Which Clipless pedals?

Looking for pedal/shoe combo that will be suitable for both my road bike and fixed hhsb (will definitely keep cages and straps on my beater).

Research today has taught/shown me:

Eggbeater - not good for a fixed wheel bicycle

fixed.

this is the only important thing you need to worry about.

Look kéo blades, anyone have any experience with them, seriously thinking about them

6pt uses some

Cheers, I'll drop him a pm

Looking for pedal/shoe combo that will be suitable for both my road bike and fixed hhsb (will definitely keep cages and straps on my beater).

Research today has taught/shown me:

Time ATAC - best all round system for madskidz and longer rides
Look Keo / SPD-SL - best long distance road pedals, not good for madskidz
Eggbeaters / SPD - good for mtb, create hotsposts on feet and tiring on longer distances (unless used on a platform pedal)

Does this sound fair?

I have no intent on currently buying more than one shoe/pedal combo, so want to get this right. For that reason I want to use MTB shoes. Also, I don't have the bills to shell out on £180 SIDIs so is the ATAC system compatible with Shimano shoes such as the XC50 as both use 2 bolt cleats?

is there any difference when out of the saddle and pushing hard? (smaller contact area) ?

I'd go with some platformed SPDs. Best of both worlds. The magazines will tell you that you dont get the power transfer compared to proper road pedals. But they are talking about tiny differences.

I like the crank bros system. But I would'nt go for eggbeaters fixed.

I have Crank bros Quattros on my fixed, with some carbon soled road shoes, with 3 bolt Quattro cleats. More often then not though. I just use my MTB shoes with Candy cleats. The difference is pretty minimal TBH.

Looking for pedal/shoe combo that will be suitable for both my road bike and fixed hhsb (will definitely keep cages and straps on my beater).

Research today has taught/shown me:

Time ATAC - best all round system for madskidz and longer rides
Look Keo / SPD-SL - best long distance road pedals, not good for madskidz
Eggbeaters / SPD - good for mtb, create hotsposts on feet and tiring on longer distances (unless used on a platform pedal)

Does this sound fair?

I have no intent on currently buying more than one shoe/pedal combo, so want to get this right. For that reason I want to use MTB shoes. Also, I don't have the bills to shell out on £180 SIDIs so is the ATAC system compatible with Shimano shoes such as the XC50 as both use 2 bolt cleats?

ATACs have less of a positive feel than SPDs, but have more float if that's your bag.. you also have to replace the cleats more often as has been said, but the pedals look rad and the float should help to alleviate any pain in your knees. they are both good reliable, practical systems for everyday use, and longer rides providing you ride with a stiff-soled shoe and your cleats are in the right position.

SPD-SLs and keos are pretty much the same system, and would be my personal preference for purely road riding, but not for an everyday system: walking anywhere with the cleats on is difficult, you look like a retard and the cleats wear out which sets you back around £12.. don't know what people are saying about them being easy to clip out of, if anything when the tension's at a sensible level they're harder to unclip from than spd or time...

stay away from eggbeaters, the design is clever and the tension is good at first but then after not very long they slacken off and you can't get them tight enough again. obviously if you unclip accidentally while riding fixed it's not going to be a pleasant experience. the bearings on them are also shit: they seem to come out of the box with play built into them, and as far as i'm aware you can't just pop them open and service them like you can with spds.

stay away from eggbeaters, the design is clever and the tension is good at first but then after not very long they slacken off and you can't get them tight enough again. obviously if you unclip accidentally while riding fixed it's not going to be a pleasant experience. the bearings on them are also shit: they seem to come out of the box with play built into them, and as far as i'm aware you can't just pop them open and service them like you can with spds.

I hear this a lot, and disagree. I have two pairs of candys, a pair of quattros, and a pair of mallts. I used to have a pair of eggbeaters. But I used them to extinction over many years (without any issues).

I would'nt ride fixed on eggbeaters. But after 4 years riding fixed on quattros I've never once uncliped accidently.

I use candys both off-road, and commuting through nordic winters. I've never had problems with them.

IMHO candys would make great pedals for those only wanting the same pedal on several bikes. They look ugly on road bikes though.

Just bought some Rocs and basic Shimano road shoes as a first ever foray into clipless, only done the quick ride into work and bloody love 'em already.

Commute on my road bike and use Looks, not ideal commuting bike because I bash it about too much and it's half carbon.
Now building a bike solely for commuting and doing other stuff where I don't particularly want to wear stupid shoes.
I'm looking for pedals that I can use with and without magic shoes. Almost all pedals that fall into this category look horrible. Any suggestions?
I'm looking for something that isn't huge and looks nice.
These two don't particularly offend me, but I have no idea of their dimensions, hard to find this information. Anyone got either of these? Ok to ride in normal shoes? I'm thinking possibly not.

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/bikes-and-gear/components/pedals/1312298483927-1luj31ig8rwoo-399-75.jpg
http://www.universalcycles.com/images//products/medium/42565.jpg

These do offend me:
http://www.roteccycles.co.uk/ekmps/shops/rotec/images/shimano-pd-m424-clipless-spd-pedals-platform-1378-p.jpg
http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQBjkvbVfulO1UrK&url=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F41JwZLdHcQL._SL500_.jpg
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/products/medium/shimano-deore-xt-pd-t780-double-sided-spd-clipless-trekking-pedals-IMG26119.jpg

Im thinking of switching to SPD's so and getting some casual, shoes, i seem to be doing almost 50% of my riding on road pedals with trainers on because i cba putting sidis on to go to the shop because its a pain in the backside walking round.

Cant decide if its worth keeping road pedals for the road bike or just getting some casual spd shoes, put spd cleats on my sidis for longer rides and ditching road pedals completely

SPD's are good for nipping to the shop etc as you don't need to change shoes when you get there and change back when you leave, you can easily walk in a pair of MTB shoes. I use mine all the time and if I need a spare pair of shoes just carry some in a bag. Personally I think road shoes for anything other than serious training or racing are a little over kill as they can be quite limiting.

Yeah thats what i was thinking, Think ill just swap out my spd-sl pedals for spd ones, keep my sidis and put spd cleats on for longer rides, and get some more casual shoes aswell.

bring on payday

what bolt configuration do your sidis have? you usually wouldn't be able to put spds on the 3 bolt road ones.

can take both afaik!

yep they can! would definitely only use for long rides though, spds with no rubber to keep them out of contact with the ground must be like skating on ice!

personally i would keep these as road, and just change from spd to spd-sl pedals when you're doing a long ride. best of both worlds

^ might be an idea ill think on it

What are spd sl's like when it comes to float vs. standard spds?

Have some spd shoes on route now, but i cant pick pedals... do people find have tiny pedals annoying? im thinking of something a bit bigger like trail pedals pd m530 is looking likely,

or even something ATAC

I'm thinking of going clipless for the first time, either ATAC or Shimano, because my commute is about to go from 4 miles a day to closer to 20. Does anyone have any reccomendations for decent pedals and shoes? Both must be cheap(ish) because I'm fairly skint and the shoes must be non-leather because I'm a fussy vegan. Also, any solid advice as to which system to try would be great, I ride fixed with a brake but mostly use my legs to slow down (cue more conflicting opinions...)

vegan you say...

http://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/dzr-midnight-shoe-1179.html

I was hoping to spend a bit less than that...

buy used off ebay

^^^^

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=55373&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom

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http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=3759

is my current combo, and it's working out brilliantly so far, and about as cheap as it gets.

(I'm assuming 'synthetic' leather basically just means plastic, and is vegan?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fK4zm7SLvbk#t=32s

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