Originally Posted by
the sci guy
For mountain biking and dense woods trail riding, i wouldn't do toe cages, or probably clipless either, I'd probably to flat with pins, because in those situations you definitely want to be able to kick out a leg for stabilization or keep from falling, etc. I hear ya there for sure.
But in just normal road riding, toe cages are a breeze.
my son rides technical single track and always uses clipless, as does most of his team. About half the team uses Crank Bros, the other half uses SPD. The problem he ran into riding flats was his feet slipping off the pedals, leading to loss of control.
Interestingly enough, my son uses flat pedals for regular bike riding and sees no advantage to riding on roads with clipless.