What's sad is that I *am* trying to do my homework, lol. It's just that there are so many things I don't know that I don't know. I thought I only needed clipless road shoes with cleats - I had no idea there was supposed to be hardware with the pedals. No one says - "the best choice is to get X shoes with Y pedals and so you will need the following things..." There are so many possible combinations! Like I said, every time I think I have figured out what I need, I find out I need to research 10 more things, lol.

So I was looking over the pedal and I'm wondering if maybe they are SPD-R pedals. It looks like they have have two bolts - and that would make sense why he said they were an outdated style. I'll try to get a pic up later.

So now do I get pedals to go with the road shoes I just bought or try to sell off the road shoes and get a whole new pedal/shoe system?? Oi, my head!