- Welcome back you beautiful people
and today's your lucky day, it's not my lucky day,
to be honest. See, 'cause I've built my career on a Hardtail.
I'm all about the flat pedals as well.
But, a few weeks ago, Doddy introduced me
to being clipped into my bike.
And he gave me a few tips on how to do that
out on the trail and to be honest it's quite scary.
I kinda reserve it for my road bike
where I think it's a little beneficial.
So with all that bouncing, bubbling
and blowing my feet off out on the trail
while riding Hardtail, got me thinking.
Being clipped in, could be beneficial.
Yeah, so I five tests that I'm gonna put to the test.
And that is rocky, climby, techy, turny and jumpy.
So, Let's go.
(music plays)
(exhales deeply)
(music plays)
Right, look at that rock gardens.
I don't like rock gardens to be honest,
when I wanna full suspension bike,
I still don't like riding 'em.
My feet are bouncing everywhere,
let alone doing on a Hardtail.
I'll definitely gonna be going through that slowly,
or potentially pushing through.
But, I thought this would be a good place to test out
me being clipped in on a Hardtail
because with a Hardtail, you gotta pick your line
very wisely 'cause you don't wanna get a puncture.
So you don't wanna just point and shoot
and hope for the best when you get through it.
You'll pick that wisely, and being clipped in,
what I found was, I'm leaning a lot more weight
off that rear tire so I'm letting that tire
bounce around a lot.
Whereas if was not clipped in and I was on flats,
I'd be putting a lot more pressure down on my pedals
to keep my feet on those pedals
to stop them from bouncing off.
So being clipped in has helped me a lot through here.
And I was quite surprised to be honest,
I quite enjoyed it because it was a bit more fun
and I could dance the bike around.
So being clipped in, I can manipulate my bike a lot more
and find my line through a rocky section
such like this.
(music plays)
Right, when it comes to technical climbs,
to be honest it's quite scary being clipped in
especially when it gets a little bit slower
and tight and nimbly. I feel like...
Oh no, I need to get my foot of it
just in case I'm gonna topple over
'cause I'm going too slow but,
If you get over that, 'cause I'm not so used to
riding clipped in, but if you get over that
it is super beneficial because
when it gets a little bit rough
in a techy section on a climb you can still be pedaling.
By being clipped in, you can manipulate by
lifting your back wheel up and still be pedaling like this.
But, I find it way better than if I was running flats
because when I'm running flats,
I have to dip my toes and lift up my heels
to lift up and try and pedal like this
just to get that back wheel up and over some obstacles.
I quite enjoy riding it, clips on technical climbs
Makes it a lot more technical.
I'm scared I'm gonna fall over.
Right, keep climbing to the top.
(music plays)
I can relate to riding clipped in
on fire roads to my road bike
'cause I feel like I'm a bit more connected to the bike.
I get a lot more power down. I feel efficient.
After a long day of riding on a road bike,
I don't feel as tired. If I was to ride flats on the road,
so, being flat pedaled on a mountain bike
Whew. A wee tired because I've been tryin use my,
to lift up 'cause I feel I can get more power down
so I can lift and push, lift, push, lift, push
Way better to be honest for climbing, clipped in.
You heard that from a guy loves flat pedals too much.
I'm starting to like clips.
Anyway, see you at the top.
(music plays)
Right, enough of climbing, I'm at the top.
Now it's time to hit some turns and some jumps.
Whew whew whew whew, ooh I'm scared of the jumps.
(music plays)
Wow man, flowy turns are so much fun.
I don't actually see the benefits of being clipped in
when you're riding flowy turns because
my feet are planted and i keep going through
I feel like riding flats in flowy turns
is a little bit better 'cause I like my feet to move around.
I like to push into the turns,
when my feet start to move in my pedal,
I feel like I can unclip
which is scary 'cause I do float my feet around
in flowy turns just to feel a little bit more flowy
with in my body position on the bike.
I think riding techy turns on single trail,
clipped in with a little bit rougher terrain,
I think clipped ins gonna help a lot more
so let's move on and find some of that.
I think there's some more at the end of this trail
Some more flow and into some tech. A ha
(music plays)
I'm all about jumping, I'm all about doing some stunts
Let my legs flail about. Do some whips
and to be honest, I hate being clipped in jumping.
It's scary, it's horrible. I can't move my feet around.
I like them to move.
I like them to just come off the pedal and go back down.
I am stuck to my bike. I feel like if I'm gonna do a whip,
I'm gonna unclip, it's scary.
Even though the clip can give you enough movability
within your foot on the pedal.
I still feel unclipped, it's scary, it's not for me
but I can see how easy it is to go over the bars
when people rely on tryna get their back wheel
up into the air when jumping by just pulling up
on your pedals when you're clipped in.
I did it just now, I nearly went over the bars
'cause I though I could boost this thing
Pull up and pull up with my legs
and I went like this. It's scary .
So, no, climbing, technical stuff,
hundred percent with clips on a Hardtail
but jumping, hell no. Let's move on.
(music plays)
Oh no, I got punctured guys. I actually got a puncture.
I think it's that one, or that, or that. No it's that.
Let's watch the replay again
(dirt crunching)
Yes. I think it's that one. You sss...
It's not your fault, it's my fault.
I went there, I can't blame the rock
I think because of the clips dude. Nah.
(music plays)
Right, techy sections. Hmmm. K.
Now I feel the benefit of being clipped into my bike.
Look how rough this section is,
it's full of roots, it's on a corner.
I'll be coming in with quite a bit of speed
coming through this thing,
tryin to navigate my way through
whereas if I was riding flats,
my feet would be bouncing all over the place.
I'd be putting a lot of pressure on my pedals
if I was running flats, to keep my feet on those pedals
like I keep saying, but, running clips,
I could let my feet bounce around,
I could let the bike bounce around a lot more
I can manipulate my bike as well,
I can manipulate that rear wheel,
I can put it where I want and guide myself
through this section until I get to where you are
and that's quite rough and very techy
And I'll be going a little bit slower there that's for sure.
Whew. But I find, clipped on this section, It's on.
So there you go. Riding clips on a Hardtail
I found it quite beneficial riding clips.
Especially when it was rough, especially when I'm climbing.
When it's rough, my feet are stuck to my bike,
especially on a Hardtail, the bike is bouncing everywhere.
When I'm riding flats on a Hardtail
going through rough stuff, I feel very, very uncomfortable.
My feet are bouncing off everywhere.
Do I just feel...just sketchy,
but being clipped in on that is perfect.
Climbing - perfect, jumping - not perfect
It's not one for me. I don't like
to be clipped in when I'm jumping
'cause I like my feet to move around.
That's just me. I come from a jumping back ground.
Would I be running clips on my Hardtail again?
Yes I will be. I think they will be staying on my Hardtail
but when it comes to a little bit of a jumpy section,
or feel a bit nervous, I think I would change to flats
But everyday I reckon, I'll be running clips
so that's changed me a lot, running clips on a Hardtail.
Would I be doing it on my endura bike? Hell no
I don't think so 'cause I got suspension.
My feet can stay there a lot more
but if I was actually riding a terrain
that was constantly rough, then maybe I'll run to
Maybe I'll put those clip pedals back on.
If you wanna see another RAD video
and actually this video helped you out.
Let me know in the comments down below.
But if you wanna see another RAD video,
click up here with something that's helped you
and your riding, make you a little better as well.
Smash this globe if you haven't subscribed already
because you're missin out. That's for sure,
We do a video every single day of the week.
Smash that like button if you liked it,
share with your mates if they do wanna know
all about clip lets and I'll see you on the next one.