MTB Shoes - To Cleat or not to Cleat

[mikeMT]

Do you use cleats with your MTB's?

Edited June 4, 2012 by mikeMT

[DR ◣◢]

Why not?

[Tankman]

Do you use cleats with your MTB's?

 

Do you eat with a knife and fork?

[MariusC]

Do you eat with a knife and fork?

no I sometimes use a Spork? Cleats all the way buddy

[Scooterza]

The ONLY time I am not happy to wear cleats is over VERY technical stuff where I would like to have the option to put down my foot FAST and the extra half second it takes to uncleat makes me nervous. But the rest to of the time the extra power and control that cleats afford is great.

[Sacrosanct]

Cleat and never look back...

[Tankman]

The ONLY time I am not happy to wear cleats is over VERY technical stuff where I would like to have the option to put down my foot FAST and the extra half second it takes to uncleat makes me nervous. But the rest to of the time the extra power and control that cleats afford is great.

 

Why do you want to put your foot down? Living in the pantoffel regering?

 

I only put my foot down when dismounting after the finish line when there is beer in sight.

And it normally goes something like this "Yes dear, I WILL have another, thank you!"

[RiderX]

I only put my foot down when dismounting after the finish line when there is beer in sight.

And it normally goes something like this "Yes dear, I WILL have another, thank you!"

 

Either that or fall over after coming to a standstill...

[mikeMT]

I certainly do, however i was always hesitant to move over initially, however i am keen to see just how many riders still using tekkies.

[patches]

Why do you want to put your foot down? Living in the pantoffel regering?

 

I only put my foot down when dismounting after the finish line when there is beer in sight.

And it normally goes something like this "Yes dear, I WILL have another, thank you!"

 

Ah! a race-ist!

 

But if you've never had reason to get your foot off the pedal (besides your post race beer stop), then you're not riding the tricky stuff... and not fast enough

[mikeMT]

A few weeks back i was literally too shot to remove my foot, mentally i knew what was happening but i just could not remove my foot, its as if nothing would operate following a serious workout and i literally just bailed with my bike at a complete standstill..................... terrible and both disgusting i know, but only be running with them for my second month now.

 

Bad habits never die.....LOL

[RiderX]

I certainly do, however i was always hesitant to move over initially, however i am keen to see just how many riders still using tekkies.

 

Thats the main reason why people do not like flat pedals. Get some decent shoes to ride flats for a change and try again, you'll be amazed by how much grip you actually have on the pedals.

[patches]

No cleats for me...

 

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/fi/five-ten-baron-flat-bmx-mtb-shoes.jpg

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Plus_sign.jpg

http://www.sicklines.com/news-images/nukeproof_pedal1.jpg

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Equals_sign_in_mathematics.jpg

 

INSANE GRIP

 

(I ride FiveTens and decent pedals and love it)

Edited June 5, 2012 by patches

[Nicola13]

Best thing that ever happened to me was my boyfriend putting on my cleat peddals and saying to me: "just try them, i'll take them off before the race tomorrow..."

 

I rode around with them a bit and he taught me to fall over, cleat out, the whole story and when it came to please will you take them off now, he just refused...

 

Never looked back from there!

[davetapson]

Jeez Patches - that looks a bit radical. Do you really screw the shoes to the pedal with those grub screw thingies!?

 

How do you uncleat? Pedal spanner...?

Edited June 5, 2012 by davetapson

[mikeMT]

Jeez Patches - that looks a bit radical. Do you really screw the shoes to the pedal with those grub screw thingies!?

 

LOL