Fred Fragger said:'evnin' all,
Two questions for the price of one post!
I've been looking at the Carerra LSR2
halfords.comopd product details.aspOpen ↗ (which is probably a UK
only model?). Just wondered if anyone out there rides / has ridden one? I note that it won an
award in one of the MTB mags (can't remember which one but it was best in class under 1,000 quid
or something like that). It's currently on offer at 850 quid and I'm sorely tempted. I'd probably
swap the brakes for some discs I have though.
It comes fitted as standard with clipless pedals which brings me to my second question, is it
worth going clipless? I've never used them before and I get conflicting views from guys at work
who all ride a fair bit more than I do. Just wondered what other folks thought. 95% or my riding
is fairly straight-forward XC but I still manage to come off regularly :-) - that's the bit that
worries me the most!.
Later,
Fred
This is just an opinion, I used to be a road ride back in the day, and used toe-clips, and I liked
them, then I raced BMX a few years back and used big wide flats with pins, and liked them too. Now I
like to do XC and light freeride, I have used BMX flats and have been happy, I just bought a new
Ellsworth which came with clipless, and got the LBS to throw in a pair of answer shoes as well. I
did so light riding and here is my take... Getting out is what most people are afraid of, this is
arguably the easiest part of using these pedals, you can get out really fast, and with a little
conditioning, I am sure you can get out really fast without thinking about it. Getting in is to me,
harder than getting out, this was where I had most of my trouble, on easy XC, clipping in is easy,
when perched at the top of a 30 foot steep drop, there is no time for me to get properly clipped,
the platforms are better. Climbing, there is no doubt that clipless gives you more power, however if
you are climbing really steep inclines that require a quick bail upon failure, I would stick with
flats. Jumping... Clipless all the way, for obvious reasons. Personally, I like to change my foot
position for different things, when climbing I like to be more to the middle of my foot, when
spinning on flat XC, I like the be more on the ball of my foot. Clipless doesn't give me the
flexibily that I enjoy with flats.
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