James = no bullsh$t, just knowledge and facts - never change.

@christoph1246

5 жыл бұрын

True, though Farnham is definitely in Surrey. Not Hampshire. 0:33

I strap cleats onto my hands so I can clip into the handlebars.

@blizzbee

3 жыл бұрын

And scream downhill at 80km/hr... Wooooooooooo

Really good bike fit video. I started with MTB pedals on a road bike and definitely a great place to start. I suspect that I will move to road pedals at some point for the extra stiffness. But I do endorse carbon fibre soles on MTB shoes. Did not know this when I started, but the upgrade was fantastic.

Great to see Bike Fit Tuesdays back! I had a fit with James last year after suffering from back pain and numb feet. My only regret was not doing it sooner - made my riding more fun, comfortable and I’ve been riding longer and more often. Fit is such an important thing and a poor fitting bike is the reason so many people give up this beautiful sport. Eyeing up a new bike for 2020, there’s only one guy I’ll be shopping with 👍🏻

Great video -packed with useful information. Looks nice this time of the year

Wow what a great video i use MTB pedals on my road bike and no issues here

@BradleyHansonPhotography

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise. The XT/XTR SPD MTB pedals are bulletproof and super easy to clip into without looking

Another brilliant vlog,you rule it Francis awesome!

Great video as per usual Francis.

Again, fantastic video! Love James' take on cycling. By the way, could you do a quick video of his new gravel bike? It looks so sweet! 👌🏻

Great vlog Francis and James, if only I was nearer to James’s shop, I need another bike fit!

Love these videos. Thank you Francis and James

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Stanley!

Always informative, thx 👍

Excellent questions Francis.

First of all, watching James I started to get serious about my bike fit. I owe you a beer ! I have a bad right knee (fractured meniscus) and a right ankle with semi-broken ligaments as history. I ride Candy 7 pedals on both road and CX bikes, and same sistem from Crank Brothers but on different pedals on the XC bike. What floats my boat is the super smooth decoupling. Sometimes my ankle gets pretty painful and I simply crashed standing still, unable to unclip from the Shimano SPD system. Never had I ridden clipless, I opted for a MTB system first, Shimano's, and after a few serious glorious unclipping accidents while standing still I moved to Crank Brothers, or the ``eggbeater system`` as James calls it. Float is 15-20 degrees, not a problem, the foot finds it's best position and I got a pretty good fit after reading and experimenting with cleat position. As I have a broad pelvis and inherently the feet are more apart than the average I also use pedal axle spacers. James will freak out as they are 20 mm wide each side. Experimented and found this was perfect as no more knee pain while pedaling hounts me. Please take into account that I made only one modification at the time and took the time to observe the results. Longest distance ridden in a day with just the normal discomfort of being in the saddle at 10 degress Celsius the warmest, was 242 km just 2 months ago. I love my Candy 7 pedals + carbon sole shoes. I am thinking about moving to road specific pedals and cleats, but I need a super easy to disengage system as the ankle can be silent while pedaling along, even at high power and hurt like hell at the slighest lateral movement when it has to overcome the unclipping forces. I do not feel the pedal through the sole of the shoes or any related discomfort with the ``eggbeater system`` as the Candy 7 pedals have a pretty adjustable lateral platform for height of the lateral contact point with the shoe. The Crank Brothers system may have its flaws, but for the moment it fits my needs quite well.

Perfect explanations from James, I'm using eggbeaters and Mountain bike shoes on the road. No worries 😘

@takeguard

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Clarke same, done over 15k on the current road bike and no regrets.

I’m pretty pleased with the Time iClic pedals I’m on right now. 100% agree about setting the cleats as far back as possible.

I can vouch for speedplays, they really helped my confidence in using clipless pedals for the first time, I love that you can adjust the float to your preference but like James said the cleat C-Clip does loosen quickly from new. Also worth mentioning they are a pain to maintain as you have to buy a specific grease gun and grease to refill the pedal body every couple of months. Apart from that I still love them, and you’ll beat every SPD user of the lights ;)

Interesting listening to James on pedal systems and pro and cons. Never really thought much about it before but it makes perfect sense as this is the point of attachment that has the lions share of the power applied to it and small adjustments or differences in position would have a substantial impact on how you ride. 👍🏻

I love a ton of float and an extremely secure pedal, so I run speedplay zero track specials with the float pins backed all the way out. I will agree that they do wear out faster than others, and that the cleats are expensive since they essentially "are the pedal" as far as where the actual engagement system is, but I have tried many others and love the good old lollipops.

