Newbie here, just started biking - mostly with the kids on bike paths, but now a few road rides by myself too. Decided I needed to stop trying to climb hills with regular sneakers , but still wanted the flexibility of platform pedals for when I'm with the kids. The Shimano PD-M324 was perfect for my purpose!

Went for a short ride on the bike path and a little road to get used to them the first night, and almost tipped over within 20 minutes (the classic unclip the left side and bike starts leaning over right!). I've got the tension set real low/loose so it's easy to clip in/out as I figure things out. Felt great though, and really helped in learning how to get off the saddle for climbs.

Yesterday morning was my first "real" ride with them - had a nice ~14 loop planned, which is the most I've ridden in the short time I've been at it. About 12 miles in, I'm still feeling great and didn't want to head back so I ended up riding a total of 25 miles - I'm sure a large reason for my being able to double my distance is the efficiency of clipless pedals. Love 'em!