Originally Posted by
cavit8
This pretty much summarizes my experience with zeros too. I use them on my road bike where clipping/unclipping is at a minimum. For urban/commuter stuff, I'm not sure I'd recommend zeros. Walkability with covers is interesting and would get old really quickly if you're on and off your bike a lot. I use spd on my bikes, mostly because that's what I started with and I've had no major incidents or problems.
Pretty much my experience as well. That said, I totally love the Crank Brothers stuff for pretty much everything. I currently have Candies or Eggbeaters on all my bikes plus two pairs of shoes with Crank Bros cleats (one pair of Shimanos that are comfortable to walk in, and a pair of SIDI Dominators). I haven't tried their road-specific pedals yet, but I love my Eggbeaters. A little bit of free-float.. no worries of accidental upwards release (assuming the cleats are in decent shape).. 4-sided entry.. really simple mechanism.. good mud-clearing.. etc.
That said, a lot of people swear by Time stuff, but I've heard the newer stuff isn't nearly as nice as the older stuff.
As for CMWCs, I'll definitely be on the island on Sunday (assuming I'm not doing a mtb race), maybe on Saturday afternoon too. Might check out the party on Friday. And there's Goldsprints on Saturday night. Also, Martin's showing some bike movies (incl Quicksilver!
) at Cinecycle on Wednesday night starting at 8pm. Andre and I are talking about hitting the Don on Wednesday in the early evening, and then I might swing by Cinecycle.