Barefoot bike pedals

Yeah. Ergon is a high-ish end component company, focused on ergonomics (hence the name, i guess). I use their grips to ease a wrist problem I've dealt with forEVER. REI usually has Ergon stuff. You may find them there if you have one nearby.

Product page:
http://www.ergon-bike.com/us/en/product/pc2

I do, so I will. Thanks!

Thanks Tim! I'm gonna have to check out REI now. My wife hates it when I go there, I always buy more than planned!

Well I went ahead and ordered those Ergons. We'll see how they go. Plan on ordering a road bike soon and willneed some pedals anyhow. I never even heard of clip or clipless or whatever until a couple years ago. I've always just had bikes with plain pedals. My last mountain bike came with straps over the pedals, but I could never get used to them and most my sneakers wouldnt fit in them right so I took them off. I suppose if I were biking long distances or races I'd like more efficiency but going out for a few miles on the road with my mountain bike efficiency isnt a big concern.

It was said above how there is no advantage to barefoot on a bike. I agree, shoes are tools, and you can drive a nail in better with a hammer than with your bare hand. Only reason I am going bare on the bike is so I can stash it at the end of a long run to bike back. I did that just recently, and carried my huraches with me for the bike. Just one less thing to have to carry, though not that huge of a deal. These are for paved paths, like some of the local rail to trail converts. A true mountain bike trail I'll take at least minishoes.

Thought I'd post some pics. Can't give it much of a review yet only biked with them about 1/4 mile once just to see. But they felt great barefoot. I'll try to go on a long ride and make a review.

I've been restoring some of my older bikes this past month, so I ordered a few more pairs of Pyramid barefoot pedals. I also purchased a pair of Electra Barefoot Pedals as well as a pair of Avenirs slightly different from the Avenir barefoot pedals that I already had been riding on my travel bike.
I think I'll have to try a pair of the ones you posted above too, they are more costly but probably much higher quality.
Only 12 bikes ridable in the family stable right now, but one has four pedals and another has six!
I'll get there.

Hmm, I like my SPD pedals and shoes. I like the feeling of control and security that they give me. I haven’t done it for years but when I first got clip less pedals I could bunny hop the whole bike up onto a bus stop bench ride across and hop back down with ease. I could also hop the railroad tracks that were on the way to work. I once hit a pot hole that was in a shadow and although I lost grip of the hood with one hand and slipped off of the seat I was able to recover without hitting the pavement. Another time, before I had SPDs, I remember hitting a speed bump and getting one heck of a whack on my shinbone. Hmm, both times it was something that I didn’t see so maybe it was a vision problem on my part. But, I can still go up or off a curb without hurting the bike. Maybe nothing bad will ever happen barefoot on a bike but for me I like being locked into my pedals.



The shoes are tight, the seat is hard and I don’t like being in the drops now either.