I reckon the benefit to flats is you are more likely to be able to 'run out' of a fall. With clipped in you're likely going down. If you're not worried about pedaling efficency I'd run flats. But if you want to be pro enduro then run clipped.
what do you run?
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I reckon the benefit to flats is you are more likely to be able to 'run out' of a fall. With clipped in you're likely going down. If you're not worried about pedaling efficency I'd run flats. But if you want to be pro enduro then run clipped.