Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Unless you have some kind of telekinetic ability, you can't have the proper side of an asymmetric pedal always up for the kind of shoe you are using. Even if the pedal is weighted so that it always hangs the same direction, sooner or later you are going to have to flip the pedal to get the right side up.
my forte campus pedals are weighted such that the pedal hangs vertically, so neither side of the pedal is ever up. my feet just know to tip the pedal forward or backward depending on the footwear i'm wearing. it really isn't a difficult, challenging, or thought-inducing maneuver; after 4 years of riding them, it just "happens".
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
You can ride SPD pedals with normal shoes too. Without modification or additions. It's not terribly comfortable for any appreciable distance but riding platforms for an appreciable distance isn't any more comfortable.
but why would i want the clumsy solution of trying to ride a regular shoe on a SPD cleat when there are already several manufacturers who have brilliantly solved the footwear flexibility problem by making dual sided SPD/platform pedals? they work wonderfully well for me, why should i be trying to fix something that ain't broken?