As those that ride with us will know we have become big advocates of Flat Pedals for Mountain biking. There are a number of very real advantages, increased confidence in being able to put your foot down, improved safety (both very relevant when riding challenging terrain), ability to rotate on the pedals more which improves cornering and an improvement in overall riding technique learning the skills to ride flats. The main big disadvantage quoted is loss of pedal efficiency as people have this belief that being clipped in is much more efficient. I have found very little real evidence to support this and the following video shows that flats are not any less efficient. Now there are benefits of being attached to the bike, I find that riding at speed seated over rough terrain is the main time I occasionally loose foot position a bit with flats, but overall with the info provided below I am convinced that for the vast majority of riders flats are well worth considering... https://youtube/watch?v=CNedIJBZpgM&list=PLUdAMlZtaV11LAqXNLDr38oTXh9RuyiRY&index=1
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 11:12:18 +0000
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