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Clipless a shit for longer distances, here’s why
>foot naturally moves and shifts over flat pedal, reducing pressure and numbness. Clipless can give you never damage
>with clipless your knees, hips and ankles are locked into the same repetitive cycle with no variation. Recipe for injury and long term damage.
>no benefit to pulling up on efficiency or calories over long distance, no time saved
>weight for weight, soft comfy shoes beat even featherweight clipless ice skate foot cages for the same stiffness and power transfer (with big platforms)
>no need for an extra pair of camp shoes, and enjoy the ability to walk and hike-a-bike
>easy as pie to maintain
>adding straps lets you pull up for sprinting or whatever else meme shit. Power grips are even easier to slip out of than clipless
>MTB/gravel clipless shoes have a big stack, raising your centre of gravity, and weigh a lot while still being mediocre for walking or hike-a-bike
>they’re more expensive and impossible to source parts for in third world
>clipless often sweaty, slow to dry, stinky synthetics, cramped and don’t allow toe spread
And for control, with clipless you can’t put a foot down on crazy/loose turns, so your turning power is diminished
The exact same stiffness of a £200+ carbon shoe is achieved with a big platform pedal
