{"id":1352,"date":"2016-06-18T23:08:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T23:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgc.co\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2016-06-18T23:08:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T23:08:40","slug":"top-five-reasons-why-you-use-clipless-pedals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2016\/06\/18\/top-five-reasons-why-you-use-clipless-pedals\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Reasons Why You Use Clipless Pedals"},"content":{"rendered":"
I put the\u00a0question to a mate of mine recently, why do you ride clipless, and he stared blankly at me for some time. I assured him it wasn’t a trick question. But of course it was. Why would I ask if I wasn’t already prepared to contradict his answer?<\/p>\n
There a loads of reasons for riding clipless and not all of them are complete rubbish\u00a0. Just most of them. Let’s run through a couple.<\/p>\n
Yeah maybe. Depends really, doesn’t it. On what pedal you’ve got. If you were to compare a commuter pedal like Shimano\u00a0PD-M545<\/a>\u00a0against a fairly standard commuter flatty like Fyxation Mesa<\/a> or the Nukeproof plastic jobbies<\/a> then the clipless pedal is several hundred grammes heavier<\/em>. If you compared it against a top end roadie pedal like the Dura Ace then you’re saving yourself a hundred grammes by going clipless.<\/p>\n