Originally Posted by
daihard
Thanks for the advice! I will definitely practice stationary first. I'm already clumsy on or off the bike!
As for the single vs dual sided pedals, my concern (which may be unfounded) is that I may have trouble finding the right side to clip in when I go. I don't want to have to spin the pedal many times before I can finally clip in. Is it just practice, or are those pedals designed to show the right side up naturally?
I used the A520's for a year or so on one bike and hated them.
For the first 500 miles, the bearing seals were so tight that they were never in a predictable position.
So I always had to look down at them and push them into position with my toe.
Then the seals loosened enough that gravity would put them into position...upside down.
Once snapped in, they were fine.
But they were annoying as hell when starting from a standing stop, especially in heavy traffic.
I currently have 4 bikes with 3 models of double-sided pedals: PD-M520, PD-M540, PD-M780.
I never need to look at the pedal; Just push down and snap in.
They all work the same, but the specs say the 780 has 6 degrees of float compared to 4 degrees for the others.