I like a good stiff road shoe and I ride Campy record pro-fit pedals, they lock you in but good. I ride them on my touring and road bikes and wouldn't go back to anything else, walking can be tough but I never walk in the shoes and when I have to for shoping while on tour, I carry a small pair of cheap folding sandles rolled up under my saddle. I just installed crank bros egg beaters on my MTB, too soon to have an opinion.