Originally Posted by randywall

Really appreciate being able to read this conversation, even though it is quite old. I bought Shimano EH-500 pedals (SPD on one side, flat on the other) for my road bike, that I have been using with EX-300 shoes without the cleats attached, except when it was below 40* recently, when I wore my flat bottomed street shoes. But as I'm getting better at biking, I want to return to the efficiency I had when I wore toe clips in the 80's. I won't be able to ride for a few days with our high winds and rain (fairweather cyclist and golfer here). But I did install the cleats on my shoes today - my only cycling action at all. Maybe tomorrow when the wind isn't howling in the garage, I'll practice clipping in and out. I'm planning to only clip in on one side for a while to make sure I'm used to it. I'd like to be one of those people who has never fallen over. It never happened with toe clips.