Quote Originally Posted by thekarens View Post
She said they were just spd, not the sl. Not sure what the difference is, but I didn't find the SLs hard to learn.

Once I learned I was an oddball and had to unclip from the right foot first my life became infinitely easier.
Oops, I managed to quote myself up there...not sure what I was doing (loose nut on the keyboard).

The SLs are road pedals. The SPD (non-SL) mtn. pedals always have seemed a little stiff to me at first, then after a month or two of regular use I generally find I have to tighten them a crank or two. Never could get my SLs (105s) to loosen, even after riding at least 500 miles in the damned things. I got tired of falling multiple times/week, even after having ridden thousands of fall-free miles. I couldn't get either foot out on numerous occasions, even with the bike on the trainer. I had a few other friends with the same pedals and the same issues.