Shimano A520's. Single-sided, recessed with a platform that gives a much more stable feel on the pedal than a normal SPD pedal, but still walkable. The perfect balance of the benefits of a road and mountain system.

I use Crank Brother Eggbeaters on everything I ride. Super simple pedal design, never had an issue even caked with massive amounts of mud when mtn biking. For road riding and touring I use Keen bicycle sandals. Very comfortable to walk in, nice and cool when its hot, and with a pair of wool socks are very warm if its cool out.

nothing fancy, just a copy of the old Suntour platform pedals, but with a red cage.

one pair of shoes, two eggbeater pedals, twelve thousand miles. zero regrets.

I'm a huge CB fan but you must have gone through a bazillion bearing rebuilds. I seemed to be managing one every 1000k or so.

no. never bought a new bearing. i've got five sets of EB SLs. four of the five sets were bought used on ebay or CL. a few of them VERY used.

mine are designed with two bearings per pedal. one is 3/4 inch long plastic bushing the rotates on the spindle. that's the inside one, and one very small cartridge type bearing on the outside mounted on the 3/32 turned down portion of the spindle.

i weigh about 150. and because i run my bikes single speed and stand often when climbing and push a higher gear than i do on a geared bike, i probably feel like about 190 to the pedals.

to be honest i can't imagine that tiny cartridge bearing to be doing much good. it's even difficult to determine with any degree of accuracy whether it is moving or whether the inside race is just acting as a default bushing on the end of the spindle. either way they are quiet and turn smoothly.

Funny to see the note from the fellow who grew up racing road and track so can't use anything other than "stiff high performance cycling shoes". I've got the same background, but after trying a bunch of different combinations, have largely settled on Carnac Carlit touring shoes (with a fairly soft rubber sole) and MKS Sylvan touring pedals with clips and straps. This setup gives me next to no retention, but I've found that barely matters for relaxed cycling. And the shoes look (and walk) normally enough that I never feel out of place at the market, restaurant, etc.

FWIW, back when I felt that I just couldn't survive without some kind of retention system, I used Shimano A520s with Pearl Izumi "X Alp low" shoes. Still a very walkable combination that doesn't look silly when paired with "street" clothes and doesn't mar the wood floor.

I have a Surly LHT and decided to get a pedal that allows me to service the bearings. Not a lot of pedals allow you access to the bearings anymore. They are all disposable pedals if you can't fix them when the bearings go bad, need cleaned, or replaced. MKS makes very good pedals and several of their models allow you to service the bearings. I choose to go with the MKS Sylvan Touring Pedals. I have been very happy with them and they are designed to allow toe clips to bolt on to the holes on both sides of the pedal. I didn't install toe clips at this point but I may in the future. I did buy some reflectors to bolt on from Jenson USA. In my book, pedal reflectors are one of the best safty features money can buy. We all notice them when driving behind a bicycle equiped with them at night.......well I do. Here is a Sheldon Brown link regarding pedals and one link for the reflectors.

https://www.jensonusa.com/!ZJWq27l!0Q...-Reflector-Set

https://sheldonbrown.com/harris/pedals.html

First, at least in my experience, the chances of anything going wrong with SPD pedals is slim to none. If you use double sided mountain bike pedals, the chances of both sides failing is infinitesimal. And if you use mountain bike shoes, you can hike in them for miles and miles.

If you are going to be touring, are you really going to be carrying another pair of shoes that are suitable for walking? I carry camp shoes (sandals or flipflops) but they aren't usually suitable for much walking because a walking shoe is going to be heavy. So why not use a double sided pedal that is optimal for pedaling...which is something you are going to do a lot of?

Yes, you can walk in mountain bike style shoes. They aren't totally uncomfortable even if you have to walk for miles...I'd rather ride but stuff happens. The cleat makes crunchy noises when you are walking over rocks and stuff but you won't be hurting anything. They aren't like road shoes and road cleats, by the way. You really can walk in them.

I am with you on this one, SPD's are insanely reliable, I have a few sets each with thousands of miles on them and have only seen 1 set fail to where you could not clip in on one side but the other side still worked fine. I used to run egg beaters but I also get sick of the bearing rebuilds, it would happen probably once a season, possibly more on the mountain bike.

Personally I run spd's and just use a shoe commuter style SPD shoe, sometimes I will even use it on my commute in and wear them all day and it never bothers me even though I spend the entire day on my feet.

This is similar to what I use.

Suprise to see no one has mentioned power grips as foot retention system. I dont like to carry extra shoes when I tour. One pair of trail runner shoes (for biking and hiking) and one pair of flip flops.

https://www.google.com/products/catal...754&os=reviews

Performance Bikes Forte platform pedals https://www.performancebike.com/bikes...1586500_400936
I simply like platform pedals. I've trip clipless ( froggs as well as eggbeaters ) Platforms are convienient, easy in easy out

+1

Great pedals to wear your favorite shoes/sandals.

does anyone use Crank Brothers Candy pedals?

I've been using Speedplay Frogs on my bikes for about 15 years. I've found Shimano MTB shoes to work well for general commuting and touring. The past two summer tours I've taken a pair of Keen SPD sandals as my only shoes. They're great on and off the bike and lead to interesting tan lines on my feet.

I use platform pedals with strapless toe clips on all my bikes. No need for the special shoes is a big plus, too. Total freedom.