I switched to Shimano SPD from Speedplay and with some Giro with carbon soles mountain bike shoes, maybe there is a little more float but since i'm not racing it 's perfect ! So much easy to walk and the cleat are more durable.

@matthewnuzzaco2849

5 жыл бұрын

I'm riding essentially the same SPD setup on my Open UP. Giro Empire VR70 shoes (carbon soles) + Look Carbon Ti pedals . I've done some pretty challenging gravel and fast road rides. Seems to work well in both situations.

The jump cuts of james 😂 makes him seem like a squirrel on a bike, love it

Another informative viedo. I agree with James about MTB pedals. I have them on my Gravel/Commuter bike. Its nice going from a street light and just being able to stomp my foot down and not have to worry about being in the right position as much. My road bike has Shimano pedals just because I like the power transfer feel of them. I notice with the MTB pedals trying to sprint or really push on them it feels a little loose. Maybe something youll take about in the next video! Im not sure if you can adjust float on MTB pedals.

Bike fit James on form. That hint about cheap Shimano pedals is magic. Here’s a question, are there some people who can’t wear cleats, either due to previous injury, biomechanics or anatomy, and have to stay with flat pedals?

I started on the road bikes with the Look Keo pedal system. I have since swapped to speedplay pedals because I love the dual sided entry.

Great video very informative as a 61 year old guy tried look pedals few years ago could not clip in lol so use shimano mtb pd m530 any chance you could recommend a upgrade on this pedal? Keep up the great videos

I can always learn something from James👍

Shimano spd mtb- love them!

Thanks Francis to bring the Spartacus back again on bike even for short time.. Love his explaining. I wish I can find cure to my left feet metatarsalgia it start killing me just after 10mil ride ! :(

Totally pedal unrelated. Love that Hamilton watch! I'm always excited to see someone else wearing one similar to my Khaki King!

HELLO I AM JAPANESE CYCLIST. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

love you

No way! I just purchased those same shoes James has on! Lol that's awesome!

Just changed to look from Shimano, Garmin Vector power meter, much more float than my Shimano pedals, but no issues with the release side, Now that I can see where I'm standing on my pedals can you suggest how to sort my 'platform offset' or does it not really matter?, is it affected by the float as some rides it seems to be be better on one side than the other. Suddenly exposed myself to lots of new data, which I'm trying not to obsess over, from a fit perspective, is there anything I should be paying attention too? Great videos as ever, if I'm ever in London I'll visit the shop, think I was there before you too over.

damn it James i use 540's, i'll order 550's now, lol, great video Francis, the knowledge of James is amazing, just incredible at his job, great advice as always and well appreciated. thank you sir!

You can get wedges on mtb SPDs, I've used in past and still have some (very!!) worn ones

My preferred pedals are Speedplay Frogs. Before that, I liked Bebops. I'm always on the look out for the next discontinued pedal system that I can fall in love with. I have Speedplay road pedals which I like, but my road shoes fell apart and I haven't given enough of a crap to buy new ones. In size 49, finding MTB shoes that fit is much easier.

Ayyyy! I myself am pretty glad that i used regular SPD for a year or so before SPD-SL. The amount of times i nearly ate shit at lights, etc. unclipping would have tripled. Moved to SL after a few hairy moments popping out of pedals in traffic and still took me a bit to get used to the stronger retention of the road pedals. - i'd still like to try going back to regular SPD with a better shoe/pedal though. was on some cheap ritcheys with plastic sole shoes.

I'm still with my first pair of Look Keo Easy for three years since i started the road biking. I'm very used to it and no experience with anything else. I feel it is very friendly.

I personally love the xt mtb pedals on my roadbike! But with extra length!

