I'm not sure which pedals to get because I'm new to clipless. I ride a hardtail mountain bike and ride mostly on pavement and light XC at most. I'm concerned about budget because I don't have a lot of money to spend on it and also it doesn't make sense to spend a lot of money on a 500 dollar bike.

Anyway, I'm looking for pedals that can be used as platform (with regular shoes) and can be used with cleats. I was looking at these http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_d...=1265904314877 but it seems that from reviews the side that takes the cleats in are always facing down because of the way it's weighted.

I saw that crank brothers have these "candy" pedals but they seem pretty expensive and they don't have glowing reviews either.

Any ideas?

I should also mention that I live in Toronto, Canada.