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What are the best pedals? Help decide the road.cc People's Choice

Tell us your favourite place to put your feet (votes for 'up' will not be counted)...
by John Stevenson
Wed, Oct 07, 2015 11:24
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What are your favourite pedals? Tell us in this week's People's Choice poll.

You've never had more options when it comes to attaching your feet to the bike, from the latest studded flat pedals to good old clips and straps to a big range of step-in/clipless systems. Everyone has their favourite system, depending on exactly what they're doing with them and personal taste in features like walkability, float and feel.

Here's your chance to tell us exactly which they are.


The original and best? (CC BY 2.0 r. nial bradshaw/Flickr)

Here's how it works:

  • Post a comment to nominate a product. Check it hasn't already been nominated. Add a link to the product wherever you can.
  • Like a comment to vote for that product. Remember to like your own comment if you're nominating something.
  • One comment per product. Any multiple comments will be deleted and their likes will not count towards a product's score. The first nomination will be the one that is counted.
  • One product per comment. Otherwise the voting doesn't make any sense.
  • Maximum 30 nominations per award. Once we hit 30 nominations we will close the nomination process.
  • All votes will be counted up until the closing date. Votes after this may appear but will not be counted.
  • We reserve the right to remove any comment at our sole discretion.
  • Closing date is 10am, Wednesday, October 14.

Over to you!

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John Stevenson

John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.

He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.

Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.

John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.

He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.

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Ahote | 9 years ago
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Look Keo blade.

I find them easier to get into than the shimano and they make a nice click. Oh, and I think they look pretty! 16

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Bez | 9 years ago
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I've used a couple of road systems over the years, and I've ended up on…

Time Atacs.

A good, stiff-soled shoe makes these as good as "proper" road pedals IME (hey, they've been plenty good enough for the Cinglé and some 300km rides) but you get benefits: clipping in is much easier, making those busy uphill T-junctions less daunting, and you can walk much more easily. I've always used them in the winter, but now I've got decent shoes I'm a convert for the summer as well.

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Felix28 | 9 years ago
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I go for Shimano M647 on my roadie. The contact area is far larger, they seem to run smoothly for eternity, the float is adequate and the range of tension is more than enough.

I can already hear the haters hating on the SPDs but I have a single pair of nice shoes to use SPD pedals on all my bikes. Needless to say, I don't have to walk like a penguin off the bike and open endless options like chasing after a spare wheel rolling down the hill

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leaway2 | 9 years ago
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Shimano M520 SPD's. Cheap, long lasting, small.

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therevokid | 9 years ago
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look keo max 2

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tehcrash | 9 years ago
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Shimano 5800 SPD-SL pedals - cheap and cheerful, and they work flawlessly for the past year or so I had them.

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PhillBrown | 9 years ago
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Surely the staple/start of everyones cycling career...

Shimano PD-R540 SPD

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Vegita8 replied to PhillBrown | 9 years ago
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PhillBrown wrote:

Surely the staple/start of everyones cycling career...

Shimano PD-R540 SPD

Have been using for 4 years without any kind of maintenance, they still work like a treat.

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Mr Cog replied to PhillBrown | 9 years ago
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PhillBrown wrote:

Surely the staple/start of everyones cycling career...

Shimano PD-R540 SPD

My thoughts exactly.

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stevie63 | 9 years ago
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Well let's start the ball rolling, I get on best with Time Xpresso. Although they are not the most durable they are the easiest I have found to get in and out of.

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