which road clipless pedal for occasional normal shoes?

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mimason
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by mimason

As mentioned if needed Shimano or Look even have a decent platform for short runs. A buddy did a whole 15k TT before on DA pedals in flipflops because he forgot his road shoes. LOL. Can be done.

lyrictenor1
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by lyrictenor1

I use SPD-SL with Pedaldabs (by Bikedabs). Similar to the Flypedals, but cheaper ($18 at my LBS) and doesn't require a set of cleats for use like the Flypedals.

Pedaldabs demo:
https://youtu.be/qGjMFb6Hfn8

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AndreLM
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by AndreLM

Keywin pedals have a large platform and I believe they would work fine with sneakers. Honestly I did that only for very short "garage" rides and they are probably better than the Look Keo's they replaced (never bothered comparing the "performance" on this situation)

BikeAnon
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by BikeAnon

lyrictenor1 wrote:I use SPD-SL with Pedaldabs (by Bikedabs)....
Thanks for the tip. That's pretty cool.

I'm going to grab a set for my Keos.

mike
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by mike

Old time equipes would work well.

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Lelandjt
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by Lelandjt

mimason wrote:As mentioned if needed Shimano or Look even have a decent platform for short runs. A buddy did a whole 15k TT before on DA pedals in flipflops because he forgot his road shoes. LOL. Can be done.

I did a 40mi road race in flip flops on old Looks for the same reason. Hung with the breakaway till the final sprint and earned the nickname Slippah Guy that I still hear around the island.

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