Originally Posted by
zzOtherlandzz
After switching to clipless I'll never go back... But the touring bike I'm setting up now has the flip/flop Shimano pedals. Platform on one side & SPD on the other. Just in case I want/need to ride around where ever I end up each day. My feet start to hurt at about 10 miles if I'm not wearing the hard sole SPD shoes. So that's part of the reason.
I'm using Shimano 530 pedals, which are clipless on one side, and platform on the other. Works great! I go clipless for longer rides, and wear my tennies when riding slow w/my wife along the local path.