Brocephus

My trusty old LOOK pedals are getting pretty long in the tooth, and I figured I'd do a little research before it got down to crunch time. Back in the glory days of Pricepoint, Supergo, etc., when bike-part deals flowed like honey, I'd just grab whatever $160 set of LOOKS were on sale for a fraction of that, and call it a day. But those days seem long gone, and I don't have my finger on the pulse like I used to, so, as always, any good info is much appreciated.
These days, in my antiquated state, I'm just a casual 40-mile-a day exercise rider, so no sprints or contesting hill tops, no races or big club rides. Them days are long gone.
I'm not concerned with weight,color, or the latest-greatest blah,blah,blah, just whatever clip-in pedal will work for a few years, as cheaply as possible.
Those $50 LOOK Keos any good ?

rosefarts

They're great actually.

I ride Keo's that cost me $5 from the used bin, that were only $60 new. Unknown mileage, plus plenty of my own. Still perfect.

I had a pair of Look Delta's about 1999 whose bearing went bad. That's the only problem I've ever seen with the maybe 10-12 pairs of Looks I've owned of both cheap and midgrade quality, never went super high end.

Mulberry20

I like Shimano better the cleats are better and cheaper. The pedal below the 105 pedal is around $50. I bought two pairs of 105 pedals 6 mos ago for less than $100 each. They are excellent pedals.

LesterOfPuppets

If it's almost new shoe time also (or your shoes are also two bolt compatible), two bolt SPDs in a shoe that recesses the cleats will have cleats that last almost infinitely longer than road cleats. 520 pedals can sometimes be found for as little as $30

Brocephus

Thanks guys, good info. I actually have an old set of 2-bolt mtn cleats, on a very nice set of carbon-soled Shimano mtn shoes, that are sitting in a box of bike parts, along with the set of Time ATAC pedals they mate with. No reason I couldn't draft that stuff back into service.
And, I was just reading some great reviews of the Shimano 105 pedals and cleats, but i hadn't really considered Shimanos (and definitely need to keep it well under a $100 bucks). I've always used LOOKs on my road bikes, but I'm not adamantly committed to them.

Mulberry20

Coming from a dyed in the wool Campy guy, Shimano make the best pedals. No rocking, no creaking, no drama. No chipping, no peeling. Nice wide platform.

ClydeClydeson

I was given a set of Look-ish-style pedals a few years ago. They used a cleat slightly different from Look cleats. They were death traps! Not only was it about a 50% chance of not easily releasing, about 25% of the time they would jam when engaging and leave you with a foot stuck out at a 30 degree angle from the bike.

I would bet whatever pedals are available that are compatible with actual look cleats, the will work acceptably. IF the cleats are similar but not exactly like look cleats, avoid.