Originally Posted by keyven

I love the EZY Compacts - but I've found the basic MKS circlips to be a real PITA to remove. I've since gotten a pair of better-designed circlips - ones with a plastic handle - that came when I bought the pedal's magnetic holder.

I still generally leave the circlip off the left pedal and never had any problems with it (or close to it). I hope it doesn't decide to play up when I'm going downhill though.