Clip-ins vs non-clip-ins pedals

[Evil Chocula]

Originally Posted by Dirty D

It was hot, so he was prolly wearing his "signature" sleeveless green shirt.

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Thats hillarious! He was totally wearing it!

[DeeZee]

Originally Posted by Dirty D

This would be the dft that you speak of. Powergrips may not be for everyone but they seem to work for him just fine. He lets his riding do the talking.

It was hot, so he was prolly wearing his "signature" sleeveless green shirt.

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is flying fo sho. With jumping you wouldn't want your feet slipping off of flat pedals.

Would you used them going down trails like this?

[Evil Chocula]

Originally Posted by DeeZee

Would you used them going down trails like this?

I saw him huck an Angles fan on a trail just like that.

[dft]

Originally Posted by DeeZee

Death grips on steep techy stuff and try and take your foot out

If you get those make sure you also have a good dental plan

what?? i can get out faster on powergrips than clipless. (had many clipless friends tell me that after watching). i do very steep/technical riding, always in my powergrips. whistler, shore, 30 foot road gaps, 14 foot verticle drops. i can stop right in the middle of 12 inch skinnies 8 feet off the ground (lets see clipless folks do that) or in the middle of a steep/tight switchback. i would never ride in anything else. of yea, i converted a guy who ran platforms his whole life and anohter guy that ran clipless his whole life! go powergrips!

as long as everyone rides in what makes them happy, that's cool. i get laughed out about once a month using powergrips, but who cares, i'm happy and for me they feel great, a perfect 1/2way point between clipless and flats. ride on all!!

[Lefty Kev]

Azonic X-tension platform pedals and 5.10 High Impact shoes with Stealth rubber soles for me

I gave clip-ins the good college try but found them to be very claustrophobic. I forgot that I was clipped in more times than I care to remember and then couldn't get free in time, leading to some embarrassing, stationary tumbles off the bike

I also find the rigid nature of clip-in shoes to be uncomfortable compared to non-SPD/freeride-style shoes but that's just me.

The only downside of my set-up is that I have incurred some pretty gnarly trauma from the pins on the platform pedals catching me on the calf or along the shin (I still have the scars to prove it!). Fortunately, these kinds of mishaps have been rare (so far ) and there won't be any going back to SPDs for me

[DeeZee]

Originally Posted by dft

what?? i can get out faster on powergrips than clipless. (had many clipless friends tell me that after watching). i do very steep/technical riding, always in my powergrips. whistler, shore, 30 foot road gaps, 14 foot verticle drops. i can stop right in the middle of 12 inch skinnies 8 feet off the ground (lets see clipless folks do that) or in the middle of a steep/tight switchback. i would never ride in anything else. of yea, i converted a guy who ran platforms his whole life and anohter guy that ran clipless his whole life! go powergrips!

but for me I gave up toe clips etc.....the same time I gave up on biopase cranks

[Evil Chocula]

Originally Posted by dft

what?? i can get out faster on powergrips than clipless. (had many clipless friends tell me that after watching). i do very steep/technical riding, always in my powergrips. whistler, shore, 30 foot road gaps, 14 foot verticle drops. i can stop right in the middle of 12 inch skinnies 8 feet off the ground (lets see clipless folks do that) or in the middle of a steep/tight switchback. i would never ride in anything else. of yea, i converted a guy who ran platforms his whole life and anohter guy that ran clipless his whole life! go powergrips!

The legend speaks.

[dft]

Originally Posted by DeeZee

is flying fo sho. With jumping you wouldn't want your feet slipping off of flat pedals.

Would you used them going down trails like this?

yep!! even slightly more techno if i might say so

[Winston]

Puh-lease dft! I know a guy who cleaned that section first time using Time Z's.

Originally Posted by dft

yep!! even slightly more techno if i might say so.

[dft]

i would love to see him do it again!! (i hope he does, i want to see others clean it, you OC folks are good at the chunk, maybe that part of my riding has deteriorated?) still haven't seen anyone else clean it, its alot harder now, trust me. more knar than manager, death slide, straighline is cake compard to it!!

[PacMan]

I can't believe anyone would call you out over using those Powergrips. I assume that when they do, you let your riding speak for you?

[DeeZee]

Originally Posted by PacMan

I can't believe anyone would call you out over using those Powergrips. I assume that when they do, you let your riding speak for you?

is calling him out???

[J_Sims]

out of where???

[Edog]

I was drawn to cycling after watching those fine young men in Breaking Away Pedal their little Hearts out. So I'm a big fun of Duct Tape, I also use it to strap myself to the pedals!

[PacMan]

Originally Posted by DeeZee

Who is calling him out???

This is from his earlier post: "i get laughed at about once a month using powergrips, but who cares."

That is what I was referring to.

[Jordansrealm]

Originally Posted by PacMan

I implore you to try another pedal and not waste your time and $$ with the 50/50's. Worst platform pedal I ever used.

What platforms do you reco? I have been using 50/50's for 2 years and love them. I havent tried many others but with my 510 shoes they stick like glue.