Double sided SPDs

dave_s

I'm picking up my new racer tomorrow (a Specialized Allez Elite) and it comes as stock with pedals with toeclips.
I much prefer SPDs and run Shimano DH SPDs on my mountain bikes but I'm looking for an easy to use road style SPD for my new bike.

My budget would be around £70 tops for some new SPDs and about the same for some shoes but I want some that I can perch one foot on before clipping in safely in traffic.
Based on past experience of small Shimano XC SPDs, I'm not comfortable balaning on those without clipping in so I want a sliglhtly bigger platform.

Here are some I'm considering but I'm not sure how easy they are to use

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=8173
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=8063
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=13078
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=8050

I'm edging towards the Crank Brothers ones because they're double sided but if the others are easy to use and not the type where you have to keep flipping the pedal to get in they might be ok.
Soz about this but I'm just used to wider platform SPDs which offer support and are basically 'stomp in'

And I want pedals which allow cleats that you can still actually walk in your cycling shoes off the bike too

john ponting

You want pedals where you can perch on one side and cleat on the other? You want shoes you can walk in? Have you looked at double sided Shaimano SPDs with suitable 'touring' type shoes? they still look fine on a road bike and work most of the time. May be frowned on in the mass sprint at the end of a big road race but not commuting or leisure riding.

fluff.

something like

http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDeta ... &catID=217

will work with 2 bolt and 3 bolt pedals alike.

The spd-sls are great pedals but not traffic friendly, i had some on my fixed (still use them on my summer bike) but got tired of skidding off an upside down pedal, went to some time atacs instead.

dave_s

Cheers for the advice
The pedals I struggled with on my old Peugeot racer were similar to these
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=20687

On my MTBs, I'm used to these
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... odelID=771
which weigh alot and would look stupid on a light racer.

I won't be entering races but I will be doing long road rides between 50-100miles so I need a decent perch. The concern I have with the smaller SPDs is that I did tend to slip off the left hand pedal because I keep the drive side foot clipped in at all times and only click the left one in after getting going in traffic

ean

Why not try M520 or M540 pedals ? You already have the compatible shoes and you'll be able to walk in them.

stevejmo7

Crank Bros Quattros are really easy to get in and out of, candys not so easy. I've also used the eggbeaters, 4 sided, dead easy for commuting. All have been fine.

dave_s

Might see if I can take a look at some Crank Bros Quattros in that case.

Don't think I'd get on with Shimano 520 or 540s even though I realise the cleats are compatible with what I've got.
I kept slipping off the left hand pedal when I used small XC Shimano SPDs on my old racer

RufusA

dave_s wrote:

Don't think I'd get on with Shimano 520 or 540s even though I realise the cleats are compatible with what I've got.
I kept slipping off the left hand pedal when I used small XC Shimano SPDs on my old racer

FWIW I use M540's on my Hybrid commuter bike. I've turned the tension right down on them so I can clip and unclip at a breeze. No problems with slipping as I never spend long enough with my left unclipped i.e. Right down, clip in as left going down, ready for the upstroke. On the rare occasions I misclip, or am in the wrong gear will do two turns then clip.

Personally never really got the hang of walking more than a few hundred yards with cleets on my feet - even recessed, so tend to carry a spare pair of shoes with me!

HTH - Rufus.

basha

Just bought and SPD type road pedal, from Edinburgh cycles, they have a much bigger platform than other SPD''s, andi find them fairly easy to clip in and out. They are only one sided, but i dont find that a problem. Not sure of the exact model number, but they are SHIMANO, and as far as i am aware, they only make this one type of SPD road type pedal, which i cool coz it means they work great with my MTB type shoes

hope this helps

BASH