CLICK'R or regular road CLIPLESS

Dids

I am a newish, female, road cyclist.
I am using Clipless pedals, but I am anxious about having my feet clipped in, esp climbing hills.
I have heard/read the click'r mtb pedals are easier to unclip.
Any advice on this, or on clipless pedals in general or how I can ease my anxiety would be gratefully received
Many thanks
Dids

fat daddy

I use click-r on my daily commute to work and various spds on the mountain bikes and my weekend road bike .. and the turbo trainer bike.

Click-r on the t-400s with the sh56 cleats are massively easier to clip in and out of .. the end ... they just are, don't listen to others that have never used them.

BUT

as you get used to being clipped in and get more and more confident you find you quickly out grow them, under very heavy load ie racing other people, sprinting, climbing, its very easy with a slight twist to unclip when you really don't want to ...... give it a few months and you will be wanting new pedals.

I speak from experience.

That said though, I am still using the click-r on my daily commute bike .... when it comes to racing other commuters off the lights, the t-400s are king, you just stamp on the big plastic pedal and by the time your foot has done half a revolution its clipped in without fail and you are already pulling up on it ...... again, be careful though because as much as they have a lot more float and twist than other pedals, if you go too hard, you rip your foot back out the clip and knee yourself in the face or the handlebars.

so to summarise .... they are a LOT easier to clip in and out of, but heavier, too soft when you improve and expect to upgrade in 6 months time when you find them a little too "baby-ish" .... they are the equivalent of stabilisers, although the t-400s you can use with regular shoes as its a big flat pedal and double sided.

If I did it again, I probably would have saved the money and gone with regular spds but with the multi-directional sh56 cleat

ForumNewbie

I use these MTB SPDs which are really easy to clip-in to as they are double-sided unlike single-sided road SPDs:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-pd-m540 ... 60065896uk

step83

Id got with normal SPD's the main benefit of the click'r system is a bigger platform which youll get annoyed with quickly. I went from Shimano M424's to M520s which has a far smaller platform. Youll be surprised how quickly you get used to them.