thanks everybody for the input, i picked up some nib eggbeater sl's on ebay for 50 and then a friend hooked me up with a pair of the atac's too. so give a month or so and i'll post my thoughts on em all for a nice little spd-atac-eggbeater comparison.
also what's the difference between the eggbeater road cleat and the normal one? what are those side arm things for??