Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate View Post
Why not just get a two or four-sided pedal like Crank Bros Candy and try clipless? No flipping involved.

As mtn shoes these have a pretty aggressive tread and I could never get cages to work, always gettting the tread caught on the pedal. I personally find Candies/Eggbeaters a heck've a lot easier and less scary than cages.
I agree. MUCH easier in and out. But I have those on my bike right now, and they're crippling me. The medial sides of both knees are inflamed, and I'm having pain in the vastus medialis just above the knee on both sides (worse on the right). Everything feels fine while I'm riding, but then I get off the bike and the pain sets in. Some days after I ride I can't even walk. The LBS can't figure it out either, even after a second fit - they suggested trying Sidis (they don't have a varus wedge like my Specialized shoes), but after the cycling shoes and the 2 pairs of pedals (I started on Frogs, they were even worse for me) I just don't have another $160 to sink into a guess.

I went to an Ortho, but it turns out he didn't know anything about cycling - I said my shoes where Specialized (I brought them with me) and he asked if that meant they were custom made. He didn't know Specialized was a brand.... He did prescribe a few PT sessions though, and it turns out the PT place has a cycling program at the location closest to my house, but they can't get me in for 3 weeks. So either I suffer through until then and hope they can figure it out, or I go back to the platforms with the clips and straps until my appt.