can someone recommend me a double sided spd pedal that also doubles with a larger area so i can use it when wearing normal shoes?

my current pedals are small and dedicated for spd, i CAN use them for normal riding, but i would prefer something slightly larger with more of a platform.

Shimano PD-M324's (I think I got the model number right), are good for that.

I ride Shimano A530s on my commuter and like them. I generally wear SPD shoes and change at work, but I really like having the option to jump on the bike in street shoes.
It seems to me that the cleat side stays on top more consistently than the platform side, which is good for me. But it's easy to find the right side for the shoe without much fumbling.

So you want it with spd on both sides with the platform around it or a platform on one side and spd on the other?

You can use the Winwood Deckster with a spare cleat , and it snaps into
what ever pedal you choose to own.
turning a double sided 'Spud' pedal, into a single + some platform type.

Time and Crank Bros, are a couple pedals that surround the spring retention mech
with a surface big enough to pedal without clipping into the system.

https://www.google.com/search?q=platf...w=1024&bih=629

I've been looking at these...

My only complaint is that they seem a bit heavy? My plastic treking petals are way light...

i've got shimano A-530s on one bike, and forte campus pedals on another bike (both are combo SPD/platform pedals). i've had both for over 3 years now, if i had to pick one over the other, i'd go with the forte campus pedal. it's every bit as good as the shimano one (even a little better because it's lighter) and half the price.

in general though, i'm a HUGE fan of combo SPD/platform pedals. ultimate versatility.

Trying out some Shimano PD-534's. Having knee pain and I think insufficient float and the wide platform is contributing. The pedals have hurt from the first mile.
They are on a new bike so even though the setup matches my pro-fitted good bike, there are a few other factors to consider. Different frame, cheaper components. Obviously the pedals are the cheapest thing to swap out to see if that fixes it.
Never had any knee pain on my Shimano MTB 540's except when I am grinding cadence < 35 on very steep standing climbs.

I've had the PD-534's for a while. They were hard to get used to until I loosened the clip tension to pretty sloppy. Much easier to clip in/out now.

im going to start with the forte campus pedal, thanks everyone!

For those counting grams, the Shimano A530 is 383g, while the Forte Campus is 425g.

I have the Shimano A-530s. They work, but I am not a huge fan. They seem to require maintenance more often than the pedals on some of my other bikes, and are a bit of a pain to work on. I use them ~80% with SPD shoes, and 20% with street shoes, they are comfortable either way. The set on my commute bike have 6,000 miles on them, I was getting a clicking sound out of one of them after ~5000 miles and opened them both up, cleaned and re-lubed them. I have another pair that also required cleaning and relube, but I don't remember how many miles they had on them.

I'm curious about the Winwood Decksters. I love being able to stop down and clip in to my PD-m520's without looking or thinking about what side is up (after commuting with some awful resin platforms with mountain cages that were just too small for me).

5% or less of my rides would be convenient if I didn't have to wear my cycling shoes (I don't mind getting groceries in my spd shoes, but picnics and the church even last week where we took my daughter for an easter egg hunt are a pain to have to change into other shoes when I get there - and carry them there).

Not sure that's often enough to want to have a pedal that I can only clip in on one side and have the other side platform (reminisce back to the bad old days of my toe cages where I had to flip the pedal after every stop because the cage was so heavy and that happened often in my heavily stop and go old commute route).

On the other hand, the decksters with cleats separate cost almost as much as the shimano a530 and much more than most campus pedal if I wanted to just try that route.

Or since the desire for platforms is so infrequent, I could just take the mountain bike toe cages off my cheap resin pedals and put those on every time I wanted to not have cycling shoes on (and had the time to do that). That'd definitely be the cheapest route, but probably also the least pleasant.

that's weird. i would have sworn that my forte campus pedals were lighter than my a-530 pedals. however, my a-530s are 4 yeasr old and maybe shimano has lightened the design a bit since then because my a-530s defintiely feel kinda heavy.

either way, the weight between the two isn't a huge difference and at half the cost and better reliability from my experiences, i'd still recommend the forte campus over the a-530.

Had these for a while and now they sit in their box. I found myself wearing SPD once in a blue moon, and that combined with the negatives of the platform side on the m324s (not great in the wet, no tab to flip them) led me to ditch them in favour of some cheap pinned platforms.

Maybe if my commute distance increases I'll drag out the spd shoes again as well as the m324s, but I find the platforms aren't good enough to warrant keeping them on if you do the majority of commuting in regular shoes.

I have a pair of A-530s, but haven't put them on the bike yet. You can have them, if you ride out and pick them up.

PD-A520 ... 316g
PD-A530 ... 383g
PD-A540 ... 352g
PD-A600 ... 285g
PD-M324 ... 520g
PD-M424 ... 472g
PD-M545 ... 567g
PD-M647 ... 552g
PD-T780 ... 392g
PD-6500 ... 472g

I use the 324, which has SPD and a resin cage on both sides, but I only recommend it for shorter rides with regular shoes because the SPD cleats stick up and makes it a little bit uncomfortable for longer rides. It's fine for a few miles just to go to the store or whatever, but for longer trips you are going to want to clip in.

Stealthhammer, you missed at least one model. I have the PD-M520s. I think these are in the 340-350g range, IIRC. If I could convince myself that I could get used to single sided, I the A600s are reasonably priced and light. Reviews seem to be favorable for quality although the shiny gets scruffed/scratched.

The PD-M520s are actually double-sided, but I should have left off the PD-A600s because although they are one-sided, they don't have a usable second side so they really more of a road pedal. They are the lightest one-sided SPDs, and nicest ones that I have found that use SH-51/SH-56 cleats though.

On two of my bikes I've got the Nashbar version of the Shimano double-sided pedals: https://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...35_-1___202531

I like 'em. Inexpensive and only 330g weight.

Delete this. Double post. Sorry.

i've got shimano A-600's on my road bike. they've performed flawlessly now for 2 service-free years of heavy mileage. some might be put-off by their single-sided nature, but just as with SPD/platform combo pedals, i found it pretty easy to adjust to knowing which side of the pedal to be on to clip in, and it's their single-sided nature that helps keep them so nice and light at 285 grams. and stealthhammer is correct that you can't use the non-SPD side as a platform. i mean, you can in a pinch for a short distance (i've gone up to a mile on them in sneakers), but it isn't terribly comfortable or safe.

and yes, they do scratch and scuff easily, but overall they're great pedals. an ideal solution for anyone counting grams who still wants to ride clipless with a recessed cleat.

I only found these pedals fairly recently and I haven't been able to locate a LBS who carries them yet, but I am impressed by their lightweight and improved ground clearance compared to the M540s and Ritchey Comp V4s that I am currently using for two of my road bikes and on my fixed gear, so I think I am going to replace the M540s and Ritchey Comp V4s with the A600s. Thanks for the review Steely Dan!

+1 on the double sided pedals.