lots of eggbeater reviews (and other mtb Crank Bros pedals) at www.mtbr.com.

When I was looking at them several years ago, I noticed a lot of comments about how the combination of a four-sided interior pedal with a two-sided platform was a little awkard/unnecessary (regarding candies, mallets, etc). Lots of people here seem to love their platform Crank Bros pedals, and I've never tried them so I can't comment, but that point made a lot of intuitive sense to me.

That said, although my eggbeaters are good for the purpose for which I use them, I actually like my road pedals much better. Some of it is that they have less float, and I think that causes them to feel more secure and powerful, but some of it may be the bigger platform (I have Ultegra pedals).