Originally Posted by
gatortoes
I've been riding mtn bikes for years and use the SPD pedals. I recently got into road cycling and am looking at the spd-sl pedals. How much harder are they to hnclip from?
I don't have any real experience with SPD, only a couple times I tried it and found that they are more finicky with dirt and whatnot as it's a smaller cleat. I love my SPD SL cleats, but they only downside is that they are almost always single sided entry. The cleats wear out in about 1500-2000 miles for me, so it's not too bad when they are only 26 bucks each. The ease of clipping is adjustable on SPD SL on my 105 pedals for tension to achieve desired effort. I personally like the wide platform that SPD SL offers so I got less hotspots on my feet.