Originally Posted by
a_phat_beat
a buddy of mine has the icliqs and he loves them, keeps going on and on about how effortless it is to clip in (not the case with speedplays, for me anyway) and about how stable they feel.
iClics are indeed easier to clip into than Speedplays. However, I got a cleat rocking with my iClics just as I did with Speedplays.
When my Speedplay cleats started wearing and they were allowing my foot to rock, it killed my knees fast. No changes to fit, no changes to training, just the pedals slowing getting worse until they got out of hand. Strangely enough, when my iClic cleats did something similar, no pain at all. Just felt really unstable attacking or sprinting, so now I'm on RXS's and hoping the brass cam holds up better.
Speedplays are great if you have money to replace pedals and cleats when they're toast. Shimano is great if you don't want free float and don't want to think about your pedals ever again after putting them on the bike.