Shimano Saint M820 pedals | Carbon Fahrrad Umwerfer Installationssatz

It’s no great revelation that electronic shift systems are more expensive than mechanical equivalents but don’t forget that as well as the initial outlay you need to consider the cost of replacement parts.

Bottom line, says a national e-bike advocate, is that bicycling in general has to become safer and be perceived as being safe for a substantial increase in participation. Meantime, says a Portland State University transportation research expert, e-bikes will become a bigger player in the Portland-metro area multi-modal scene.

Maier noted that most BMXers use mountain bike clipless pedals, but that HT Components is one brand that markets clipless models specifically for BMX use.

The relatively low price of Xpresso 2s makes them a sensible place to start if you’re a newcomer to road-specific click-in pedals. They’re light, easy to use and very easy to adjust to different foot position and release preferences, though they’re not the most durable.

“The Nano-X is one of Superstar’s most recent pedal designs. It used to be they’d badge generic components, such as the old style Nanos that are so familiar are a mainstay of budget mountain biking – I have a pair that still run okay after six years. The Nano-X is an altogether shinier beast though, made in house on Superstar’s own CNC mill. That they sell direct rather than through distributors…” Read the full review here.

Using an extruded and CNC-machined body, the Vault pedals by DMR make a statement straight out of the box.

But Lommele, who plays a lead role in advocating for e-bikes in state legislatures around the country including Washington’s, sees sales continue to grow. E-bike sales at independent bicycle retailers were up 70 percent this year compared with the same 12-month period last year, she said, though the segment is believed to be a low single-digit percentage of overall bike sales in the U.S.

Advantage 1: Flats are unforgiving. Things you’d just be able to do with your feet clipped in, you might not be able to at first with flats. Any flaws in your technique will show up more with flats than clipless pedals. If either your weighting or foot position is wrong, the chances of foot and pedal separating are massively increased, and, as a result, over time, this will teach you to ride in a way that keeps you more connected to the bike: weight down in the bike rather than on top of it, reading trail feedback, and smoothly guiding the bike where you want it to go rather than just pulling on it.

We still wanted to challenge our habits. For one week in December, some editors, reporters and producers agreed to leave their car at home and try a carless commute for a day into our downtown Phoenix newsroom, near Second and Van Buren streets.

Guinness World Records have a very detailed definition, minimum of 18,000 miles, 2 antipodal points, and no significant East/West backtracking …

Jeff, you’d think that FiveTen would have spent a bit more time on the design before releasing something like this. Heavy, can’t easily unclip, and can’t take cleats off – all for $150. What a (BAD) deal!

The SPD mechanism is the same as you’ll find on many of Shimano’s other pedals, with a good range of tension adjustment and enough float for most knees. The cage is nice and grippy and performs well in the wet as well as the dry.