I hit a pole today (I'm an idiot) at ~7mph. I knocked the front wheel severely out of true. I got it relatively true. But I noticed that I tore one of the toe straps on my toe clips. I have the choice of getting new toe straps (which I don't want to do because the pedals are from a ca. 1980 road bike and I'd like to get something more modern), new pedals+clips+straps (approx. $30 at the local Performance bike shop), or a MTB clipless setup (road is too expensive for me). The MTB clipless setup would be $35 for Forté Campus pedals and roughly $60 for the shoes at Performance Bike. On Nashbar, I could get nicer Shimano pedals for $33 and shoes for $28.80.

I'd really like to go clipless, so that's probably what I'll end up doing (if my parents allow it). At Performance, a clipless setup would be more expensive and of lower quality pedals than at Nashbar. So what I think I'll do is go to Performance, get sized for shoes and then order that size shoe at Nashbar (along with the Shimano pedals). I wouldn't feel guilty about this because I give Performance tons of business.