I just bought my first road bike in twenty years, and I am now looking for clipless pedals. Bike is a Specialized Secteur, that I will be using for long distance fitness riding, and sprintn distance tris and duathlons. Centuries, MS 150 etc. I am looking for your thoughts on clipless pedals. Since I have been in the market last, Speedplay and Crank Bros are new to me.

Do the different styles have better purposes for different types of cycling? My initial thought is that for longer distance a bit of a platform is better to disipate vibration. Dont want to break the bank, so overall value is a concern.

Thnks in advance.

Shimano PD-5700

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...9KDTY710HGAVTJ

I use speedplay and they work well for me.

I use Keo Classic on two bikes with the gray cleats and they work well. One caveat, if you unclip during climbing a hill (for whatever reason), I believe Speedplays are a lot easier to get into unless you travel with a helper to push you while you clip in :-)

I like L00K Keo's. Thought a couple times about going back to shimano utlegra or DA though for a bigger platform.

I have Speedplay Zero pedals and love them! I've only used SPD pedals before these, though.

+1 on what melonyogloo linked. Or the cheaper version: R540

serious cyclists use speedplays. fat bike riders use other pedals.

do you have a carbone frame? if not, then dont waste my time.

Everyone will tell you that what they ride is the best. Seems those that use Speedplay love them, those that use Look or SPD-SL love them. You probably can't go wrong with any but you may find you like one type better. Looking for lots of float then you probably want Speedplay. Want a larger platform then Look or SPD-SL is probably the ticket (though the Speedplay folks will tell you the cleat or a stiff sole shoe makes up for the platform but I'm not sold). Fwiw, I just stared using some Ultegra SPD-SL pedals (I'm fat ^^) and while I'm still struggling to clip in, they are great once I'm moving. Clipping out is a bit tight but not problematic.

As for different types for different purposes I think the main distinction would be road or mtb (which shed mud better and are easier to clip in and out - in general) but I was using mtb pedals on my road bike so it's not a hard and fast rule or anything.

Abstract, it appears that you are wasting your own time by responding to my post when I clearly stated that I bought an aluminum bike.
It's a hole comments like that that give ******s a bad name. Errr I mean elite cyclists. It'S guys like you that make me want to keep racing my clunky hybrid bike and still kick loud mouth's butt like yours. If you need proof, check my avatar, unless that is a waste of your time.

I use Shimano 105 pedals, They are cheap and they are very smooth.

Same here. They work great.

speedplay lite action, love em.

Most people I see with speedplays have tons of money and they think an average of 15mph on flats is fast.

Lol, it is amazing how so many routine conversations here end up as troll bait. Wasn't he just asking about some pedals?

Welcome to the 41

He doesn't look serious enough.

Clearly. His saddle and bar tape don't even match.

Even worse he's on a Trek which obviously means he didn't read waterrockets' thread on BB failure. Non-serious cyclists make me mad.

And where are his sunglasses????

Well, did he buy it new or secondhand?

Probably didn't pay for it at all. Thief.

Nice tangent to the thread.

OP: What kind of shoes do you plan to wear?

Yeah, shoes -- because we can pick out a pedal system or three that will work with whatever shoes you intend to use. Road-specific (like Sidi Genius), rigid MTB (like Sidi Dominator), casual (Specialized Taho), touring, etc.

My guess, since you're posting in Road and mentioned sprint triathlons, would be that you're looking at roadie shoes. So, you've got Speedplay, Look, SPD-SL, Crank Brothers (3-hole cleat, definitely), Time (iClic and RXS, at least), and a few others that aren't coming to mind now.

What do I use, at least for now? Time RXS -- no maintenance, impervious to dirt & mud (so far), nice "pop" when engaging, a little less skate-y feeling than the CB pedals I was using before. But, I've broken a tab off the toe end of a cleat, too; I could still clip in since the pedal grabs the brass piece in the middle, but it sometimes took me a while to find it.

Oh right, I'm going to buy peddles sponsored by a team that can't spell TACOS correctly.

saw a guy today running down the bike path. pushing his bike (with a flat tire) with one hand and carrying his road shoes in his other. he was in his stocking feet...