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Yeah. Lots of awkward last moment unclips for me lately as well, usually getting stuck on super tight switchback climbs. Shortly after i fell on my bars i also had one of them and went actually down a ravine. Landed ok-ish though, luckily. I hike a biked the rest of that shitty trail from thereon. As soon as we hit wider stuff again i was fine, this was just too tech for me.
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I'm using flats on the borrowed bike. It makes my fuckups much less fuckyuppy.
Used them for Badlands but went back to Speedplay/midfoot on the gravel bike because it's nicer for the flatter stuff and I use it a bit on the road still.
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Dafuq is a black diamond climb?
Sounds like something I need in my life.
hippy
Yeah, it's not like any of my riding is "fast" (avg 15kph, max 50kph). Only on the big fire road stuff when I let it go is it approaching anything speedy. Most of the time pain is from awkward movements that I'm doing to prevent a crash that cause body parts to hurt. Twisting and pulling on the bars or putting out big power to clamber up something or having to jump off the bike because I fucked a steep climb and landing funny.