Two neat secrets from the hot guys who wrench at Adams Bicycle World-

1. WD40 is not a lubricant. It's a solvent. You see it all over bike shops because they need it to break joints that have rusted together because most of the work is done on crappy bikes that aren't maintained properly. WD 40 has no place in a properly maintained bikes life because we all put Park graese or W Lightning on any threads before we put stuff back together, right? Seriously, spray some WD40 on a rag and give it twenty minutes- it evaporates. You want it to disapear so you can pile on lube and make it right.
Incidently, don't ever try to use this stuff in a lock of any kind. It'll just seize worse. My ex husband loved to ruin things with WD 40.
2. Goddess, there is nothing wrong with using SPD pedals on your road bike. I bet you have the shoes for spin class, huh? the little snap of the ankle you use to pop the cleat out is the same movement as for Look road, but putting a road shoe with a Look cleat down is like ice skating. Theres little pads on the toe and heel of the shoe to touch down with, but it's a trick and I can't do it well either. Adam laughs at me- he says Looks aren't made for stopping and get over it. Using MT bike shoes will let you put your foot down easier since they're more sneaker like, and separarte the click out - put your foot down in a weird slippery shoe motion into two sections to learn and may be easier to deal with.
You don't learn sports in your head, but in your body. Your leg isn't real bright and needs to learn combinations of movements by rote in little sections. Once it learns, it never forgets though and will react immediatly instead of having to take the huge amount of time to process through the prefrontal cortex. This can save your *** in a bad moment. Am I making sense? This is how gymnists and dancers learn complex movements, a bit at a time. You need the prefrontal cortex for other things in a bad moment anyway, like raising the finger and yelling Dorothy Parkeresque remarks.
Hope this helps.

missliz

Oh, and don't go to Time ATAC spds if you do this, they're the state of the art but have a special trick of their own to learn. And You don't need to douse cleats with lube constantly- just use a more aggressive snap of the foot to make it pop out. After a while you get a little wear on the cleat too, and this helps.