Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I don't understand this need for riding your bike in street shoes. If I have my bike with me, my
bike shoes are near by. Changing shoes isn't al that difficult and, if you are using recessed cleats, bike shoes are comfortable enough for walking. I've even walked 10 to 15 miles in them...not suggesting anyone do that
most of the time when i'm biking, i am indeed in my bike shoes with recessed SPD cleats. however, i still like the flexibility of being able to ride in any piece of footwear that i own. if it's a nice summer day and i just want to run a quick errand on the bike with the flip flops that i already have on, i can just hop on the bike and go. if i'm riding my bike over to the marina to go out for a sail on my friend's boat, i can just bike over there in my boat shoes. having a dual-sided SPD/platform pedal on my utility bike affords me the greatest amount of flexibility of footwear. you may not understand that, but some people (ME!) enjoy having that flexibility.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Double sided pedals couldn't be easier to get into. Get your foot on the pedal and you can clip in. No silly flipping of pedals. Having mountain biked back in the Pleistocene with toe clips, I can tell you that not having to flip pedals is a blessing.
having biked on dual-sided SPD/platform pedals for 4 years now, i have not found flipping the pedal to the correct side to be a big deal at all. sure, there was a learning curve in the beginning, but 4 years into it now, my foot just automatically knows what to do reflexively without me having to put any thought into it. it becomes one of those second nature kind of things, kinda like riding a bike in the first place.