I guess I'm the only one who isn't happy with the speedplays. I came from a mountain bike shoe (Shimano M086) with Shimano SPD M520's on my road bike. This system I NEVER had to looked down and never missed. Clipped in, tried and true. As soon as I switched to my new Pearl Izumi Tri Fly III's and speedplay light's, I have a hard problem clipping in.

The issue is that the pedal needs to be in the same plane as the shoe/cleat. If they don't perfectly align, you can't clip in. This is my first problem, but its totally a user preference thing. Another issue (which is the 2nd user preference issue) is that the float is TOO MUCH. I went from 6* or so to the speedplay and find my self the 'chicken feet' syndrome where my feet are moving all over the place during climbs and riding.

I've gotten about 100 miles on them now and have adjusted to the 2 issues above, but they're still not ranked high in my book and feel no different in power output/comfort than my SPDs. Another thing that killed the placebo for me was that the speedplay pedal itself is very light, but that's only due to design. The excess weight is in the cleat itself. So when you weigh the entire system together vs. a spd-sl or spd system, they're actually very similar in weight.

Lastly,When I get into my other bike with a regular set of knockoff SPD-SL type cleat and pedal, it's easy as pie. I think I will be looking to buy a set of 105's or ultegra's for a permanent new pedal system.