Originally Posted by
sarhog
As a novice rider, you should try each and see which style you prefer.
Only a novice to having drop bars while offroad. I'll be riding on the same fire roads I initially road MTB (rigid, then FS, then FS) on nearly 30 years ago. I'm likely to just use the SPD's I already have from a mountain bike I sold, but was curious what made other people prefer something else.