Quote Originally Posted by SouthernBelle View Post
I agree that sooner or later you'll probably be converted to clipless, esp. if you are going to compete. But if you plan on buying a new bike in the future, I'd wait and go clipless then. You'll have a regular shoe bike and a bike shoe bike. That's what I did.
Or you can get a two-sided pedal that has a clip-in side and a plain platform side like these: Shimano PD-M324