Quote Originally Posted by L-Bell View Post
Just a belated thanks for the info, Maye - those look like a great convertible option. I did some practice on my own, in my neighborhood and on a nice newly paved parking lot, and am feeling MUCH better about the clips.
Glad you are feeling better about the clips Bell! It has to become part of your muscle memory and that does take practice.

Regarding the convertible SPD pedals. My experience could be unusual, but I rode these for a few months last year and have quite mixed feelings about that. The clip side were fine, and were indeed the only SPD pedals I've not had problems getting in/out of.

The platform side however...I strongly disliked. They are metal, of course, and I found that my feet just wouldn't stay on the bear claw design - and that was with regular shoes. If I tried to go back and forth between sides on the same ride with my bike shoes with clips it was even worse as there was nothing there for the harder soles of my bike shoes to get a good purchase on. I moved from these pedals back to a good quality BMX pedal and my feet stay on those.

Eventually I put Speedplay Frogs on the bike I use for road riding and they are perfect for me. My knees love them (far better than SPD), and have never had a problem getting in/out of them outside of one time that I did something very stupid - but that was rider error

I still ride BMX pedals for mountain biking.