Not that you need another opinion here but I ride the Shimano A530 - clipless on one side, platform on the other. I can clip in or not clip in, wear any shoe I feel like. Love, Love them. I also ride in a mountain bike shoe as opposed to a road shoe - the cleat is set deeper into the shoe so I have no problem walking. I noticed on our Iron Man triple brew pub tour that the ferries have signs posted with no cleated shoes on deck and I didn't have to worry as my cleats don't scratch a floor.