Thanks for the well wishes everyone I got the Shimano clipless/standard cage pedals. They were silver and black. The black part is the durable cage that securely snaps on the pedal(I watched him put them together). They are SPD and got the cleates too and the whole thing ran around $65. Not bad, I was expecting more. I have Diadora road/touring shoe, womens.black. they are lace up but have a velco across the top of shoe to secure laces and foot. really nice shoe. found it at nashbar. I've seen frog pedals, they are neat looking, never tried them though. Everyone has to find their own fit I guess. I was the third one this week to get those pedals from the LBS, apparently it's a popular option.