Originally Posted by
urbanknight
I just assumed they SPD side would naturally rest on top because the platform would weigh the other side down more. Sounds like that's not the case, and that would indeed annoy my son who sometimes takes a minute to clip into his regular SPDs on our tandem.
The pedals I was trying had a lighter alloy platform. I believe that was why the steel SPD clip was hanging down. I also noticed that the construction where the pedal spindle was located also created the balance favoring the platform being up. Other designs might hang differently. I do not remember the brand, but they were not Shimano.
Actually, while I did have a few incidents of failure to unclip (operator error), I found the incidents of difficulty in quickly reclipping, while not common, far more aggravating. I finally resolved it to a large degree by putting a mark on my shoes where the pedal spindle was when clipped in which greatly reduced the clipping in alignment issue.