Mostly a tongue-in-cheek thread, but I'm seriously addicted to my cheap MTB SPD clipless pedals. I love the double-sided entry; I love my quick velcro shoes for tri bricks, I love my sandals in the summer and the girls who laugh at my tan lines...

Do all the roadies that s****** up their jersey sleeves at me know something I don't? Do the complicated one-side-entry blue-yellow-and-pink-shoed crowd manage save 3g on pedal weight or something? These feel good and deliver great power on the upstroke (even in the sandals!), so what more could a novice roadie want?