Thanks all.
Shoes arrived today and picking the pedals & multi release cleats up later.
Will wait until I'm back of holiday before i try them.
The 'pedal groove' on the bottom of the shoes is pretty impressive!
I alternate between flats and clips, flats are nice in mud as its fast to get a foot down, they do feel fun when pushing in corners too
I prefer clips over fast high ground though as you stop having to try keep the feet on the pedals.
AM7s are great shoes hard to beat, the cleat trench is a great idea - thanks Athertons
Likewise Mallet DH Pedals are ace
Mallets win the pedal war because
1: you can stand on 'em not clipped in (and even when clipped the pins can [depends on adjustment] engage with the shoe for a far nicer platform feel than XC clip shoes will provide, theres a reason the DH guys are predominantly on Mallets).
2: you can clip in backwards with the Crank Bros mechanism, put foot on too far forward wiggle back -
this is FAR safer than pushing the foot forwards into the cleat on tough terrain, a proper bump hit can take you right off the front, very nasty
AM7s make that backward clip in easy, comfy wide shoes too.
win win
