So after resurrecting my old Torpado and updating it with Campy 10 speed Ergos, I thought it's only natural to update my 1st generation Look pedals. I tried Campy Pro-Fit Records but they were too light to self align and were quite difficult to get into. So I tried Pro-Fit Centaurs which were heavier so they self aligned, meaning the rear part of the pedal drops down allowing a known starting point where you can just engage the toe and then step into the engagement. These worked much better but still were a little tricky if the pedal spun and then my foot would slip off the bottom side. This would lead to having to look down to get the right alignment before I could engage. And one fine day, this led me to looking down and when finally engaging the pedal, I look up to see I'm going straight for the curb. So over I go, into the bushes thankfully and not hitting anything too solid and unyielding, I manage to come up out of the bushes only with a few scrapes, a sore elbow and covered in black sticky car exhaust/brake dust residue from the busy Santa Monica Blvd.
And after that, I decide no more for the Campy's and I get a set of Time Espresso 7 pedals thinking my pedal troubles would be now gone. But these are still not the easiest. They are super light and they do self align but it's still never a certain thing of when the cleat will lock into the pedal. Sometimes it's right as you'd hope and expect and other times, it's try, try, and try before I hear the happy click.
Do others have this trouble? I'm not completely klutzy and I keep hoping I'll get used to the modern pedals but I don't. It's always a guessing game. I believe it's due to the lighter weight and while the Campy's were very short, the Time's are a bit longer which allow them to be slightly less likely to start the mystery roulette spinning that happens when you try to engage the wrong side of the pedal and the pedal starts spinning.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone else has difficulty....