So right about the Speedplays, loose tension i no time and get “slippy”

Ah gutted yous cut it off but a nice teaser talking about float! I was really into it haha. James is great. FTR a couple of years ago when my mum got into road cycling I recommended she get SPDs (mountainbike cleats as James referred to them) because the shoes are far more versatile for walking about during coffee stops for example...or even just doing a bit of wandering about...which she likes to do! She's happy with them. I ride grey Looks with Favero Assioma power pedals (had to change from yellow shimanos on 105 pedals previously). No issues so far but I'm a big brick sh!thouse so getting my feet out of any cleat is easy so no difference on that point. Never had a bike fit. One day I'm gonna make a pilgrimage from Glasgow to bike fit James :-)

1:24 how on earth do you get almost perfect helmet hair, I'm using scott arx helmet and after 3 hours of riding I have 5 rows of spikes in my hair

Pedals are great but that Hamilton time piece...nothing but class!

@Snicker60515

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sooooo glad someone else mentioned the Hamilton!

Thanks. For road MTB, do you go with Shimano XTR, A600, Look X Track or Time Cyclo 10?

"Bikefit tuesday is back to stay" is the best sentence I've heard today

learned on LOOK pedals, and remained with them. I've ditched the "grip" cleats for red ones, since the grip ones wear out fast and squeak. the easy disengagement of these pedals is ideal for NYC

I personally think whatever suits yourself, I don't race so why not have ease and comfort, on my Ti bike I've nukeproof horizon pedals, my winter bike also has the Nukeproof that I'll swap with Shimano 550's depending on where I'm going, but I think the most important is shoe make, I have Lake rd and Giro mtb with the Lake being the best since sliced bread, not overpriced too, great to see bft back on the menu on Tuesday 🚴‍♂️👍

SPD for me. One simple reason, I like to walk around from time to time. Believe me it’s easier than what I left, the old toe clips and straps.

@webbo73

5 жыл бұрын

same here

Hey Mr Cavendish lookalike. Great pro advice👍🏻 I've used Time for years and the worse ones were the RXS thin skeletons. Damned rubbish. Latest Xpress 15 carbon/ti have been great, So far!

Bike fit Tuesday on a Tuesday!? What???....😂 recently got a fit done with Garry Kirk (Paisley-Scotland) and wish I’d done it years ago. His principles are very similar to James’ with lots of emphasis on foot/cleat correction. Absolutely invaluable! these vlogs are too and would recommend everyone to get one done👍🚴‍♂️

@bikefitjames

5 жыл бұрын

T M nice one - Gary’s a mate of mine, great guy and superb attention to detail

Really good BFT. Wasn't part of the issue with mtb pedals on road bikes in the past due to the extra flexibility in the old mtb shoes? No longer such an issue as shoe technology has moved on. ps - I use Look pedals on my bikes and am a bit of a 'lightweight' :-) - James spot-on with his assessment of pedal - rider match up - haha.

I agree with Chris i went look then back to shimano but shimamo are harder to cluvk out off. Look cleats wear fast and are expensive. My favourite pedal is time got them on the backup bike but again cleats are expensive. Mtb pedals are ok on road I've used them for touring but you want a goid stiff shoe.

I use a mountain bike SPD system on my road bike as I have three bikes and don't want to have to buy three pairs of shoes at £150 a time... And they work well..

Listening to James is so interesting, would love to meet the guy and have a fit from him 👍🏻

SPD system user on all bikes, for life! Literally zero learning curve when I began using it on the MTB, and made complete logical sense to use the same for my at-the-time upcoming road bike purchase. Does James have thoughts on the new generation Look MTB pedals, which actually employ an SPD-type engagement, and are completely compatible with SPD cleats?

Legs same length, but my knees are slightly different in placement. I've found that having the right cleat different from the left improved the smoothness of my cadence. Should I be trying to have both cleats at the same positioning on my shoes?

I ride a mountain bike pedal with my road bike and have since I stopped racing in 1993 solely because I wanted a walkable shoe. I use XTR pedals which are very durable. The cleats will wear to the point where you can pull out of the pedal! A new set of cleats is about $20 and may need to be replaced once a year. Shoes range from less than $100 to $500 for carbon sole Sidi’s

Hi, going from spd-sl to speedplay with 53mm axle, anything to watch out for?

Lake carbon shoes and Crank Brothers Candy 11s, light with lots of float, I like float.

My man James! About time you came to a mountain bike shoe with an SPD cleat! Now you can walk and not like an injured duck!

