For commuting, I am a big fan of clipless with a platform side. For commuting, I go clipless until the downtown traffic gets heavy and then I use the platforms. And I'm not going clipless on the family ride. I have both Shimano A530 and M324 pedals. I like the wider platform on the A530s but they are fairly slippery. My favorite platforms are the studded Wellgo pedals on my cargo bike.

What I wanted was an SPD pedal with a studded platform on the other side.

Enter the Wellgo WAM-D10. Just got them and put them on my CX bike. I am a happy guy today.

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Nice!!!

Never seen those, good find.

These look good, i will have to check it out for my cross bike.

Do they always rest with platform to pavement, clipless mechanism up?

they look very promising.

They look very... tactical. I wonder why that aesthetic (matte anodized knurls, etc) hasn't made it in the bike realm.

Not SPD-SL cleat compatible?

I would like to know this too; my experience with chimeric platform/spd pedals is that the weight of the clip causes that side to rest downwards, so riding the platforms is convenient, but you have to rotate the pedal every time you clip in. I can't think of any way to avoid this except to artificially weight the platform side, and nobody wants that...

These look great, and I'm tempted to try them. In fact, I'm tempted to ditch SPD after years of heavy use. I'm getting cramps in my feet, and I think it's from putting so much pressure on a small area of my feet. These pedals might allow the areas ahead of and behind the cleat to have contact with the pedal. Will they?

I currently use commuter style pedals with SPD on one side. I find it's very easy to flip them over to get to the cleated side. It's easier than getting my feet into toe clips, which I already find easy.

So far, they don't spin on their own when you take your foot off. They are pretty well balanced so I don't think one side is heavier enough than the other to make the pedal orient itself one way or another.

Oh, that's too bad. I prefer knowing without looking or feeling. But that's not a deal breaker.

This is why I stick with Egg Beaters; they are always positioned correctly...

Here is how they hang after they are broken in - platform side up, with the front pointing somewhat down.

I've had mine for a year and a half. Have two Minnesota winters on them. They work a lot better with sorel boots than my old Perfomance Campus pedals. I love them - they are my first set of pinned platforms, and I was suprised at how much better they are when riding in tennis shoes, vs a standard cage pedal.

For some reason this model is not widely available - I only found one or two websites that had them. They work great.

[MENTION=8509]loky1179[/MENTION] thanks for the thorough response! Exactly what I wanted to know.

Tom, I think that the way his pedals rest are because they are new. I've had 530s and 324s. They do what they want until they get a few miles on them Then they hang straight up and down.....SPD to the back--platform to the rear. In MTB shoes---grab 'em to the front. In street shoes---grab 'em towards the rear.

I think he just needs a few miles on them.

I just ordered a set. We'll see!!

And if they don't a bit of weight on one side of the cage will make it so...