I use clipless on my commute, but often ride in whatever i have on for short utility rides. I use the peformance campus pedal which has spd on oneside and clipless on the other.

On my road/training bike it is always clipless

I only have one bike, so the platform/clipless decision isn't there. I always ride clipless. I test rode a bike the other day with platform pedals and I just couldn't do it! My feet kept slipping off the pedals. But worse, I found that I really do use the upstroke to pedal. I never realised this. So I'd be pulling up with my foot, and, of course, my foot would come off the pedal.

Never again! Platform pedals, begone! :lol:

For my commute (53Km round trip), I have no hassles with clipless pedals. You get used to using them and as someone else mentioned, stopping is second nature.

Max

I went from numb forefeet (from cinched down toe clips/straps) to clipless freedom in about 1986. Now I can't ride a bike without clipping in. To me riding a bike without being clipped in feels like driving without a seatbelt.

I don't cinch down my toe straps, I just leave them loose. I only want them so that my feet don't slip off the pedals, I don't need to be cinched down for that.

Clipless on my road bike, clips/cages on my fixed gear. I do feel an advantage up hills and on takeoffs, but just cruising, not so much. I started with the M324s as well, but quickly realized they're a pain to use because my foot kept landing on the wrong side when I wanted to clip in. I literally never used them with normal shoes, so I ended up switching them to double sided spd and have been much happier.

I test-drove a bike that had platform pedals on it. I came to a few red lights ... when they turned green, I'd go to pull the pedal to where it should be for me to get moving, and it didn't come with my foot. Annoying.

No I never use clipless for any type of riding. I use toe clips and straps on my fixed gear and singlespeed bikes. In winter I switch to platforms. I like wearing regular shoes, that's the reason I don't use clipless.

Clipless on the road bike, BMX-style platforms on the beater/winter bike. I was going to put clipless on the beater bike for the summer, but never got around to buying any. Because I alternate bikes often enough, I don't have any issues with my feet coming off the pedals when using platforms. I'm just programmed to know how to pedal on each bike.

All my bikes have clipless: Ultegra or 105 on the road bikes; M520 on the CX. It feels weird to not be attached to the bike.

I usually ride with them but if I don't want to work in my cycling shoes, I wear street shoes.

Platform/SPD combo. Took some time to get over apprehension in traffic. More control clipped.

I have a pair of fairly comfortable Specialized MTB shoes. They do clack a bit on hard surfaces, which is all my workplace has, but I could probably get away with it. I may just leave an extra pair of sneakers at work. Thanks for all the advice and experiences. I'll try it next week.

Nope. I have lots of stops along a MUP and I don't want to have to carry or leave an extra pair of shoes on the other end. I use toe clips without straps and I find they work fine with cycling shoes, casual shoes and combat boots

I use clipless all the time. I started with some shimano spd pedals but I could never get the right one dialed in properly so it was hurting my right knee. I went to speedplay frogs and have no problems. I could never handle platforms without clips anymore but I wouldn't mind regular toe clips, I just prefer the clipless.

Yes, always and forever forward on all my bikes period.

11 miles ones way, ride clipless (shimano m540, I prefer mtb shoes coz I can walk with them). Plenty of stopping at lights. Wouldn't ride any other way.

Had 'em for a couple of years, until they (and the bike that they were mounted on) were stolen back in '06. When I replaced the bike I didn't bother with new clipless pedals, since I'd stopped using the clipless side of the pedal for commuting long before they were ganked. I never found a pair of shoes that were comfortable enough for the 8 to 9 hours that I was on my feet for work (restaurant workers represent! We don't get no breaks, YO! We don't get no breaks, HEY!), which more than trumped the minor gains I received from riding clipped in, gunning it up the hills on the way to work at maybe 2 to 3 mph faster than riding in my work shoes and using the platform side of the pedal.

I do. They're more secure than platforms especially when hammering (there's 12.5 miles between my home and office with 23 traffic lights and 10 stop signs. Getting there or back in under 50 minutes means parts of the ride are happening at 18-22 MPH) or in inclement weather (I've slipped off wet platforms riding in Seattle on the comfort bike I picked up after herniating a disc - that sucked).

For over a decade I wore my Shimano BMX shoes around the office, although since switching to Bebop cleats which are only somewhat recessed I started changing into Tevas.

It's not a big deal.

Around here, that'd be the same time in a car... ;)

Always. Shimanon PD-M424 combination platform and clipless. Platform lets me get started at lights (and I have a lot of them) without worrying about clipping in instantly, while the clips give me confidence that my feet will stay on the pedals over the potholes and other "irregularities" in the Newark streets. I use them all year around, including when I've put the studded tires on to deal with the ice.

No.

I have clipless pedals on my fixed gear, but not on my road bike. When it gets cold I will have to give up the fixed gear for the winter because my shoes are too tight to layer socks for warmth.

Clipless for commuting, 4 years now:

I find that Shimano 5 series SPDs are affordable (I bought both pairs used) and shed mud and snow wonderfully in the winter. I would be kind of scared to ride anything except clipless on snow/ice. It seems that even when conditions surprise me they just release automatically at just the right time.

This takes a little practice, and a set of platforms with decent grip would certainly help; but I do it at every stoplight, without clipless and without problems. From the 6 o'clock position you apply forward lateral force to the pedal, then bring your foot up as the pedal swings forwards and upwards. It's just circular pedaling technique applied in reverse.

Why? I could see how someone would be inconvenienced if they were big fans of clipless and had to go without, but how is it scary?