Yeah, had my eyes on them for a while & took advantage of my REI kick back. Heard that the one issue is A600's shiny aluminum body ='s dinged to hell eventually...but what Al pedal doesn't get the crap beat out of it? My 25 YO Time's (very good factory paint/anodized) are beat up, cleats hard to get, figured I had to do something. As MTB has SPD's....figured I'd "standardize" with the road bike.