yeah, i'm rocking the atac carbon xs. i scored them new for around $80. rediculously nice.

with the 17* release angle and the highest tension setting, it takes a damn dedicated effort to get my feet unclipped. i actually run them at 13* and medium tension because it feels the most right. that setting also passed my 15 minutes of skidding down the hill near my apartment and moving my rear wheel from side to side test.

You can order them from REI.com, Nashbar, etc. and if you're not satisfied, you can return them -- no questions asked.


I've had Eggbeaters on my commuter for a little over 18 months. I love them.
I like them so much I ditched the Look pedals on my road bike and have been riding Quattros for about 3 months.

i might do this, because i'm leaning towards eggbeaters for weight and the simplicity of the design, but...


...that is going to be kind of a beeooottchhh to get used to..

i havent had any hot spot issues on long rides either, and would think that is mostly an issue of shoe design/fit.

i pretty much figured that, but considering the disign, it's still pretty amazing.

+1 on Carleton's comment.
Eggbeaters are sort of mushy. Your foot moves around almost freely, and then suddenly you've clipped out. Ouch!
I just want my 5 degrees of float, and that's the end of it. After that, some resistance better remind me that I'm about to clip out. Beaters sort of felt like I stepped in a huge pile of half-dry sticky dog poo and I'm twisting my foot in it. No, thanks.

I have heard fantastic things about Time atacs. Only raving reviews, not a single complaint. However, they are just butt ugly, imho. Hideous. Ugliest pedals ever made, after Speedplays. Not light, either. And effing expensive over here. Sooooo... SPDs are good enough.

i love the hell out of my eggbeaters

My take on my eggbeaters for what it is worth, like many things the "mushy" feel of eggbeaters is probably a matter of taste, I actually don't mind it. After some experience you pretty much know where the float ends. They don't really "click" out very positively, but I've had a lot of situations where I needed to get out and forgot to twist my foot the right way and still managed to get out of them without falling over. At the same time I've never really clipped out accidentally. I don't know how that is or if it is that way for everyone, but it works great for me.

As far as the hotspots go, I have some fairly stiff mountain shoes, and it basically feels to me like the whole sole is the pedal platform, and I have not had any problems in that regard.

I haven't used the ATACs though. Sorry if I'm repeating others.

I have never really had any problems using eggbeaters. I have popped out a few times skidding hard and swinging my rear wheel, but that is probably my fault. Other than that my only complaint is that the bars of the pedal wear holes in the soles of your shoes (haven't tried shims yet). I've never gotten any bad hotspot problems with fairly cheap shoes. Overall I would recommend them, but I have never heard anything bad about atacs either.

yeah i have never unintentionally unclipped with my eggbeaters or quattros.

I'm also in the market for my first clipless pedals.

At first I was thinking Speedplay, but now eggbeaters seem the way to go.

Here's my dumb Frd question. If I order a set of, say Candy's, do they come with cleats? Or do you have to have to buy cleats on top of the pedals? Nashbar and Performance don't specify that cleats come with pedals. My guess is they do. Speedplay Frogs come with cleats?

Also, do cleats for Eggbeaters fit "Most Shoes". Sorry if this get covered to death. But Likely I'll buy the pedals online and buy shoes locally.

Thanks.

If they are new, they come with cleats. They will fit any shoe that will mount an SPD style cleat (two bolts).

yeah they come with cleats and will fit any 2 bolt spd shoe.
+edit+ beat me to it by one minute!!

Wow! Thanks for your SPDy replies!

Would the same cleats work for Candy's and regular CrankBros eggbeaters? So only one pair of shoes for the 2 sets of pedals? These are dumb questions only if you already know the answers!

Seems like Candy pedals are regular eggbeater pedals with a support platform. My guess is they belong to the same system, thus the cleats work for all of them. No?

Thanks for your replies and knowledge.

I've ridden both Candy's and Eggbeaters and my preference is Candy's.
The little platform guides your foot in and never had any probs with sore feet. I wear SIDI's and ride 6 days a week, a few hundred kilometers each week.

same cleats work with the candies and eggbeaters.

same cleats work with the candies and eggbeaters.

i haven't double posted in a long time..........sorry.

I switched from the Time pedals to eggs about 4+ years ago. Now all my bikes sport eggbeater SL's. My wife switched as well. They are very similar to Time, but a bit more easy to get into. I came from a mountain biking background, so clip in ease was important- especially when your shoes are caked with mud. I also think the clearance is better with the eggs when used on the road (is it stack height or angle?), however, there is always some roadie that will tell you "that's a mountain pedal".

I have never had hot spots, my main shoe is Sidi Dominator. I also have/have used Lake, Shimano and Diadora. All of them have fairly stiff soles. My longest rides now are 100+ miles on the road.

With any of the eggs, isn't the contact area only at the cleat/spring? Meaning the platform on the candy, quattro & smarty, doesn't really affect the contact area? I only ask that because I know with the Time pedals the body of the pedal does nothing to support the foot.

I have Quattros on my roadbike (for the last year), Eggbeater SLs on my commuter, and i plan on getting Candies or more plain Eggbeater SLs for my IRO fixed gear when the group buy comes through.

No hotspots whatsoever on the quattros (nice large cleat/pedal contact area takes care of that) and no hotspots on the Eggbeaters either (i'm using Adidas Durango shoes which are fairly stiff).

I really like them and how i can use either set of shoes on either bike (just had to trim a bit of tread off the Durangos). Came in handy once when i accidentaly left my MTB (read: commuter) shoes at work and could still ride to work with my road shoes.

The float (or mushy float) feel is something of preference. However since i've only ever used eggbeater type pedals since switching to clipless, they feel perfect to me.

dont get the Smartys...they are not serviceable and the bearings arent even sealed...crank bros made these as entry level and once the very tiny small bearing cups break thats it...

Never had a hot spot problem. I ride them 30 miles at a time pretty regularly in shimano mtb shoes.

Well, I ordered a set of Candy's and a set of Eggbeaters SL for my 2 bikes online. Bought a pair of Specialized MTB shoes from the LBS today.

My next question is, which pedals would you put on the commuter bike, and which on the touring road bike?

I might ride 5-7 miles of NYC streets on the Commuter and anywhere from 20-100 miles on the touring road bike. Does it matter or will it be a personal preference you discover in time? Which should I try first?

Thanks.

Which one will you need to clip/unclip from more often? My recommendation is to put the regular eggbeaters on that bike. While it's not hard to clip in with a platform present, it's definitely easier without one.

I've spent a few thousand hours with my feet clipped in my eggbeaters and I haven't had a hot spot yet.