Hallo. I would like to get a second (third, fourth..) opinion on whether or not I should go the clipless route: I am planning to purchase a very nice road bike from a friend of mine. This will be my second year w/ the sport & thusfar my experience has been on old equipment w/ running shoes & standard old-school ten-speed pedals. I do not plan on competing anytime soon, though I'd like to work toward that. For the time being, I will be using my new (used) bike for distance/endurance training.

My friend had been using a Look clipless system with the bike, but will be keeping the pedals. I'd like to just jump in & do the clipless thing but my friend seems to think that I'll have enough to acclimate to w/ the new bike that I should save that for later on down the line & use a Campagnolo-type clip pedal w/ mountain bike shoes for the time being. Has anyone dealt w/ a similar set of circumstances &, if so, what did you decide?