preferred-google-button
log in
register

MTB Clipless Pedals on a Road Bike?

  • Creator
    Topic
  • July 26, 2011 at 6:25 am #13944
    Barneyballbags

    Hi all,

    I’m currently building up my first road bike. I’m coming over from around 20 years of mountain biking, and I want to run mtb clipless pedals – more specifically Crank Bros Eggbeaters or Candys – with my current mtb shoes.

    My question is, can I simply buy some MTB Eggbeaters/Candys and fit them straight to the road bike, or do road bike cranks take a specific thread size (as BMX cranks do).

    Thanks

  • Creator
    Topic
Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 26 total)
1 2
  • Author
    Replies
  • January 8, 2018 at 2:28 pm #650839
    0
    alansmurphy

    Thelma Viaduct wrote:

    Thelma Viaduct wrote:
    There’s plenty of vids where flats vs road spd are no different power wise, so can’t see mtb spd being any different either. Roadies are all about style, not substance. Look at how they resist real tangible benefits such as disc brakes, tubeless tyres, wider tyres, thru-axles, tyre clearance, 1 X, saddle bags etc They’re more worried about how they look in their spandex.

     

    Alternatively:

     

    Read all about it, read all about it, different people have different needs!

    January 8, 2018 at 2:16 pm #650837
    0
    Thelma Viaduct

    There’s plenty of vids where
    There’s plenty of vids where flats vs road spd are no different power wise, so can’t see mtb spd being any different either. Roadies are all about style, not substance. Look at how they resist real tangible benefits such as disc brakes, tubeless tyres, wider tyres, thru-axles, tyre clearance, 1 X, saddle bags etc They’re more worried about how they look in their spandex.

    July 28, 2011 at 12:32 pm #650835
    0
    ralphred1965

    My Road bike and MTB have
    My Road bike and MTB have identical white Shimano M520’s. The road bike came with some sort of look clones. I found them hard to get into and harder to get out of no matter how much fiddling I did. Because of these atrocities, the road bike came close to being sold. I replaced them and the road bike has now clocked up 700 miles since end of January. As things stand I wouldn’t swap back to road clipless pedals for all the sex goddesses in Hollywood!

    July 28, 2011 at 11:53 am #650833
    0
    Barneyballbags

    abudhabichris wrote:Speaking

    abudhabichris wrote:
    Speaking on behalf of fashion-conscious roadies, we will respect your right to hold it if you’ll respect our right to set you on fire for being a god-forsaken heretic. ;)

    Deal 😉

    You’ll have to catch me first mind 🙂

    July 28, 2011 at 9:56 am #650831
    0
    KirinChris

    Barneyballbags wrote:Trust

    Barneyballbags wrote:
    Trust me, the way they look are the least of my concerns! If I cared about looks over functionality then I wouldn’t have bought a road bike! IMO a nice MTB hardtail is a much nicer looking machine (waits for abuse so I can reiterate that it’s my opinion!)

    Of course everyone is entitled to have their opinion respected.

    Speaking on behalf of fashion-conscious roadies, we will respect your right to hold it if you’ll respect our right to set you on fire for being a god-forsaken heretic. 😉

    July 28, 2011 at 9:55 am #650829
    0
    Cooks

    I ride MTB clipless, as I
    I ride MTB clipless, as I have a plastic platform on the other side of the pedal making for an easy commute.

    I bought a pair of candy c’s and used them once, for about 30 miles. Hated them, too much float for me. If you want them, give me a message.

    July 28, 2011 at 8:45 am #650827
    0
    Barneyballbags

    Trust me, the way they look
    Trust me, the way they look are the least of my concerns! If I cared about looks over functionality then I wouldn’t have bought a road bike! IMO a nice MTB hardtail is a much nicer looking machine (waits for abuse so I can reiterate that it’s my opinion!)

