'>>1992114
clipless >>>>> toe clips > flats. hate having my feet move around';

'>>1992122
no.
clipless > flats >>>>>> power gap > toe clips and straps and other death traps';

'>>1992124
Hard agree but there exists bikes where flats are the superior choice';

'>>1992129
we don't talk about that kind of stuff here, this is a family website';

'>>1992124
you've never heard of half clips?';

'>>1992130
Happy family happy life';

'I have clips on my road bike and combi pedals on my randonneur / dro-bar commuter. I like being clipped in, but it makes me less likely to get off the bike and appreciate the surroundings. So clips if cycling for sport, flats if you're travelling slow / sightseeing etc. :))';

'>>1993261
*Clipless not clip, fuck this terminology.';

'clips and clip"less" are cages for the feet, that's why you see it almost exclusively on race-ist undercover cagers. Meanwhile my feet live free from race-ist gottagofast propaganda';

'>>1992114
pinned flats';

'>>1993294
pinned flats suck
nubby rat trap style pedals are good because you can move your feet around easily. retention failure is largely a skill issue.';

'let me guess, you "need" more';

'>>1993484
Really retarded take and you obviously don't ride on trails much';

'>>1993978
when they get wet, that type of pedal, whether metal or plastic, feels like it's coated in grease.';

'>>1994003
just grip with your toes';

'>>1993985
uh huh, sure. spd if you need it, but otherwise, nah. learn to brace.';

'>>1993978
>1 piece crank on a POS
no, but I would pay the 50usd it cost to get a nice 80's road bike instead of riding that clunker.
>>1992114
Try em all. They all do the job and you can get good hamstring, calf, and glute engagement with whatever pedal you have. Just need to get good with it.
I like pinned flats since I can wear almost any shoe. clipless shoes can fit funky and cost a fortune.';

'>>1992114
Before half way decent sneakers with SPD were a thing I was always on cages with straps. Eventually I fitted the hipster style straps with MTB pedals to some bikes and quite liked that too. Those decisions were simply for the fact that I like to choose my footwear and not have my bikes dictate it.
But since decent footwear with SPD is available almost all my bikes are equipped SPD. That did wonders for my knees, improved cornering / less pedal strike on evasive maneuvers and so on. Yes the SPD pedals still sacrifice a bit of the versetality single sided toe cage pedals offer and I keep a few bikes outfitted like that.
Now theres one thing I wouldn't ever touch let alone ride: No foot retention. Like ewwww WTF BRO !?';

'>>1994004
oh no here comes the terminally barefoot guy on his lousy bike again';

'>>1992114
With clips.
I ride everything with clips, even my downhill bike.
How can you manage to keep your feet on the pedals if you send a rock garden at 20mph+? Exactly you dont. If you want to be fast and play with the big boys you gotta have clips.';

'Flats for me
I was riding the other day and bunch of rapha dudes piled into each and all fell over like dominoes
Putting your feet down shouldn't be a skill issue';

'>>1994142
A good clipless system, adjusted to clamp down well, should keep you attached too.';

'>>1994142
You.... do DH with clips?
can you post your bike?
this sounds hilarious.
You do know clips=toeclips right?';

'>>1994150
MTB clips arent new friendo. You can DH on clips. Double bridge clips literally werent a thing before DH.';

'>>1994153
Well, I guess you are locked in with whatever setup you have then.
Wonder if you guys use plastic or metal toe clips.';

'>>1994150
Not that poster but they make Velcro pedals for big boys like anon';

'>>1994160
So you can break your neck in style, nice. I think I'll stick to my speedplays, nta';

'>>1994143
and if you aren't retarded, it isn't.';

'>>1994149
>>1994150
I obviously mean clipless you faggots.
Literally nobody uses the term clipless to describe clipless pedals.
Its always clickies, clicks or whatever but i never heard someone refer to it as clipless.';

'>>1994186
At the risk of sounding like one of those schizos who can't defend his point of view without screeching about foreigners, are you by any chance ESL? Because in the US, literally nobody says "clickies" or "clicks" to refer to clipless pedals. This sounds like something you made up.';

'>>1994186
Clickies and clicks are common terms. Obviously their origin is onomatopoeic. And as such those terms are widely understood and an accepted alternative to 'clipless'.
Now the thing is: Why again are (((you))) using the term 'clips' 3 times in your post while completely avoiding terms like 'clickies' or 'clipless' only to later try and make it look like people younare insulting were trying to make an effort to read you wrong ?
You sure do realise the effort you're putting into constructing your alternative reality only so you can avoid realising a mistake ?';

'>>1994186
>By clips I mean clipless
So just say clipless faggot I've never heard of clickies in my life';