Monument Man

thinking of going with some egg beaters for my road bike.

was wondering if anybody's using the "regular" eggbeaters, or if i definitely want the platform. i like hte easy entry and wouldn't mind having the cleat which is compatible with my current shoe. let me know your thoughts thanks!

Stallionforce

It's no problem with the regular eggbeaters. Why not? If I had it to do all over again, I'd put on the superlight egg beaters and buy Dominators -- that'd be excellent unless I was doing TT's. I really like the convenience of mixing training in with doing errands; getting off your bike and actually being ambulatory is pretty kewl.

DataJunkie

I used them on an old commuter bike. My feet had issues with the lack of a platform. Not a fan. I ended up changing to a dual sided shimano xtr spd pedal. If you can't clip into a dual sided pedal there is something wrong with you.
Eggbeaters are easy but really.. it is not difficult to clip into something like a look keo.

Hunt-man

I ride the eggbeaters and have the Sidi Dominator MTB shoes. Great to walk it. The eggbeaters are light. A good stiff shoe and I'm happy.

kergin

I use egg beaters on all my bikes now - two fixed gear and one roadie. Previously, I used Look Keos and Shimano SPD...

Egg beater pros:
-very positive engagement
-4-sided entry
-nothing clogs them
-universal interface along all crank bros clipless pedals

cons:
-lower models are made of really soft metal
-lower models aren't stainless
-pedal might eat into your shoe
-cleats are made of very soft metal (brass)

Phoible

I used to ride the eggbeaters on my roadbike. Put over 10K miles on them with no problems. At some point I started to get hotspots, so I switched to SPD-SLs. But the eggbeaters were easier to get into/out of.

maddyfish

I had Candy C on my road bike (essentially eggbeaters with a small platform) they are ok, but I am upgrading to speedplay frogs.

johnny99

Eggbeaters are a decent quality, lightweight pedal for a really cheap price. You can sometimes find the basic model for $40 or less. The little cleats allow you to use walkable mountain bike shoes, if you are in to that. Some pro road racers use Eggbeaters, so performance differences between Eggs and other brands must be minimal.

sisyphus321

I use the crank-bros "candy" style pedals on both my mountain and road bikes. I have Lake-brand shoes which seem to have fairly stiff soles. The shoes and pedals are probably a little heavier than the equivalent road setup, but I don't race, so I don't care. I've been using this setup for three years (~6K miles total) and also on RAGBRAI (~70 miles/day) this year & have no complaints.

sfcrossrider

I use these off my cross race bike with no issue. https://www.crankbrothers.com/candy_4ti.php I prefer the larger platform for remounts. It also works great for keeping away hot spots.

AngryScientist 

i had them on my bike for a while, they were from my MTB, get a good set of road pedals instead, they are better for the long haul. i recommend speedplay zero's to everyone now, dual sided wonderfullness.

interceptor

yep, have mtb shoes...easy...no problems...

sstorkel

I Eggbeaters on both of my bikes. Nice pedal! The only slight downside is that because there's no platform, they're slightly difficult to pedal if you can't get clipped in. Next time I buy pedals, I'll probably go with the Crank Brothers Candy so that I have a small platform to push against in the rare case where I can't get clipped in on the first try...

telebianchi

I used the eggbeaters from my mountain bike on the road bike for a while. Good for shorter rides; hot-spots after about 90 minutes. I got the Crank Bros. Quattros for the road bike which have a wider platform and a three-hole cleat for mounting on road shoes. I think they work great.

A bonus is that my road bike is a cyclocross bike so I can use my mountain shoes on the same pedals after I cut away a little bit of rubber on the sole to clear the larger bearing of the Quattros.

redfooj

yes
ive found them EXTREMELY easy to clip in and out, and no hot spots with my mountain shoes for back-to-back centuries

MIN 

I use eggbeaters and sidi dominators. stiff and comfortable. the lack of a platform lets you have a bit more latitude in movement beyond the stated float metric. feels more natural to me than road shoes.

dmb2786

shimano or look. solved.

Hobartlemagne 

I use plain non-platform eggbeaters on all of my bikes.

tstartrekdude

I have used most types of peddles and i like the eggbeaters that i am using right now on my road bike, i prolably i will but spd next time, but there is nothing wrong with eggbeaters on road bikes.

aham23

no, but i have thought that a wife beater would make a nice base layer. later.

BarracksSi

Plain eggbeaters on my road bike right now. I either use MTB shoes with the basic cleats or road shoes with the Quattro cleats that come on a three-hole plate.

They're WAY easy to use -- I can clomp through dirt in either shoe and still clip right in. The MTB shoes (Specialized Taho at the moment) are, of course, easy to wear all day, but they start to get hotspots after an hour or so. The road shoes with the big cleat feel like they're got a pretty good-sized platform, so they're not nearly as prone to hotspots.

Quattro pedals also work with both shoes, and Candies are supposed to be just as compatible.

foresthill

The cleats won't eat through your shoes if you use the road cleat (which obviously require you to use road shoes), as the cleat is mounted on a plastic platform. You also won't get hotspots if you use a nice stuff carbon-soled road shoe.

I've been using the $50 eggbeater C's for a couple of years now with no problems at all.

As a bonus, if I grab my mtn bike shoes by mistake, I'm not screwed, and I can use my sandals-with-cleats on either my mtb or my road bike. Great all the way around.

BarracksSi

CB also sells "shoe shields", which are small steel shims that fit underneath the cleats and protect the shoe from the pedal's bails.