Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Look pedals are designed to hang so that you can slide your foot right into them, toe first. There's a learning curve with any new retention system, but the only time you need to take action to orient the pedal is when you miss on the first try and send it spinning. Once you get used to them, that doesn't happen often.

I like Look for the range of adjustment of cleat position and the large platform. They also offer three different levels of float (0°, 4.5° or 9°) by choosing different cleats.
A note on Looks. I have them and like them ok....HOWEVER, the cleats don't do well if you plan on walking. While the goal is, of course, to RIDE in your bike shoes, sometimes walking is unavoidable...I finished Sea Otter only to find that I had to WALK my bike a mile back to the car through a vendors venue, over a few bridges, and up a gravel drive (cycling not possible). After this little hike, my cleats were shot and would not clip in properly. As I had a race the following weekend, I stopped to get new ones and the LBS told me that it was a problem in the hilly area where we were...some people walk hills, and that the Look cleats, in particular, did not hold up well. I guess I had managed to avoid walking in them up to that point. I went ahead and replaced them...I am a pretty good climber and have yet (knock on wood) had to hoof it up a hill, so I know now to keep them covered for any pre or post ride hiking. BUT, it might be worth a note for anyone who lives somewhere where there are stretches of unrideable road, or if you know you have to walk up some hills.
Just my .02.
BTW, my DH, a CAT 2 rider, switched from Speedplays to the Looks. The new retention system was irritating him after the switch, and he was busy messing with his pedal when he did a slow speed coast across the road and into a ditch, propelling himself, the bike, our camera, and his new helmet into the lawn on the opposite side. Careful with those new pedals!