KD5NRH

I like my clips for the versatility of just getting on the bike and going in whatever shoes I have on, but I've seen too many "properly adjusted clipless pedals make for less knee pain" posts to ignore. I've seen quite a few adapters out there to hook on to SPD pedals and make them platforms, but none of them had any info on whether they were compatible with toe clips. If I could just pop a set on and ride to the convenience store or the cafe in my boots, that would be really convenient. Anybody using something like that with toe clips?
Or maybe I'll just grab some classic off Craigslist, fit it up with clips, rack and a bigger set of panniers for grocery runs, but I'm sure I'd be constantly swapping pedals back and forth to get both combinations. (Tough hybrid vs. old steel roadie...with all the chipseal and hills around here, I'm not sure I wouldn't want a modified rack so each bike can carry the other and just change bikes every other mile.)

Darth Lefty 

This pedal appears to have the right holes for toe clips. But they would scrape the ground when you are on the clipless side.
PD-M324

In addition to the flip-sided ones, Shimano also sells styles that have pop-up bindings that just get pushed down flat by a regular shoe.
PD-M545

1nterceptor

Maybe look up MKS' line up. They have pedals that pop off leaving the connectors on the crank arm.
You can have platform pedals(w/ clips) one day; then pop them off and put SPD style pedals the next
day. I think this is what you're trying to do? Not completely sure though.....

Darth Lefty 

Yeah, rinko pedals sound like a cool option! I know compass sells them but they are going to have the ex$pensive version, I bet you can find them cheaper. Still, maybe not ever down to where you could call them cheap.

gsa103

I really like these Shimano pedals. Good platform and SPD on the other side.

https://www.amazon.com/Shimano-PD-T42...mano+click%27r

RubeRad

Fly Pedals adapters seem to be what you are looking for, but probably not 'cheap', I don't think they're cheap.

Seems like it should be a pretty easy project to make something like that if you want to learn how to work aluminum.

I've seen in a few places, the plastic adapters are really only meant for bike stores to let users take test rides on spd bikes if they don't have shoes with them.

J.C. Koto

I kinda looked into this a bit recently before going clipless a couple of weeks ago but I didn't exactly didn't do an exhaustive search...

There are several platform adapters for clipless pedals but I think one would probably be hard-pressed to find a decent one that is compatible with toe-clips/straps because of the way the adapters usually seem to work with the cleat. Most of the platform adapters I've seen engage the pedal the same way as a shoe which means they disengage in the same manner, which means trying to remove your foot from a clip/strap could remove the whole platform adapter from the pedal while still stuck to one's foot, not an ideal situation indeed.

If you mean a clip without the strap you might be able to jury-rig something but frankly it sorta defeats the purpose, there is already excellent foot retention with the clipless and the footwear convenience with the platform adapter.

FWIW, I was concerned about being able to wear whatever footwear but after going clipless with these shoes I've found it's really not as big of an issue as I had worried about.

KD5NRH

Look like they'd be great evening and weekend riding shoes, but I'd still have to keep an extra pair of boots at work during the week.

PaulRivers

I've tried Winwood Decksters before:


They were absolutely awful. I mean terrible.

They have a whole bunch of issues:
- First that the "float" on most pedal systems mean they constantly squirm underfoot. They're never stable, they love to rock side to side. I don't think there's a way to solve this.
- The grip on the top was also awful. That could have been solved with better design though.
- The moment you take your foot off them they flip over (the heavier attachement is always going to end up down) so you have to flip them up to pedal again
- They change your ideal seat height because they're taller. Probably the smallest issue.

I really don't recommend them to anyone ever for any reason.

Alternatives:

1. Ezy Superior pedals can be taken on and off by hand. They have flats and shimano spd clipless pedals, here's a 15 second video on doing it, these are the best solution if you want to stick with clipless, in my opinion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdmJA4KHL3g

2. Buy a clipless pedal with a large platform around it like someone mentioned above. It's not perfect, but it was better than the clipon platform in my experience.

3. As others mentioned they make pedals with one side clipless, one side flats. I don't personally like them because at least one side requires flipping it over when you take your foot off of it so you have to look down for at least one side. And again one side won't have the seat at quite the right height. But other people like them.

4. Get rid of clipless entirely and just switch entirely to flat pedals with pins, and decent flat cycling shoes. That's actually what I did - Specialized Bennies and Chrome Kursks. My speedometer says I'm as fast or faster than before. My feet feel better. And I like not having to deal with clipless shoes. Some other people disagree with me, but that was my experience.

P.S. I saw your other comment, Chrome makes boots as well:
https://www.chromeindustries.com/foot...ons.174_asc%22