MTB Shoes - To Cleat or not to Cleat

[deviate]

my 1.5cents

 

XC = cleats and farm roads with hardtails (very boring and repetitive ) 90% of mountain bikers and they all cant understand why people still use pedals

 

AM/trail = fivetens and pedals and dual suspension (technical trails/rock gardens/unridden territory/some jumps) basically for the 10% of bikers who want to push their skill limits and see falling as a learning curb

 

and screw every xc riding saddle up their colon, cleat wearing person who ridicules another rider for not being exactly like them. :cursing:

[Forthefun]

I started with out cleats, them after about year went on to cleats - but opted for crank brothers mallets. It's give me reasonable grip when going over silly sized rocks un - cleated. on flats and flat up hills I do click in for power.

 

But when I ride flat shoes with out cleats my aggression and is up 100% and I do much more and take many more chances over anything. I would like to go flat, no cleats one day after my long three days rides is out my system.

 

I do feel a bit of pressure to cleat up" still working it out what's best for me.