I use the the stainless egg beaters with sixsixone mountain shoes. I also have a pair of Vans style sneakers that can fit spd cleats but I prefer the velcro of my 661s over the laces of the others.
...they also sell sandals that take spd cleats.

I used that combination (MKS touring with PGs) on my commuter for about two years and liked it a lot. IMO, getting out was very easy, but a little bit more trouble to get into than toe clips with regular straps. I never got it down without looking like GlennO, but still not too bad. I also found them to hold slightly better than clip/staps. The reason I finally took them off is that they need to be adjusted for different shoes (if it`s a big difference in shoes). It isn`t hard, but you need an Allen wrench and it does take a few miinutes, so not something I wanted to do every day. If you wear the same or similar shoes pretty much always, it won`t be an issue.

Crank Bros.....but buy the best ones....around a hundred bucks....I had the "Candys" and one of them broke at a most inopportune time on the road. I sent it in to the company and they fixed it for free.....but when it's raining and you're 30 miles from home, that don't mean helluva lot....Get the 100 dollar variety...great pedal.

I only skimmed but I am surprised i never saw any mention of the Shimano PD-M324. Clipless on one side, platforms on the other. It's nice to have options!

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...324Pedal02.jpg

I've heard from a couple of people that, although it seems like a great idea initially to have platforms on one side and the clipless mechanism on the other for choice of footwear, it can be a pain to have the clipless mechanism only on one side. If the pedal isn't weighted so that the clipless side rotates to the top, when you're wearing cycling shoes you end up fumbling to rotate the pedal into the right position at each red light (bringing commuting into the equation because with touring, changing shoes is far less likely). Both people were using A530s (and got hooked on clipless and were using it almost exclusively) - are other pedals less problematic / better weighted?

I'm using Time Atac Alium clipless pedals on my fixed gear commuter bike and I like them quite a lot. Have Time Z pedals in the mail for the touring bike. The design looks to be a sort of clipless/platform on both sides so hopefully flipping to clip in won't be an issue but also if something breaks with the shoe or clipless mechanism while I am in the middle of nowhere I wont be screwed.

I bought a cross bike that had these pedals on it and liked them so much I put them on my road bike and the mtn bike tourer I fixed up. I really like having the same pedals on all my bikes. After about 2 years and around 10K miles I started having foot pain problems. It took about 8 months off the bikes to get it to go away. When I got a tourer I put some inexpensive Nashbar Look-compatible road pedals on it and got some reasonably priced Pearl Izumi road shoes. Foot-pain hasn't been a problem even though I'm back to commuting and road riding a lot. The pedals seem pretty rugged, but need cleaning and oiling once in awhile.

I am totally converted to clipless. Given a choice I wouldn't ride any significant distance without them. But, whatever works for your style of riding and touring. I often use street shoes on the backside of the Nashbars to go the neighborhood store. Works fine for short distances.

Another vote for Time pedals. They shed mud better than SPD's. I am personally using the ATAC ROC model.

I head to the "bin o' used spd's" at the local coop shop and find a set just sloppy enough to be nice on the knees but still provide a good ride.

MKS Touring pedals on most of my bikes, some with toe clips, some with out.

My "road" tour bike has the MKS with toe clips and straps, city bike has MKS with half clips, expedition tour bike is getting MKS with power grips. I have had only one bike with clipless pedals using Shimano SPD and it did not work for me for a variety of reasons. I also have several bikes with the old style (think Raleigh) rubber platform pedals.

Aaron:)

I haven't felt it was a problem using them on six different bikes. Still easier than toe clips and straps.

Older Campagnolo aero, platform pedals with clips and straps. To me, the ideal touring pedal without use of specialized shoes.