Giving up on SPDs

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She's been riding clipless on SPDs for a year - so it's not like she hasn't given these a chance.

So either clipless isn't going to work for her or the SPD style of clipless isn't going to work. I don't think spds are goign to get any easier for her with practice.

I know my speedplay frogs are an awful lot easier to get out of than the few days that I tried spd cleats - I can get in them instantly and out of them instantly. It did take a couple weeks to get to that point - but definitely not a year.

Ditto for my Speedplay Frogs. http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.frog No moving parts, passive release. Gotta love it in my little universe! I like showing off how easy they are to get in and out of by "clicking" my empty shoe in with a gentle 2-finger push, and "clicking" out by letting go of the shoe and letting it just untwist itself right off the pedal and fall off.

Thank you for clarifying what you were looking for, Laura.

Speedplay Frogs are ABSOLUTELY easier for me to get out of than toe clip/cages. I used cages for many years, and I was pretty darn good at managing them, but Speedplay Frogs had them beat all hollow within a couple weeks.