Interested to hear what others are choosing to use for enduro racing these days. I'm currently using flats as my riding has largely been XC marathon races in the past (with Shimano SPDs) and I want to be able to bunny hop etc on flats, and get comfortable in the air again.
Would like to hear peoples thoughts on pros and cons for different pedals for enduro!
Cheers.
The ones you like most tbh, same as anything else! Most pros seem to be on spds... Down in the knobber section of the field I find it helpful to be able to get my gnarscoot on sometimes 😆 Flat pedals for [s]medals[/s] 178th place or therabouts
I'm on flats for medical reasons- been ordered not to use SPDs- but I think I'd [i]probably[/i] choose them anyway.
A perfect summary - I'm on flats because I'm less likely to come last if I can flail a foot around to prod the bike back upright. I did have some nice moments at the last race pumping flat out through some jumpy fast droppy bits and then going all moto in a tight drifty corner - it may not have been fast but it felt pretty awesome for my level of mediocrity!
Surely there's a gap in the market for "enduro" pedals? I've got an enduro fender, Enduro collar for my Reverb, apparently my baggies are Enduro specific according to MBR and maybe even my helmet.
It's inconceivable that this problem doesnt need a new solution.
You mean the Crank Brothers Mallet E(nduro).
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My understanding of "enduro" doesn't usually mean "falls off the axle"
Look make an Enduro Cage, they were trying to capture a live Clementz for breeding purposes. And Shimano pitch the M8020 for "trail and enduro"
Been using SPD's but as NW, if u r nduro X then getting clipped back in with cleats and pedals jammed with "loam" (read slop and sticks) is a sketchy business. But I don't have any flat pedals or shoes so I'll be scooting, wobbling, shinning, slipping and tripoding for the time being
I ride clipped in to Mallets, then middle-aged-grumble when I have to unclip to stop slipping off twisty-rooty-downhill bits. Recent MAD enduro was an example of stabiliser's "slop and sticks" so ++ grumbling, had to apologise to photographer for language. Should go back to flats, but the call of clips is too strong...Gnarr'nduro
SPDs are without a doubt "more enduro" - as they're faster and that's what the pros use.
I'm on flats though. Partially 'cos the PMBA races tend to have bits that are quite steep, muddy and techy.
Should've used SPDs at Gisburn last year though, in retrospect. I think I'd just got to the point of being so comfy on flats that I didn't even consider it.
I flip between flats and clips.
I curse on the ups when riding flats, and curse on the downs when being clipped in.
Just run what you prefer. I tend to suffer the ups as for the most part, I ride better on flats.
I use flats now. Did use spd a few times but if you put your feet down in the nice fresh mud of a off piste stage you'll spend 20 seconds trying to clip back in. Plenty of much better riders than me don't dab and therefore usually don't have this problem 🙂
In the past I ran SPDs and found that I struggled to get clipped back in after dabbing on muddy corners. I now run flats and I'm trying to use this to force me to concentrate on my technique
Ride what you are comfortable with . Which should be SPDs of course
Flats for me as that's what I use for all my riding.
As others have said on muddy, rooty, tech stages it's good to be able to dab and get back on the pedals quickly.
I must add that I'm slow, generally finishing in the bottom half of vets.....
Just get some Crank brothers and be prepared to do the annual bearing change shuffle,
just a case of riding steep stuff clipped in until you are comfortable with it
If you do have to dab in the mud the mallets are the easiest to clip back I to by far
Quick look round the last one I did mallets (dh or enduro) by a mile.
They are redesigned from days of old so the comparison is pointless, I thought it was the XTR ones that fell off/snapped.
The open design make them easy to clear and the platform means being unclipped is the least stressful of any similar pedal. Was happy dropping through a heap of technical u clipped on them (cleats were flogged so missed a re clip)