I have Candy 11's on the carbon and 7's on the steel, having no subtalar joint on the right and a nonfunctional one on the left I need a flat sole to be able to walk around

Super interesting!

IMHO the distinction Shimano/Look should be explained a bit further. I've used Shimano, then Look. If you refer to the most basic (and most sold) Look Keo, the comparison is fair. The cheap Look Keo (plastic with a spring basically), release is adjustable and easier than Shimano. A bit too easy for me. And you always get some rattle unless you're using the black Look cleats. But if you change (as I did) to the (unfortunately more expensive) Look Blade (or Keo Blade), Carbon body with fixed tension marked not by a spring but a carbon flexible plate), your union to the pedal is really strong (I use the softest carbon plate tension and at the beginning releasing the cleat took its effort) and solid. As I said, just my opinion.Today I love Look Blade pedals (but could use without any problem a good Shimano one). Cheers.

James, we see eye-to-eye on pedals. I could never unclip from Shimano SPD SL's, Speedplay had too much float, wore out, too precious in terms of maintenance, Look style gets it done for me on the road bike, Shimano SPD for commuting. Now that its possible to get more road style stiff carbon soled shoes for SPD, that opens up a lot of options for most people. I know a couple of folks who enjoy TIME but complain about cleats that wear out very quickly. Thanks!

@glennoc8585

5 жыл бұрын

I've got Time speed 12 on my backup bike but the clesrs wear fast. The cheaper Time models have much better cleats.

Great advice 😎👍🇦🇺

In 25 years I’ve tried every type of pedal system. The most comfortable I have found is Keywin. Very unique engagement with loads of adjustability. Just a shame they’re an absolute nightmare to get a hold of. For me Look feels sloppy as does Speedplay. Time Xpresso feels good as the float centres itself judt a shame the quality is crap. I favour Spd-SL as the interface feels solid. Feels like all your power is directed through the pedals. Probably more psycological.

I quite enjoy my Speedplay on my Roadie and Time X9 MTB pedals :)

Bike fit tuesdays.....yessssss......oh and SPD-R

Ok if you are doing mountain bike Shimano system for your road bike I'm going to go for that too.

After a long long time, Bike fit Tuesdays were actually on a Tuesday

Cool vid, been thinking of swapping to Speedplay for the dual-sided clipping in and out. Now I'm in two minds - ride Shimano PDR550 Road Pedal. Is there any benefit (other than gramms for watts) in changing to a more premium pedal?

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Between ultegra/Dura ace, just weight really

Bike fit Tuesdays are the nuts 👌🏼👏🏼

I ride the MTB clip system 3 reasons Easy to walk on and dont destroy my wooden floor at home Also most spinning bike I had train they use that system

Big pain I found was using power pedals (TT & Road bike) so was forced down the look route with no shimano clear compatibility at the moment

Question for James, have you had any experience with solstar insoles?

What is the performance difference of using SPD vs SPD-SL? Are there any controlled tests out there?

Bike-fit James is right on the money about Speedplay pedals, as they are quite a fragile system and wear out easily, especially if you position the cleat towards the medial side of the foot to increase q-factor/stance width.. I use their longest 65mm axles, but run the cleats dead centre, and find my pedals and cleats last for much longer..I also use a thicker Steve Hogg fore-aft adapter plate to address a leg length discrepancy.. So I'm stuck with Speedplay, until one of the major pedal manufacturers come up with a cheaper alternative..As the worldwide patent on Speedplay Zero's recently ran out, I spotted Axis(made in China) replica lollypop pedals on ebay... at $50 a pair with titanium axles in multiple widths.. Up until quite recently, Richard Byrne (Speedplay company founder) had been suing anyone who dared make accessories for his system.. Bradley Wiggins and Jens Voigt used Speedplay pedals with longer axles...

Thoughtful guy. Really knows his stuff. Couldnt agree with him.more. as i just switch from ultegra to xtr pedals xD. Just hate the triangle cleats. I can never seems to put them identical L and Right

Excuse me, could I know what lens you take in this video? Is the same one during the ride and interview? awesome video:))

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah same one, tamron 28-75mm 2.8!

