Not the same thing, as the pedals aren't dropped relative to the axle, but this makes me a big nostalgic for the days when folks experimented with stuff like this - just because.
Years ago I knew a couple of riders who experimented with Shimano's one-sided SPD pedals for mountain bike use. They're weighted so that the clip-in mechanism is 'always' upwards and the idea was they'd glide over rocks better and drop some grams.
I think it's fair to say it was a failure as the pedals quickly found their way onto commuter rigs (it turns out that for quick click-ins on the Shore, the clipless interface wasn't always where you wanted it).
Jan. 4, 2023, 7:09 a.m. - Andrew Major
Not the same thing, as the pedals aren't dropped relative to the axle, but this makes me a big nostalgic for the days when folks experimented with stuff like this - just because. Years ago I knew a couple of riders who experimented with Shimano's one-sided SPD pedals for mountain bike use. They're weighted so that the clip-in mechanism is 'always' upwards and the idea was they'd glide over rocks better and drop some grams. I think it's fair to say it was a failure as the pedals quickly found their way onto commuter rigs (it turns out that for quick click-ins on the Shore, the clipless interface wasn't always where you wanted it). 