I'll throw in my .02 as well ;) I had the M324's but for some reason stopped using them as I like the A530's better. I have the A530's on 2 of my bikes (road and mountain). They can be annoying from time to time as others have mentioned: when you stop you have to really think for a second and fiddle with the pedal to make sure you have the right side. I think they are weighted to flip to the clip side up. That being said, after riding with them for a while now, I hardly notice it anymore. The large area of the pedals allow you to easily pedal if you put your foot down on the wrong side which is why I like these over the M324's.
The versatility is worth it to me. If you can get past the minor annoyance, its worth it, I have no desire to change them out as I really like being clipped in for rides for safety reasons, but I also want to be able to go on quick rides with normal shoes, or allow someone to ride my bike without having special shoes. And these seem to be the best with both. For shoes, I love these and wear them for road and mtn rides, they look good off the bike, are stiff but not too stiff: http://www.chromeindustries.com/us/en/footwear/city-spd/kursk-pro-2-black On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 6:05:30 PM UTC-7, Mike K. wrote: > > Thanks for the thoughts so far. It's good to hear opinions and experience > on this, as I've been doing a lot of Google searching and review reading, > but it's hard to weed through those sometimes. > > It seems that there is a general consensus that the dual-purpose pedals > are a good idea, but not great in actual application. As a few of you have > had such good experience with the Speedplay Frogs, I feel inclined to give > them a go. In the end, if I don't like them, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard > to find a home for them elsewhere. I am concerned about my knees a bit, as > my dad, his brothers, and my grandfather, have all reported some > significant knee damage and a few replacements, that if possible, I would > like to avoid. The Speedplays seem to offer a good amount of float that is > very welcome to me. > > I'll look around for some shoes as well, and have had a few friends > recommend Specialized. Maybe the Tahoes? To be determined. I'll keep > everyone posted. Thanks again, and feel free to keep the information coming. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