@mikewei2tri108

5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate so much!! Master

I ride Shimano SPD-SL's, and have always used the yellow cleats. I always know it's time to replace them when the float gets too much and I pop out too easily. I've been tempted to switch to the blue cleats with less float. What's James' take on the yellow/blue/red cleats for Shimano? I don't have any discomfort with the yellow, but wasn't sure if going to the blue would help or hurt.

@sethfrankel3542

5 жыл бұрын

I too have never had issues with yellow. However, having tried blue a while back I found the lesser degree of float to be more sure footed and “dialed in” feeling. Plus, over a bit of time it surely feels that there’s more than the two degrees anyway. However, I’ve never suffered chronic joint pain, which is really individual...and no KZread vid is going to address you as unique person. It’s certainly not terribly pricey to try.

@glennoc8585

5 жыл бұрын

If you sprint out of the saddle blue are better but surprisingly a lot if pros use yellow.

@PhilB303

5 жыл бұрын

@@glennoc8585 most of the pro sprinters on shimano are on blue or red (not that that means a thing really!. if you like a bit of float,but not the yellow level try the lifeline red pedals, they are 4.5 degrees of float. they are cheap but pretty decent.

@glennoc8585

5 жыл бұрын

Philbcycling will do thanks

Never considered the fact of all the tech in a cleat. Appreciate the education!

OMG, had no idea you live in Walton! i've riden some of those places!:D

I use Mountain bike cleats on the road simply because they work for me, do you think that the road cleats are better I? am looking at maybe changing next month

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Not better, just different. Stiff carbon sole is definitely better than plastic though

What lake mtb shoes is james using here?

Should the central position of the float be position in such away that it is slightly more externally or internally rotated, due to maybe the foot/shoe moving slightly e.g. whilst climbing or sprinting. This is when the float it correctly positioned in the first place for the individual. Basically should we ever so slightly rotate it more one way than the other or not at all.

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on the individual I'm sure. When I pedal my heels are both "in" and I pedal at the limit of my float towards the chainset. Or if I ride fixed cleats with no float, I twist them accordingly (so I'm not quite rubbing the crank but close).

Getting pain on the posterior lateral side of my left knee. Not sure if my leg is rotating/compensating but I'm pretty sure the rest of my fit is ok. I've taken my saddle height with inseam measurement and never get hand, arm or upper back pain. 6'2" 160lb riding trek checkpoint 56cm please help bois!

There’s a good MTB spot about 30 min down the canal from Woking. A good few hours of trail riding, and it’s not Swinley forest 😉

is the shimano rs500 pedals any good?

Love bike fit Tuesdays. And James drinking coke is he on the wagon.👍🚴‍♂️

yes please more please

James needs a QA series!

What about the newly acquired SpeedPlay version by Wahoo?

Leg length discrepancy - try cranks of different length. Edvald Boasson-Hagen rides this way.

Great bike for the money

HI, can you do a bike fit Tuesday on saddle setback one time, if you haven't already?

Yeah James, Wearing NYs Search and State Jersey! Import item for you guys...

Must admit I started with a mtb therefore mtb shoes and peddles and I didn’t want a second pair of shoes so I put a pair of mtb peddle for my road bike. Having had a knee replacement both legs are the same length may have been different before. Didnt know you can add spacers to road shoes. I’m no athlete so for me it’s more about function than fashion. I’ll stick to my mtb shoes and pedals on my road bike they allow me to walk into a coffee shop like a normal person lol

What’s James’ views on SPDs with the extra 4mm adjustable Q factor axels?

@bikefitjames

5 жыл бұрын

Conor Gallagher can you get em?

What's James' perspective on (CONTROVERSIAL) flat pedals on road bikes? I don't need to list all the usual pros and cons, but particularly in the context of commuting in and out of London (or any other city that has traffic lights every 20m) on a daily basis, and the comfort of being able to move around on your pedals, I've been riding HT ME03 pedals which are super light, stiff and offer amazing grip paired with the right shoes. It really does the job, for me, but the amount of roadie-snobbery I'm enduring is ridiculous. Curious to your take(s)!

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

I'll pass this comment on, but I reckon they're fine for short rides!

Harley had a hard on for mountain bike pedals since time began!!!

Speedplay all the way. Double sided. More cornering clearance. Fully adjustable. Always fastest to clip in off the lights. Also comes in light action for wife and kids ✅