I have 7 or 8 pairs in many combos and prefer felt with cleats.

My favorites are the Chota STL Plus with removable and REPLACEABLE cleats.

My girlfriend has the Chota "classics" and we screwed sheet metal screws right into the felt and they work fine too.

Felt seems to works best for me on wet and/or slimy rocks and the cleats help alot on muddy trails.

My 0.02$


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Christopher Chin
Jonquiere Quebec
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[This message has been edited by fcch (edited 14 March 2005).]