Grinder Pedals SPD

So do most use the mtn or road pedals for grinding and why?

i use mountain............i havent had to for a while, but in the past ive had to push my biek up a hill.......i like the recessed cleat for that 

I have a very different take and experience from many here. Platform pedals, because, short of being an experienced professional racer, clipping in does not add anything and it subtracts a lot. VP Vice. Or VO Sabot.

Mind bending reading: http://www.rivbike.com/kb_results.asp?ID=45

The meat of Grant's point is excerpted here:

 

during normal pedaling at normal cadences, nobody pulls UP on the backstroke

the elite/efficient pedalers push down less on the upward moving pedal than the rookies do.

Think about that until it sinks in and you're bored. The good pedalers----the guys in the logo costumes and the white sunglasses and shaved legs----minimize the downward force on the upward-moving pedal more. They don't pull up on it or even unweight it. They just minimize the downward pressure on it, so one leg isn't fighting the other as much.

With abandon,
Patrick

I use egg beaters usually the candy model, I did have times of hot spots or foot cramps at my last long event the other week, but I think I can avoid that next time by using a stiffer mountain shoe, and the ease of clipping in and possibility of needing to walk some are the reasons .

ENded up with Candy #2 pedals and will do a review in the gear section after a ride today with my thoughts, having ridden SPD road and mtn in the past.