My first impression of these was great grip but whne your on a bouncy fireroad your feet pop off a lot but its easy to regain your footing. Bearings are not well protected. But not if your riding environment consists of mud. On my first mud ride the bearing covers popped off. Now the bearings have to be removed and re-packed.
Winters here are wet.
I don't want to clean bearings every day. So if you live in a desert these are the pedals for you. Sun zu zu's, crapy caged ones. Nice big platform. The bottom line is that these pedals were meant for BMX, not mountain biking.