New pedals, or Pedals for Sale
At the REI Menbers only garage sale, I picked up a pair of used Crank Brothers Eggbeaters pedals, with cleats, for a really cheap price. I mean ridiculously cheap. Like, so cheap I refuse to print it here in case I decide to resell them!
On that note, it turns out they are not SPD compatible, so if I decide to use them, they’ll be exclusive to the bike they are on with one pair of shoes dedicated to those cleats. The natural choice would be to mount them on my new mountain bike, but I really like the Shimano M324′s that I have on there now.
However, last year in Moab my SPD pedals got progressively caked with dust until at a crucial point I couldn’t unclip, and ended up twisting my knee when I fell. The eggbeaters are completely impervious to this effect. On the other hand, I like to flip my M324′s over to the platform side when I ride on sections of trail with exposed cliffs, especially after reading this.
I guess I’ll change cleats on my shoes, bolt these on and give them a try. The reviews I’ve read are all over the place. It seems people either love them or hate them, so I guess giving them a try is the only way to know for sure.
