Pedal Styles
- Platform Bike Pedals are the ones that you may find the most familiar. These pedals are visually flat and can be used with virtually any footwear. You’ll find these pedals on bikes for people of all ages
2. Clipless Bike Pedals are actually clip-in bike pedals. If that sentence didn’t make sense to you, it’s because the description “clipless” is misleading. Toe clips were used prior to clipless bike pedals to improve the efficiency of riders’ pedalling. The “clipless” bike pedals emerged as a replacement for toe clips, so they are called “clipless” pedals. Really, they are “toe-clipless” bike pedals.
Clipless bike pedals are a system. There are two parts to the system: the cleat and then the actual pedal.
It works in the following way: a cleat is mounted to the rider’s shoe and then snapped/clipped into clips on the pedal. This system increases the control that a rider has while biking on all types of terrain.
Clipless pedals are perfect for bikers who do stunts like hopping on and off curbs, speed racing, or ride on rough terrain. Also, if you do a lot of bike riding, you may benefit from using clipless bike pedals.
These pedals provide a more secure fit than other bike pedals. This means that you’ll be more comfortable riding over long distances with clipless pedals than you would be with platform pedals.
