Originally Posted by
alhedges
I'm a little skeptical of this whole enterprise.
If someone likes foot retention and wants to wear regular shoes, toe clips and straps are the solution. But there are no clips-on-one-side-clipless-on-the-other pedals.
Actually, I think you can fix toeclips to a shimano pd-m324. Seems like a daft thing to do and I haven't tried it, but the pedal seems to have all the right connections for it.
But if someone is used to riding "free" on platform pedals and doesn't seem interested in foot retention of the clipped or clipless variety, I'm not sure that buying them clipless pedals will lead to them being used.
The idea is that you don't have to put on specific shoes just to go cycling, but can clip in if you have your cycling shoes on. That's what the platform/clipless combo pedals are for. They're for people who prefer to be clipped in but also want to wear normal shoes every now and then.