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\u00a0I have ridden his bent and have used them for a few miles and they seemed to work pretty well. I found them at REI and Performance but the two other local bike shops that I went to did not have them.<\/p>\nWell, I just put them on tonight. It\u00a0was not all that easy to put them on especially since I was trying to use them with my existing pedal reflectors. As it turns out, I just had to sacrifice the reflectors (at least temporarily) for the pedal straps. The company says that you can order pedal reflectors specifically for these straps but I don’t know if I want to do that yet or not. The straps were a little expensive too ($25 at Performance).<\/p>\n
Anyway, I finally got the straps installed and they seem pretty nice. I can’t give a total endorsement until I’ve used them for a while. What I do like is that they are very easy to get out of<\/strong> and I have had problems getting out of my old pedal clips pretty often. I have fallen a few times just because I couldn’t get my foot out of the clip in time. I’ve never fallen while riding it’s usually when I am already stopped but still clipped in then just shift or loose my balance (more embarrassing than anything else really).<\/p>\n Besides for being able to get out of them a little easier, if you want them a little tighter (for more power on the upstroke) you can push your foot farther forward.<\/p>\n I think that these are going to work out pretty well. I’ll let you know if they don’t or if there is anything else significant to mention after I have used them for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If was a little overcast today and I put in a good 20 miles yesterday so I went to the local bike shops for pedal straps. Man, the bike shops were crowded today! It was still nice to get out … Continue reading