Anyone try this with their Speedplays?

[Buzz]

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/Anybody_see_this_P1753493/

[swoop]

mud clearance in case of dismounting and having to run a in the muck and then not being able to click back in. its not a weight savings thing.
i think the lightest bike on the day was 16.5 lbs.

[Acotts]

It would have been 16.52 if we kept the plastic bits.

Just sayin'

[Kevan]

http://www.caloriesmadesimple.com/Coombe/

[Big Daddy]

no need for everyday use.

[inGobwetrust]

That may be but they look uber cool!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/tech/probikes/ogrady_csc_cervelopr08/Stuart_OGradys_CSC_Cervelo_R3_PR_pedals.jpg

[Redturbo]

I would hate to have some dude run over me in a race pile up with those things.

[Buzz]

I agree. They look neat.

My question is: does the plastic round bit have a functional role?

[93legendti]

hot spots

[Big Daddy]

hot spots

Pedals do not cause hot spots. mis-fitted shoes and insoles cause hot spots.

oh, and my podium girls...they cause hot spots

[victoryfactory]

I agree with Big Daddy;

The Speedplay "cleat" is isolated from the shoe and dropping
the plastic shouldn't change the pressure on your foot too much. I think
the plastic does help with centering the pedal while clipping in, though.
I'd love to try that setup.

VF

[92degrees]

at that point is there a reason not to use eggbeaters?

[Acotts]

at that point is there a reason not to use eggbeaters?

Becuase egg beater look like eggbeaters while those look like the logo for West Coast Choppers.

[Tobias]

hot spotsNice looking pedals, but you may be right about hot spots. Some believe when a rider uses very stiff carbon shoes that what’s under the sole shouldn’t matter because concentrated pedal/cleat forces transmitted to the balls of the feet are spread out by the shoes’ stiffness.

Logically that is correct; but it “assumes” that other pedal design factors don’t also contribute to hot spots.

[Bob Ross]

for a second I got all deja vu-y, but then I realized I was totally mistaken, O'Grady's tweak is cool; this guy's is just...I dunno, tweaky:
http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2287