I thought they matched well with my stormtrooper outfit. Regular clothes is a different story.

Gee, I must be odd. Time Atacs... road and MTB platform. Shared between bikes. Oldest pair (road) is over three years old, and no strip-down for rebuild. Good float. But then they need MTB-type shoes which are passable in social company instead of w@nky road shoes that have people asking why you walk like a duck. Weakness is that if the MTB sole wears, you wear the brass cleats. Oh yeah, I have used them fixed with no problems.

The chrome and possibly the stainless (not sure). The body is press fit to the spindle and in all cases they've come apart. Then there's no way to repair. Not sure of the cause, but the one time I witnessed one fail it was when someone was pulling up to go over an obstacle.

I've tried them all, Time holds tightest of all recessed cleat options, also has the longest lasting cleats with a very low profile. eggbeaters are good for style bt won't last anywhere near as long cleats or pedals and can be smashed to uselessness on a curb. They are a bit les pricey than a good pair of Time though. SPDs will all eventually pop out on the up pull, they are best suited for offroad unless you have time offroad. It all depends on what you want though, SPD are easier to get out of, Time hold you tighter more securely. One nice thing about the Times is you can reverse them for a super super strong hold that's actually a little difficult to get out of unless you're used to it. This is Ideal if you have big legs and are about to start a sprnt comp from a stopped position using a 53-16 on a road bike.

I'll let everybody insert their own jokes about bad tasting bush...so many levels.

I use cheap spd pedals and can skid, skip, etc. without a problem. I own several pairs of shoes similar to Blast Radius' Adidas posted above and wear them during work every day. On the sidewalk they click and clack a bit, but in a carpeted office, nobody is the wiser.

wk, i have looks on a couple of road bikes and eggbeaters on my fixie & mtb. i can tell no real difference in how well each design secures foot to pedal...assuming stiff soles and good cleats for each. also, i tried the candys but didn't gain any advantage from the extra platform at the expense of slightly increased clicking-in difficulty so have stayed with regular eggbeaters. anyway, i'd say to pick up a set of the cheapest eggbeaters - have seen them at $50-60 - and give them a whirl.

SPDs gave me hotfoot with their tiny cleat.

I am reconsidering SPDs with a touring or mtn shoe- rather then my current SPD-L (Look knock-off) with Sidi road shoe. The SPD-L has a walking pontoon- good for walking a few steps.

You plan on going bike-hiking again soon?

I have a set of nice Sidi shoes that were expensive. Had them since 2000. Great shoes. But I need a comute/screw around shoe that I can use to go down to the store, etc. And the Sidi's are road shoes.

You mean falling on my ass hiking again? Well, not really. But it'd be easier if I didn't have to haul around back up shoes: you know how much @#$@# I carry in my bag to begin with..

Besides, can't let Rancid get away with all that smack talking @#$#!

mtb shoes and crank bros candys. The straight up eggbeaters were too wiggly on the fixie so I moved them over to the commuter. We get muddy trails here so the mud shedding properties are appreciated. Plus they look cool and are from a small (relatively) bizness.

i had ATACs on a track bike, i liked them alright. i preder normal shoes with clips and straps, so i put them on my road bike. they're great pedals, except the seals on mine squeek just enough to make me think there's something wrong with my chain until i realise wtf is going on. other than that, they're great!

i liked being able to kick out simultaneously and ditch the bike between my legs in a panic situation if i needed to as well...happened once and the bike and i wound up on opposite sides of a pretty big snow/ice bank...no damage was a plus.

Sidis make two kinds of shoes. Dominators/Dragons are MTB shoes with plastic or rubber cleats. Very walkable. The Dragons are supposedly good for biking or hiking over any terrain. Sidis also have the Genius models which look exactly like the MTB shoes except they're total road shoes which means you can't walk in them at all. I've had the Sidi Dominators for a couple of years and switched back to clips over a year ago. I too wanted the versatility of riding my bike without having to wear special shoes. It took me a while to get used to the clips again but I'm loving them right now.