Funny, this is the exact opposite of my experience with clipless pedals. This year I returned to the sport after a long hiatus, and bought a set of clipless shoes, Look Keo pedals, and cleats with 10 degrees of float, iirc. Knee problems ensued. I attribute improvement to switching to the zero-float cleats. Of course, I also ride in clips and straps part of the time, and it could be the length of my hiatus and commensurate aging that caused the problem, so this isn't a perfect experiment, but anyway, zero-float cleats seem to work better for me .
Cheers, Randy Dugan Van Nuys, CA
From: Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Bata Biker Message-ID: <20060405142544.51398.qmail@web30611.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <8C826BFC78007C9-97C-334@mblk-r23.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: list Message: 12 > ...clipless pedals, particularly the > ones with lots of float, are heaven.
I repeat - you can get float with traditional pedals by
"massaging" the cleats. In fact, when clipless pedals first
became available, that was a situation about which some of my
friends complained. I.e. you could get a nice amount of float
with clips and cleats, but the Look pedals of that era (and
similar things) really locked your foot in place.
So I use Look pedals on my modern bikes for the sake of
convenience. But I have no problems using cleats on my older
bikes. But, as I mentioned, I've always modified the cleats a
bit.
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)