Originally Posted by Trauma
if your not sure about the clipless thing.......try some wellgo pedals. they have a bunch of different ones and they can be pretty cheap. that way if you like em you can always upgrade em. i have a pair of m17's and i love em so far. havent had a need for the platform on the other side yet but for the $40 cdn on sale i aint complainin lol. one thing i found is ask your lbs for some shimano cleats. i found they made a difference..... the generic ones werent as smooth in and out. happy go clipless...lol i dont think i'd ever go back.
I think I agree completely. I started with SPD on some cheap-ass Ascent pedals ... even raced them once! But then I splurged for Shimano's M959s for better bearing quality. Now I have 2 sets of the M959s, one on my mtb, and the other on my new road bike (I only have one pair of shoes).
BTW, SPD has been around for many years. So if you're worried about design upgrades that will make your old pedals obsolete, I don't think you'll have to worry about it too much. I think that's the main reason why I'm staying with SPD for pedals.
Didn't Speedplay change the Frog cleat design about a year or 2 ago?