Clipless pedal adapters

[rlb]

Has anyone tried these, or anything similar? I'm looking to make life easier when taking my daughter around the neighborhood, to the park, etc., this platform with a cleat on the bottom looks like a neat idea.

https://www.flypedals.com/

Bonus if anyone has them locally, @jdog or @jimvreeland?

 

[Karate Monkey]

Screw a cleat into a piece of skateboard deck. If you have a skate shop around you, they'll probably throw you a broken deck for free.

 

[mattybfat]

Throw away said clipless pedals
Buy 5/10s and sweet flat pedals
Problem solved

 

[rlb]

Screw a cleat into a piece of skateboard deck. If you have a skate shop around you, they'll probably throw you a broken deck for free.

Is a deck thick enough? Not sure you could get enough threads to bite for a solid connection.

 

[rlb]

Throw away said clipless pedals
Buy 5/10s and sweet flat pedals
Problem solved

I'm not riding the road on flats!

 

[mattybfat]

I'm not riding the road on flats!

Ha ha me niether

 

[jdog]

Screw a cleat into a piece of skateboard deck. If you have a skate shop around you, they'll probably throw you a broken deck for free.

This is pretty solid idea. I've also see people just clip a bare, spd-sl cleat into the pedal and just stand on that.

 

[Karate Monkey]

Is a deck thick enough? Not sure you could get enough threads to bite for a solid connection.

Yes. Buy M5 T-nuts if you think you don't trust it. Otherwise, drill the holes slightly small, and just run the cleat screws in.

 

[cfrone1]

I'm not riding the road on flats!

What pedals are you using that you are looking to add the adapter to? (SPD, SPD-SL, Speedplay...?)

 

[rlb]

What pedals are you using that you are looking to add the adapter to? (SPD, SPD-SL, Speedplay...?)

SPD-SL, and maybe SPDs too at some point

 

[moose35]

Look at shimano sm-pd22

 

[Magic]

I have earlier Flypedals when they were on KickStarter. Never used in box.

 

[jmanic]

So yeah, big brother is watching-
This popped up in my FB feed:
https://flypedals.com/?fbclid=IwAR3XgzFoAqH4C1Klac22GnhJqlYQeJ_YCNxSiftlaluVkvg3ESN6dx5eFjw

For SPDs (not L’s), I got these bad boys for my wife’s bike, so she can chose the socially appropriate footwear for the occasion.

Shimano issue, maybe $15?

 

[GSTim]

Crank Brothers pedals used to come with a plastic version of these with every set. I still use these all the time for JRA the neighborhood.

 

[rlb]

So yeah, big brother is watching-
This popped up in my FB feed:
https://flypedals.com/?fbclid=IwAR3XgzFoAqH4C1Klac22GnhJqlYQeJ_YCNxSiftlaluVkvg3ESN6dx5eFjw

For SPDs (not L’s), I got these bad boys for my wife’s bike, so she can chose the socially appropriate footwear for the occasion.

Shimano issue, maybe $15?

That's sketchy (FB thing)

Are the adapters decent?

 

[jmanic]

Are the adapters decent?

Absolutely fine.
Zero concerns recommending, just spd (not L) specific.