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What do you want to know?
I mostly use flats off-road.
I have a few pairs of FiveTens but more recently have been using Shimano shoes (I can't remember the model, soz).I don't really have issues. I do sometimes miss being able to drag my foot up (carrying pizzas back to the hotel one-handed is harder when you can't get the pedal into a nice starting position)
My missus used a cheap pair of FiveTens for Seven Serpents just last week. She had some knee issues but we couldn't get to the bottom of them. It could've just been simple overloading with not enough training in flats beforehand. Will use again but need to keep an eye on it.
Oh, I started out using Nukeproof pedals and those long midfoot ones (Catalyst) but I have massive feet and they got sore so I went for wider pedals rather than longer and have been using Crank Bros Stamp 1 and 7 in Large with no issues.
It's great only needing to worry about one pair of shoes. They do get pretty stinky though if you're keeping them wet and then hoping to use them for casual stuff later. I might look at different inner soles to help with this. More regular sock washing and less "spending all day and night in pissing rain" might also help.
EDIT: They're GR7s:
https://www.biketart.com/products/shimano-gr7-shoes
and it's actually the cheap PX merino socks that smell worse than the shoes after all the waterlogging.
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@hippy or anyone else, please tell me about touring / riding long distances (mostly off road) in trainers. I commute on falts but use spds for everything else but am lining up a long tandem tour and was think I might go flats and clips and straps. Trainers would be my nike off road running shoes, weather would be summer but likely some rainy days, I have size 13 boats.