Types of pedals

richywales97

I know this is probably a stupid question to most of you, but what is the difference between clip-in shoes and clipless shoes?? I've always used flats and have never really been interested in or understood the newer types. And what the hell are egg-beaters??

nicklouse

clip in have straps.

clipless are SPD or egg beater type. IE have a retention system that does not need a strap.

richywales97

Thank you so much, just couldn't get my head around it before.

Giraffoto

It's very easy. Clipless are the ones with a mechanical arrangement in them that you would logically call a "clip", that you clip your shoe into. Flats are the ones with a ridged or spiked surface. Old-fashioned toeclips and straps aren't something you'd ever have seen often on mountain bikes, and are pretty much a thing of the past now.

shoddy

The reason they are called 'egg beaters' is that they look like a whisk. This keeps them light and helps them to stop getting clogged up with mud and stuff.

bartimaeus

clipless:


clips:


flats:


eggbeaters:

cat_with_no_tail

Speedplay Frogs:

Kowalski675

Wah wah

bartimaeus

Peddles:

richywales97

Thanks all, and kowalski that's one of the few pedals i am familiar with haha

jimothy78

cyd190468 wrote:

Somewhere back in the 90s someone decided to describe the action of attaching yourself to a clipless pedal as "clipping in". :? We've been explaining it ever since. :roll:

only because somewhere back in the god-knows-whens, someone else decided to describe a pedal/shoe combo that actually clip together as "clipless" :roll:

mcnultycop

Toe clip less may have been a better choice of name.