Does anyone know the state of the art when it comes road-style and MTB-style pedals? Are there independent scientific studies which quantify differences in pedaling efficiency? The best I could find was this video on the Bike Fit Advisor channel that discusses some potential advantages (e. g. greate…

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Yes, I’ll be interested to hear about this. I use MTB pedals [clipping in on hills!], but I also have carbon-soled shoes [Specialized].

Not really “science” but GCN has the only thing I have seen on the topic (without a specific search). [Clipless Pedals Vs Flat Pedals - Which Is Faster? | GCN Does Science]

Given the stiffness of the shoe sole, I can’t see how one type of clip could be so different to another. I suspect marketing more than science here. I’m pretty confident that if there was any science supporting road shoes being better than MTB, a roadshoe manufacturer would be beating its chest abou…

There is no difference…at least not performance-wise. There might be some weight advantage…I think GCN weighed some pedal/cleat combos. It’s probably hard to beat an eggbeater/cleat combo for weight, though. If there were a performance advantage 3-bolt cleat vs 2-bolt cleat, the bike industry wou…

Sadly I don’t have scientific studies to back me up, but especially with eggbeater mountain bike pedals, you will feel a huge difference when making the switch to road pedals. For one, eggbeaters have a tremendous amount of very light float. Road pedals on the other hand are more rigid and “locked…

Thinking as a scientist/physicist would, in order to measure the efficiency difference you would need to build robotic legs that model the human an anatomy able to deliver the power in each of the sectors of the robotic leg matching the contribution of each portion of the lower leg, ankle and foot a…

As someone who used MTB pedals on the road for many years and recently just went back to road pedals and shoes, the only time I notice a difference is during really hard sprint type efforts in the 5-60s range. For endurance efforts, I think the efficiency difference is the same and there is no parti…

@Bryce Thanks for the lengthy reply and your thoughts. [image] Bryce: For one, eggbeaters have a tremendoes amount of very light float. I really like having a copious amount of float in my pedals. I had Shimano MTB clipless pedals before that, which are much tighter in that regard. If I wer…

[image] bobmac: From a practical standpoint, as a roadie, over the years I have gone from Look Delta -> Look KEOs -> Shimano SPD-SLs (i.e. wider and wider platforms) and have noticed the difference in ability to deliver more power (or the same power with less fatigue). Out of curiosity, what …

[quote=“OreoCookie, post:10, topic:10843”] Very good questions . . . [image] OreoCookie: Out of curiosity, what kind of fatigue have you experienced? Foot fatigue. Going from Deltas to KEOs I felt a big difference. The transition from KEOs to Shimano SPD-SLs was less dramatic, but I stil…

Scientific studies on pedaling efficiency comparing road-style and MTB-style pedals

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Not really “science” but GCN has the only thing I have seen on the topic (without a specific search).

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