I've ridden clipless for a number of years now, and I enjoy and prefer it, BUT my shoes (Performance/Forte Traverse, no longer sold) are wearing out and since I have really hard-to-fit feet (EEE), I cannot order shoes online with any confidence, and I really am not up for the hassle of driving to stores all over San Diego trying on shoes, and then going back after they order different sizes, etc.

My wife has already switched to platforms+5tens on her mtb; plus I've been reading about platforms, and I have a friend (who is a much better rider than me, road and trail), who is explaining why he rides only platforms now (promotes better form).

So I'm thinking about ditching my clipless for platforms. I'm going to buy some cheap pedals from fleabay to experiment with (thoughts on these vs these vs these?) I really like the idea of never again having to worry about shoes just for the bike (maybe my current pedals and shoes and pedals will last forever if I use them only once/twice/year). I almost never wear any other bike-specific clothes (jersey/padded shorts), so it will fit better with my bicycle dressing philosophy to just wear tennis shoes.

Anybody else switch from clipless to platforms (for reasons other than falling-over problems/concerns?)