Dogmama - would you use your spinning shoe for your everyday riding? Remember, I know nothing about this! My road bike came with mountain bike clip pedals, which I have not installed yet. I believe they are SPD, but not sure. Whatever comes with the Giant Avail (Crank Brother Smarty Pedals I think). I was putting off installing them because I have a child that I ride with who can be unpredictable, and being clipped in is just one more thing to prevent me from stopping fast. (Example: the huge bruise on my leg when we were riding on our hybrids which have the baskets on the pedals - my son was in front of me, he stopped out of the blue - my leg stopped me from plowing into him, but at a price).

I guess because I have wide feet I have gotten used to having to spend the money to get comfort (I wear orthotic inserts and BEAUTIFUL orthotic shoes (sarcasm) - I would not mind spending the dollars on SIDI shoes, but I would also want to take them on the road. Is that reasonable, or is there something I am missing? The reason I say SIDI is because I saw a pair featured in the women's issue of Bicycling which stated that they were good for wide feet (the Dominator).