>>1992114Before half way decent sneakers with SPD were a thing I was always on cages with straps. Eventually I fitted the hipster style straps with MTB pedals to some bikes and quite liked that too. Those decisions were simply for the fact that I like to choose my footwear and not have my bikes dictate it.
But since decent footwear with SPD is available almost all my bikes are equipped SPD. That did wonders for my knees, improved cornering / less pedal strike on evasive maneuvers and so on. Yes the SPD pedals still sacrifice a bit of the versetality single sided toe cage pedals offer and I keep a few bikes outfitted like that.
Now theres one thing I wouldn't ever touch let alone ride: No foot retention. Like ewwww WTF BRO !?
