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He didn't want spd's and toe-clips annoy him, but he wants some sort of pedal retention. He might not like em but he's out riding the bike now for the first time so I'll see what he says... and I think platforms are the best alternative to clipless personally, nice fat surface area

They're starting to get popular in touring due to being able to have one shoes instead of two (one for spd, one for walking), large platform is comfortable with a nice load spread over.

personally I'd go for the skinnest pedals rather than the fat crud DMR that has been around for donkey's, like this;

I find beefy pedals with beefy shoes odd putting me in a slightly higher position than with clipless/road pedals.