Originally Posted by
noglider
[MENTION=339610]Darth Lefty[/MENTION], with practice you can get good at it again. I've now reached the point where not only do I feel safe in cleats in traffic, I feel safer with them than without them. I love my SPD shoes which look at lot like yours.
I recommend that you consider getting some really nice Shimano pedals. You will thank yourself, even though there is a dollar cost. After using many various Wellgo/Nashbar pedals, I can appreciate the difference. They might even make you feel more secure.
I don't have any problem justifying nice pedals. Contact points are where I splurge and that's one of them. But I feel like I'm all set. I got the $6 pedals because what have I got to lose? At least I got cleats out of it. That's still half the price of just a set of Shimano cleats, it's even two bucks less than the Nashbar cleats. And maybe if I ever bother to adjust the bearings they will be fine too... I'd picked up the old used ones on a lark, with no specific plan when or which bike to install them. I'll put off buying nice new until a) I feel the old Shimanos aren't good enough and ii) I decide to stick with clipless at all.
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"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."