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10-04-2022, 07:22 AM #4076
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10-04-2022, 07:33 AM #4077
I would say it is a Canadian problem. Just cause you ride a mo-ped is no reason to be so butt hurt and defensive. It was a quality rant until he brought up the e-bikes. Wear what you want, ride in what shoes you like and stop trying to convince everyone else they are doing it wrong.
FFS with the projecting. Ride your own ride and bitch about the stuff that directly affects you and follow your own advice.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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10-04-2022, 08:09 AM #4078
Yup.
I ride flats and clips. Depends on my bike and mood. They're both fun because it's like riding a bike a man and that's just fun.
The kom hunter roadie douchebags in the woods are the only thing annoying in the mtb scene. They can all fuck off and stick to inhaling exhaust.
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10-04-2022, 08:26 AM #4079Registered User
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10-04-2022, 08:29 AM #4080
Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?
You are an angry man, strawjack. I like bikes, 28mm, 42mm and 2.4’s or 4.0’s, it’s all good.
Smoke a bowl, ride a bike.crab in my shoe mouth
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10-04-2022, 08:36 AM #4081Registered User
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Solid work gentlemen even I can't come close but as I go through my day getting more and more agro I'm sure I'll come up with more
fanny packs are dumb it was dumb back in 1990 when I carried my weed and wallet around in one it didn't get any better
driving a stick does make you a better driver without a doubt
I wear spandex when riding a mtn bike becuase I like showing up my large package when standing around at the trail head
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10-04-2022, 08:49 AM #4082
Flats are like hardtails. Are they the best option in all scenarios? Absolutely not. Will they force you to be a better rider and develop skills that will be useful when you're riding clips / suspension? Definitely.
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10-04-2022, 09:21 AM #4083Registered User
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10-04-2022, 09:38 AM #4084
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10-04-2022, 09:39 AM #4085
I couldn't give less of shit what type of pedal people choose to use. But, FFS please don't try to tell me flats work just as well as clipless for climbing. I've tested this extensively myself, they don't, period, end of debate.
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10-04-2022, 09:41 AM #4086
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10-04-2022, 10:42 AM #4087
I've been on flats for the last 2 years exclusively after ACL repair. I've gotten to be a better biker because of it... but I look silly on my gravel bike.
That I ride in jean shorts and merino t shirts. Which gets some looks when I pass/get passed by roadies all lycraed out.
I'm 67% sure I'm having more fun, so there.www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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10-04-2022, 11:08 AM #4088
I would ask what skills those are. Seriously, I've thought this out and can't think of anything that I can learn from riding flats that would help me on clipless. And yes, I have ridden flats.
I suppose drifting, if that was my jam?
If anything, it seems it would enforce bad habits. For instance, the basic flat pedal stance; front heel down/rear heel up. While absolutely necessary on flats, it's a very inefficient, unbalanced riding position.
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10-04-2022, 11:18 AM #4089Registered User
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I went to flat for the mtb after blowing the ACL and never went back,
I think i like flats better for the E-bike
I still got clips on the other bikesLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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10-04-2022, 11:28 AM #4090
It'll teach you how to bunny hop correctly. It'll teach you proper form when jumping. It'll teach you how to keep your body planted on the bike without relying on your feet being attached to the pedals.
All of those things can be learned with clips, but it's a lot more efficient to learn on flats. I see tons and tons of riders who use their clips as a crutch and pretty much suck at some basic bike skills.
I even see it in myself - in my early flat pedal days, I could bunny hop up onto picnic tables no problem. Now I've been cheating with clips for far too long and I suck at bunny hopping.
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10-04-2022, 11:59 AM #4091Registered User
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Only time my rear heel comes up is when I'm trying to actively lift the rear wheel off the ground. During normal descending, it stays down. Not as far as the front foot, but that's more due to body mechanics than something specific to a flat pedal.
You also said previously that your foot ends up being all over the place on flats. Again, not true for experienced flat riders. The wear spots on my shoes are very precise marks corresponding to the pin locations. I also have almost no wear on my chainstays or cranks, which means that my heels mostly stay aligned and aren't rotating inward.
Just like a clip rider builds up muscle memory for clipping in and out, a flat rider builds up muscle memory of putting their foot in the same spot and rotating the pedals as the situation warrants.
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10-04-2022, 12:01 PM #4092
So, something like 60-70% of EWS riders use clipless. That says something. On the podium, it’s evenly split, according to what I have read. So my opinion is that there are two ways to skin the cat. Personally, I am way, way faster and feel more in control on clipless, but everyone’s different.
I equate it to shredding on tele/freeheel skis, sure, some people rip, and it takes a lifetime to master. I personally flail around.Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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10-04-2022, 12:33 PM #4093
I am eager to see how this flats vs. clipless debate works out!
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10-04-2022, 12:40 PM #4094
^^^^^^This guy gets it^^^^^
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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10-04-2022, 01:26 PM #4095
Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?
I’ve been having a lot of hand pain the last couple seasons. Switched to Vibrocore, and that helped some, but not enough. Got to where I was thinking about carbon bars for the first time in years since swearing off carbon bars.
Riding the lift at Snow Shoe a week after the World Cup. Guy comes out of the very top woods section (the woods you drop into for a hot second after the road gap near the start). Guy comes out of the woods, over the 18” step down, and his torso/face continue to drop straight to the ground. Faster than you can process WTF.
Immediately moaning and yelling “Oh my god, I’m fucked up. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck”. Literally straight down under our chair this is happening.
Turns out his carbon handlebar broke, and his hand/wrist/arm if fucked.
So carbon handlebars are back off the table.
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10-04-2022, 01:41 PM #4096
You guys are doing it all wrong.
Flats? No way man, too much steeeeeeeze! It must hurt your dick to get laid that often.
Clipless? I smell a dirt roadie... stanky spandex incoming.
Duh, you gotta ride with CLIPS! That's real telepathic mind-body-bike connection, leading inexorably to mind-body-ground connection.
Works for JFB too!
Dumbo has Secret Service in tail, and yet does not have his helmet buckled.
RANT: WTF Secret Service?!?! Buckle the damn helmet of the leader of the free world. fuckin hellsproing!
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10-04-2022, 02:00 PM #4097
That was the biggest thing I noticed when I started riding flats. I was not grounded at all. Like a fish out of water flopping at speed. Now I'm not riding buff machine made trails, so I'm not sure if anyone would notice riding that terrain. Clips are definitely cheaters for a lot of things. Now I flip back n forth so often I can't even tell the difference, but it's improved my riding. The other side of flats for me as a builder is pedaling out to the build in hiking shoes is so much better. I've always had a 2nd pair of clip shoes that were beaters to build in, but they kinda sucked for walking around.
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10-04-2022, 02:15 PM #4098Not a skibum
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Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?
Agree w those points. Long ride and especially techy climbing with flats is awful. I ride both enough that I have few issues switching, though I think riding skinnies is far better on flats and I think they also help teaching you to get planted, really makes you embrace heels down and also weighting/unweighting the bike.
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10-04-2022, 02:52 PM #4099yelgatgab
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I like flats for skinnies and dirt jumping. I also tend to favor them for lift assisted, but comfort is a big part of that. Agree on clipless for lots of climbing. I can get used to climbing in flats but going back to clipless after a long stint is revelatory.
Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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10-04-2022, 02:57 PM #4100
Rode those from 1985 until about 2002 and loved them, switched to SPDs and meh. Switched to CB eggbeaters and love all over again. I have switched back to flats after an ankle rebuild, as soon as I could trust the ankle, back to clipless but that is me. You (whoever) do you.
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love yaI have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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