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depend if you want road or MTB.

SDP is the cheapest on MTB, and as long as the shoe stays in would be ok
for Road. Look or cheap equivilients would be best for road as they are
stronger and have a better tension adjustment.

Hope that helps

Brian

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Bob Chambers said:

I'm thinking of lashing out on clipless pedals - what are the current
best entry level pedals and shoes?

Cheap MTB: basic SPD pedals (Shimano 520 etc.) Higher-end MTB: Time ATAC
or Eggbeater

Cheap Road: cheap Look pedals on sale (from www.probikekit.com etc.)
Higher-end Road: SPD-SL

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depend if you want road or MTB.

SDP is the cheapest on MTB, and as long as the shoe stays in would be ok
for Road. Look or cheap equivilients would be best for road as they are
stronger and have a better tension adjustment.

I've recently looked at pedals because I want
to move from mtb shoes and SPD pedals on my
road/race bike to proper road shoes.
All the guys I asked that use look said to go for
Shimano's new pedal system. SPD-SL I think.
I started a thread about it a while ago. It
seems Shimano might have got one over Look
this time. Look is still very highly rated though.

For MTB, Crank Brothers "eggbeaters"
are hailed as the ultimate pedal...
I use SPD simply because they are so cheap.
Time ATAC seem popular too.

hippy

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depend if you want road or MTB.

SDP is the cheapest on MTB, and as long as the shoe stays in would be ok
for Road. Look or cheap equivilients would be best for road as they are
stronger and have a better tension adjustment.

I've recently looked at pedals because I want
to move from mtb shoes and SPD pedals on my
road/race bike to proper road shoes.
All the guys I asked that use look said to go for
Shimano's new pedal system. SPD-SL I think.
I started a thread about it a while ago. It
seems Shimano might have got one over Look
this time. Look is still very highly rated though.

For MTB, Crank Brothers "eggbeaters"
are hailed as the ultimate pedal...
I use SPD simply because they are so cheap.
Time ATAC seem popular too.

hippy

Hippy,

Just moved to SPDSL Ultegra recently. Really disappointed with Look, pulled
the cleat under sprint in crit, lucky escape from injury. Cleats were 3
weeks old pedals 18 months and near full tension at the time.

I have tried to pull the SPDSLs on half tension and no can do. Looks are OK
for riding but I don't trust them for racing.

Kevin

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Just moved to SPDSL Ultegra recently. Really disappointed with Look,

pulled

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the cleat under sprint in crit, lucky escape from injury. Cleats were

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weeks old pedals 18 months and near full tension at the time.

I have tried to pull the SPDSLs on half tension and no can do. Looks

are OK

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for riding but I don't trust them for racing.

The opinions I received from ng's and in shops
was that Looks are fine but there is no reason
to use them with SPD-SL's available. Yours
seems to be an unfortunate incident. Most
other cleat-pull stories involved stupidly old
cleats being used.

My well-used, well-worn SPD's are making
a clicking noise at the moment when put under
reasonable pressure..

hippy

wellgo and VP make SPD clone pedals which work fine if you are not going
to totally cane them. I am a shimano 535 disciple. Best pedal every made
in my opinion. I had some time ATACs and broke at least one arm on each
side of the 2 pairs of pedals i owned. Functionally they are better than
shimano i feel but just not durable enough.

You cannot go wrong with shimano.

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wellgo and VP make SPD clone pedals which work fine if you are not going
to totally cane them. I am a shimano 535 disciple. Best pedal every made
in my opinion. I had some time ATACs and broke at least one arm on each
side of the 2 pairs of pedals i owned. Functionally they are better than
shimano i feel but just not durable enough.

You cannot go wrong with shimano.

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The other big factor is the weight. Looks weigh too much for their price.
You can easily pick up a cheaper lighter Shimano pedal that wont break free
under the pressure of racing.

Kevin