Originally Posted by
Wildwood
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MarcusT - Depends on the ramps, and where in the ride it comes. For an old guy (70) getting up his big hill, ~7% average grade for 2.5km at the end of a 50 mile ride with vintage gearing (42/26) on a 22 pound bike - yes, it can be tough in the wet and/or cold.
Do you ride northern Italian mountain roads with flat pedals? How ‘bout your mtb bikes?
……and no, I don’t need to upgrade all my bikes. But both legs could use 1!
You're not going to be happy until you troll an argument that has nothing to do with the OP, right?
OP wants to relearn MTB riding on flats, and was asking for advice on how best to do that. That's a relatively novel topic for a thread. OP has decided he wants to do this, he isn't asking for anyone's approval or requesting they talk him out of it, he wants practical advice. Other people wanting to do both might find such advice useful as well.
You are trying to morph this into a general debate on SPDs vs. flats. There are many (probably dozens) of such threads. If you want to have that debate yet again, start your own thread or bump one of the old ones so we can trot out the same old, same old yet again.