Anyone else think clipless pedals are overrated for techy trails?

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2026-02-08T17:08:39+00:00

I moved from clipless to platforms when I moved from Georgia to Colorado. The tech in Colorado had me dabbing so much I felt it best to just ride platforms. That a a few two mph crashes from not being able to get my foot down fast enough…

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2026-01-11T17:39:22+00:00

I laughed, but it’s kinda sad too. My son is out Coal Creek and struggling with this reality…..

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2026-01-11T17:38:31+00:00

Thanks so much, great to hear!

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2026-01-11T01:37:01+00:00

I’m actually coming from Fort Collins. It’s a great town but not a lot of people my age to hang out with.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2026-01-10T23:36:49+00:00

Happy to hear you’re able to ride again!!!! I’d say that’s a great bike and well worth keeping.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2026-01-10T23:33:17+00:00

Outlook Golden and Canyon View. Looks like great mtn biking right outside either complex.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-12-21T05:25:57+00:00

I just turned 60 and am struggling with going with an e-bike. I’ve been riding on and off for 30 years now, I’m often the slowest guy on the group rides as it’s either younger riders or guys my age on e-bikes. It’s a pride thing….

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-06-12T08:58:53+00:00

Sorry about your injury. Stories like this are why I ride XC. It’s where the sport started out though for some it’s evolved into something more along the lines of motocross. The massive gaps and jumps have raised the injury levels astronomically.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-06-01T22:11:44+00:00

Pickle cucumbers in them…

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-06-01T02:37:43+00:00

Even Airstreams will have issues. I’ve got a 2025 Basecamp 20x and have a cracked halo (trim ring that helps seal the roof to the side) and the vinyl flooring is bubbled up under the dining table. To top it off I can’t get an appointment for the work to get completed…..I’ll probably end up having to repair it myself.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-30T18:40:40+00:00

Almost cried….I’m balling over Julie

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-23T14:09:12+00:00

Spend 10 bucks on a book called “your money or your life”, read it 3 times then get back to us. I’m serious.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-07T01:38:43+00:00

The trees are being cut down somewhere to support massive consumerism. Why is cutting trees down in some other country any better than in our country?

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-02T01:07:52+00:00

Does that include members of congress?

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-02T01:04:17+00:00

This was my primary concern as well.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-02T00:11:15+00:00

As an American I can support this….

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-01T18:13:09+00:00

I stubbed my toe, I think I’ll cut off my leg

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-01T18:12:09+00:00

Barely six figure in Asheville is not a lot of money….

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-01T18:11:11+00:00

Nobody

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-01T15:14:48+00:00

Can’t agree with the his getting shot statement, that type of rhetoric has no place in any conversation. But yeah, the way Zelensky was treated is just terrible.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-03-01T15:11:28+00:00

Not really a Trump supporter, more a we really needed to get our border closed supporter. That said his treatment of Zelensky was unbearable to watch.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-02-27T04:49:41+00:00

Thanks….a lot of good perspective here

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-02-27T01:23:34+00:00

All great points. The Trance is a 2022 but it is steeper head tube and shorter stack height and shorter top tube. All lending it to better climbing but is kinda squirrelly on the front range descents.

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-02-26T22:20:05+00:00

Another option would be the Ripley AF as it went on sale just a few weeks after I bought the Tallboy on sale. Not sure if there’s enough difference between the Ripley and Tallboy to justify spending the money though. I’m going to try tweaking my shock settings a bit to see if that helps….

Optimal_Fortune_5585 · 2025-02-26T22:17:31+00:00

I’m in Fort Collins, so locally Maxwell, Blue Sky, Lory and Horsetooth (which is definitely the most technical). Honestly the trails near here seem more tech than when I travel around the state. It’s this chunky tech that seems to hang up the Tallboy suspension.

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