Hi everyone,

Thanks again for all your responses! So nice to have such a great supportive group!

I got some inexpensive Shimano SPDs/Platforms. I am sure that someone in road bike land will scoff at them because they're more of a mountain bike pedal. But, they worked for me. I tried them out this morning on a 15 mile bike ride this morning. And it was great.

I used my mountain bike shoes that I normally use only in spinning class and found this is great because if i have
trouble clipping in, I can just pedal on the platform side of the pedal until I have a moment to clip in. And it just SLID in. None of the awkwardness of my Look pedals.

I realize now that I was really having to struggle with the Looks - I really had to kick out hard to unclip and push down hard to clip in. Could be that the pedals are really old (I borrowed them) but, at this point, I'm happy with my SPDs. And I don't feel like spending any more $$ on a set of pedals!

Thanks again for all your advice!

Frances