Interesting that JohnDThompson et al. use the Lyotard mod. 23 pedals. I had a pair on my first real bike (Helyett Speciale track bike; got it in 1964), but they lasted only a few months before they started falling apart.

Come to think of it, at age 13 and riding a track bike with a bunch of riders on road bikes, I probably smacked the pedals on the road going through tight corners a few times.

These days, I use either clipless or half clips. If I were touring, I'd probably go with the half clips, since they don't seem to be a limiting factor versus the clipless pedals for anything except sprints, which I don't do these days anyway.