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(More customer reviews)I had never used cleats before so I started off with this. From the look and reviews, it looked good and I bought it. I have been using it for past couple of months. I usually ride 40-60miles every weekend (MTB) and another 20-30miles during the week and have been biking overall for a long time (couple of thousands of miles till now)
Prior to buying these pedals, cycling was more of a 'push work', which these pedals eased like any other SPDs. Here are some points though
Pros
1. Getting in and out of them is easy, no grouses about them. I fell only once with them when biking in mud, as the cleats in the shoes were surrounded with mud and these SPDs just got stuck, won't let the shoe get out. But I think that is a obvious thing #I was told that everybody falls atleast once when they move to cleats for cycling!#
2. They hold on tight. Nice power transfer.
3. Apparently light weight.
Cons
1. The opposite side flat cannot be used for non-cleated riding. The middle cylindrical part is too bulging to make the rear side usable. So, essentialy, it can be used only from one side. That is really bad if you want to just hop in your normal shoes, or worst, if you are in your cleated shoes and still want to use the normal pedal #like I prefer when going on tricky mountain terrains where tendency to fall is high, so you'd better want to ride the bike without the cleats#
2. The upper side is heavy and always rotates downwards. So, when taking off, it is difficult to rotate the pedal to get it in correct position, takes some time. Looks a small grouse, but in the long run is often irritating.
Overall, if given a choice, I'd rather not go for these pedals again, but instead go for something like PD-M324, which is just a few bucks more and rids off the cons mentioned above.
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