to fiddle with multiple shoes/pedal types, I can walk like a normal person, easier to clip in/out of, etc. That said, I've never tried real road shoes so maybe I don't know what I'm missing. It's sort of a tough pill to swallow spending $300-400 for something that may or may not actually be better.
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I find most cyclists totally overrate the equipment and just getting better works just as well.
I can go out on my POS 30 pound Raleigh with commute tires in baggies and flat pedals and only be 8ish percent slower, so I just can't imagine a different cleat type is really going to change the game, but maybe it would as far as comfort goes or something else.
I do want a new saddle
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,
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how to go about deciding on that one.