Originally Posted by
Chombi
Look Easy is/was the bottom of the line model for modern Look Keo pedals. My experience with Look base model pedals through the years was they usually don't have enough spring tension on their release mechanism to retain your feet on the pedals on the harder efforts like on climbs and sprints. The pedals never released my foot al together, but I certainly felt them lift partially at the back of the pedals which was disconcerting, to say the least.
If you want a pedal that would have the proper operating range to match a competition bike like the Looks, you should get at least a Keo "Classic" or "Max" model, which are/were their mid-model pedals and are really light and have full tension adjustability. I have Look Classics on two of my bikes presently, and I have no problems with them.
Chombi
Yep, the Easys are the most entry level Look Keo. They're also lighter by quite a bit than all but the most expensive Looks because of the lack of spring tension adjustment. They are, by far, the best selling road pedal in our shop, and we feel they're the best value for the customer. Well under a hundred bucks and light, too. As for not having enough spring tension to retain your feet in the pedals, I've never seen evidence of that myself, and I've sold a ton of these.
There's a young guy in our shop who's an absolute beast on his fixie who uses Look Easys and loves them; I'm confident in saying that if they retain his feet in the pedals, they'll retain most everyone else's feet, too.
FWIW, I've got one of the Look Keo Max models on my Pinarello and I've got the Easys on my carbon bike. I can't tell any difference. If I put them on the scale I'd see that the Easys are lighter, and when I paid for them, it hurt a lot more with the Keo Max. YMMV.