Re: New wide platform spd pedals

On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:42:04 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:38:36 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
wrote:
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

 
I rode with the new wide platform, single sided SPD pedals yesterday.
The metatarsalgia was no better than with the old pedals. I didn't
really believe it would be better, but I thought, perhaps, if I was
very careful, I could flip them over and ride without being SPD'd to
the pedal. I gave that a try and it wasn't long before my foot slipped
off the pedal and I acquired a nice bruise on my calf. It was lucky
that it happened as I was slowing down for a highway crossing, or it
would have been worse. I definitely won't be trying that again.
 

I did think that would be lucky to work! My Five Tens (very sticky flat
shoes) and DMR pedals which I do need to lift off a pedal to reposition ie
will not just slide.
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Even those I suspect wouldn’t work well, and such pedals or rather the pins
do make a mess if they do connect!
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Incorrect eating the day before a ride also contributed to my having a
not so great ride experience. I'd grilled some chicken breasts the day
before and they were very good. I ate too much, skipping over the
vegetables and potatoes. Morning of ride, I had my usual oatmeal, but
it wasn't enough for the ride. I didn't start feeling energetic until
I was on my third bottle of Gatorade and had stopped to consume a
Cliff bar. By then, my feet were begriming to hurt.
 

Have you experimented with higher cadences, I think you said you were a
masher? Which does put extra load though the feet, vs spinning.
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Roger Merriman
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Stranely enough, since I have stopped seeking higher speeds, my
cadence has speeded up a bit, but alas, my legs do not acommodate high
cadence for very long. I've gone from the low sixties to the low
seventies

I should mention that my maximum cadences have always been fairly
high. That's been running around 100 BPM for the last 15 years, but
lately, has climbed to over 120. It's only for a very short time,
perhaps 15 or twenty seconds, and always requires a bit of coasting
afterwards.