pedal shopping = bleah...

[Miranda]

I have eggbeaters on my other bike. The eggbeaters are multi-sided, and I think the clip-in motion is fairly similar to Speedplays -- you just step down onto the pedal.

Oakleaf, I'm surprised you had trouble clipping OUT of the eggbeaters. I have my road pedals set to the loosest tension and they still require much more force to release than my eggbeaters ...

Wow... That is interesting about the eggbeaters. I was considering that pedal project next for my mtb.

The mtb came with platforms. I put a spd campus pedal on it (one side platform, other spd). The pedal is not weighted like a road ss pedal and doesn't hang down as described here about Looks. Thus, I have to glance down, kick over, etc.

I wasn't doing any real trail riding at the time when I put the campus on. Mainly some gravel road trails with the kids, and neighborhood spin. The pedal is fine is those situations depending on what shoes I want to throw on (regular tennis shoes, mtb shoe, spd Keen sandles--LOVE those puppies).

Well, then I recently found some nice trails truly designed as mtb. Umm, that campus pedal look down thing did NOT work so well... no time to be looking down on tight curves and drops.

Some other mtb folks I know LOVE their eggbeaters for the 4sided entry and no looksy down. But, these folks also love the stomp down SpeedPlays. With the eggbeaters they say you just keep sliding your foot until you hit 1 of the 4 entry spots, and stomp as stated.