I am brand new to cycling - I just bought my bike a week and a half ago, so I am still a complete newbie, but I can already tell that I am an addict, because I LOVE it.

But since I am so new, I didn't go for the fancy pedals right away (and not coincidentally, I have not fallen yet!). But I am already eyeing them, so I was hoping that the knowledgable ladies here might have some advice for me.

How do I pick what kind of clips to get? And I have a lovely pair of Sidi road shoes now, with SPD clips on them (they are my spin shoes), but a) I am not crazy about SPD so far and b) I am concerned about having road shoes and then having to walk on them at all.

But if SPD are good, and road shoes are generally considered the way to go, then I can always keep what I have (and that can be the ONE thing about this new hobby that won't cost me a bunch of money!). Or I can get a pair of shoes with some walk-ability to them, in which case, we end up back at the earlier question - how does one decide what kind of pedals to get?