tryrebooting@lemmy.worldtoMountain Biking@lemmy.world•What are your thoughts on clipless?English
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1 year agoI started with flats, ended up with a ton of shin scrapes because I kept slipping pedals even with good shoes and good pedals. I rode clipless for 2 months and it wasn’t for me so I switched back to flats. Now I can keep my feet on the pedals much easier because I was forced into the right position.
Ultimately it’s all personal choice, I like what Jeff Kendall-Weed said about reducing the consequences of mistakes by switching to flats.
This happened to me once. On the slow crashes, I was able to get my feet out but in a fast crash, I definitely almost hurt my legs because my feet tried to carry the bike with me. One of the reasons I switched back to flats.