Pic is thread related. It's Velocio.
>>964960It's really proportional to your power, and whether you're ever going hard enough for your footing to get sloppy, but as a general rule, if you can feel it flex or squish, it's probably a bad choice.
You'll notice that all of anons recommendations for a shoe with flats like the hiking shoes, and the birkenstocks involve more stiffness than your average sneakers.
I've also seen pedals specifically designed for barefoot riding. If I were to try those minimalst shoes, I'd take a close look at those specifically. I don't know anyone who uses them for serious riding though.
Also relevant to your interests, but more offroad oriented than road.
http://www.bikepacking.com/gear/flat-pedals-for-touring-bikepacking/>>965004>The end effects would be pretty much same.Not really. Recessed SPDs have the advantage of having the soft parts below the interface, so you could have padding like a cross trainer without affecting pedaling efficiency. On flats, everything that's under the foot goes into the stroke.
This doesn't directly apply to OP because he's thinking about zero padding shoes. There's also the caveat that there are loads and loads of different shoe builds out there.
>>964972>Clipless pedals are like drop bars. They only have an advantage 10% of the time. 90% of the time, there's almost no advantage.Both ends of your analogy are wrong.