    July 28, 2011 at 6:50 am #650825
    0
    Aminthule

    Surely functionality is the
    Surely functionality is the main consideration. Are they comfortable and do they work for you? Whilst I like the feel of SPD-R road pedals I don’t find them practical for every day riding, Audax rides or touring, I find SpDs much more practical so now have them on all of my bikes. If YOU don’t like the look of them then that too may be a consideration, but do not be swayed by bike fashion or the bike fashion police!

    July 27, 2011 at 11:37 am #650823
    0
    iammrc

    Use what you’re comfortable
    Use what you’re comfortable with is my advice.

    I have SPDs on both my MTB and my Road Bike so I only need one pair of shoes which are Mavic Razor MTB shoes, I find the raised grips of the soles are preferable to road shoes when needing to walk short distances.

    Please don’t shout me down for having an opinion.

    July 27, 2011 at 10:49 am #650821
    0
    SPAM Naval

    i use road pedals (look Keo)
    i use road pedals (look Keo) on my commute/winter bike and summer bike. I’ve used SPDs in the past on my road bike and must admit to preferring the road pedals (platform, asthetics (the pedals and the shoes).It also helps the whole clipping in process when you;re doing it day in day out…rather than looking like an arse at the traffic lights sometimes trying to clip in to the wrong side of the pedal when you’re only doing it at the weekends

    July 27, 2011 at 8:04 am #650819
    0
    KirinChris

    stumps wrote:When your riding

    stumps wrote:
    When your riding your bike who takes notice of what style of pedal you have ? or better still who the hell can tell when you whizz past them – some “spotter” will no doubt reply.

    You will know it inside… like Raskolnikov, on a bike.

    I absolutely agree everyone should do whatever works for them.

    I’m just saying that, like it or not, for a lot of people the aesthetics are quite important, or at least one of the things they enjoy about cycling.

    Why do people shave their legs – it’s aesthetics pure and simple. Not the aesthetics of their legs, but the aesthetics that say “I’m in the same club/tribe as you.” . To dismiss that is to dismiss a sizeable chunk of cycling culture.

    And IF that side of the culture is important to you then you are scoring an own goal by using SPDs. If it isn’t then you will probably neither know, nor care.

    July 26, 2011 at 8:18 pm #650817
    0
    Stumps

    When your riding your bike
    When your riding your bike who takes notice of what style of pedal you have ? or better still who the hell can tell when you whizz past them – some “spotter” will no doubt reply.

    I prefer SPD’s on my road bike (Felt f5) dont know why, just do.

    July 26, 2011 at 7:17 pm #650815
    0
    Barneyballbags

    I’ve done plenty of 100k
    I’ve done plenty of 100k enduros on my MTB and I can’t imagine that I’d be riding much further on my road bike. A set of Candy SLs worked just fine on my MTB, so (now that I know they’ll fit) there will be a set of eggbeaters or candys going on the new tarmac basher. 😉

    July 26, 2011 at 6:08 pm #650813
    0
    giff77

    It’s up to you and whatever
    It’s up to you and whatever you are comfortable with! I tend to use spuds for commuting, with them being double sided and quicker to clip into at lights etc. Though I do switch to platforms when the weather gets nasty like last winter. My road bike has road pedals and I find that the bigger platform allows for better efficiency IMHO 😉 It does mean two pairs of shoes though, but hey you can never have too much bling can you? B-)

    Loved the THW comment though 😀

    July 26, 2011 at 4:11 pm #650811
    0
    Mr Baldyhead

    Use whatever suits you. I
    Use whatever suits you. I wouldn’t worry about what looks right. I use spd’s mainly because I used to do a lot of mountain biking. I tried road pedals when I got my road bike but didn’t like only being able to clip in one side.

    I’ve never had a problem with platform size, I have done loads of 100mile plus sportives and I have some pretty big climbs on my rides and never had any problems. Take time to setup your bike properly though and you should be fine.

    The tryhard comment was funny.

  • Author
    Replies
Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 26 total)
1 2
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.