Giving up on SPDs

[Irulan]

I use speedplay frogs on my road or mountain bikes... They're easy to get into and out of - lots of float for my knee. I had my share of clipless pedal falls in the beginning, but they're pretty 2nd nature by now.

On my commuter or bikes that I use platform pedals on, I use VP bear trap/cage pedals - you can get 'em on ebay in various fun colors, and you can hook toe clips to them (least they definitely have the holes to do it):

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trk...ar+trap+pedals

ack! I looked at those, I can't believe someone would use those for mountain bikes. They look like cheese graters.

If you want fun colors, there are all sorts of really cool mtb flats out there, made of anodized metals and colored plastics