Dont mean to hijack the thread, but I am one of those on the border cases. Right now I just ride plain pedals with nothing connecting my feet to the bicycle. I have ridden my new bike a few hundred miles and have a good feel of it, and my LBS is strongly recommending me the clipless pedals too.

My only concern is, apart from my 32 mile RT commute, I run all my errand work on my bike as well. Like going to coffee shop, going out to park for a jog, going for grocery etc. Now it is not possible for me to wear the shoes with cleat at all those places. And for that extra benifit of clipless on my commute, I dont want to give away all these flexibility of wearing any shoes and hopping on the bike and running around ...

I am lost and would appreciate some suggestions !