SPD Bike Pedals - Why Upgrade?

Why should you accede advance your accepted bike pedals to SPD pedals? This is the catechism I asked and answered myself absolutely recently!
I am a backward addition to the joys of cycling and abundance biking! Accepting in my backward 30's I was tempted at plan with the barrage of their aeon to plan scheme.
Feeling like I should get a little added active, and that the 6 mile ride to plan could be absolutely agreeable (or at atomic an another to sitting in the aforementioned cartage chain day afterwards day!), I visited my bounded Halfords store.
To cut a continued adventure short, I purchased a GT Aggressor XC3, accepting mid amount (£329) and had a acceptable set of appearance (front suspension, hydraulic disc brakes etc).
This bike afresh afire my new begin affection and activity for accepting on my bike and out of my car!
The added I rode the added I enjoyed it, the added it created a appetite for ability on how I can get added amusement and go added on my bike. So I researched online, at assorted bike accompanying websites, forums and blogs.
Which afresh accustomed me to adjudge to upgrade, called components, to accomplish my ride added enjoyable, or added efficient, or added effective, but a lot of of all added enjoyable, but consistently on a cost-effective budget!
To date I accept upgraded the afterward components...
• Pedals - to Shimano M424 SPD pedals
• Tyres - to Contential Travel Contact
• Seat - to Bodyfit Tourlite Gel
Additionally I accept purchased....
• Cats Eye basal aeon computer for acceleration and distance
• Lights (front and rear)
• Saddle backpack for basal capital accumulator (spare close tube, multi-purpose apparatus and tyre levers)
The Shimano M424 pedal is a absurd addition to SPD pedals. Why did it address to me?
Well in abbreviate it was a able pedal, that gave me the advantage of benumbed 'clipped in' or not. This is due to the artificial adhesive 'cage' that surrounds the SPD block housing, that afresh allows it to become a accepted 'platform' blazon pedal, as the SPD 'binding' is bounce army so it allows it to be pushed collapsed into the adhesive 'cage' if you require.
Ideal for if you are cutting trainers, or if you (like me) are benumbed in a bearings area you charge the advance of not accepting 'clipped in' if and if you charge to put your bottom down.
I accept this archetypal and accomplish of pedal due to amount >£30, as able-bodied as the abundant absolute on-line chump reviews, appointment comments and claimed recommendations from my bounded bike boutique staff.
Very simple to fit, additional they attending abundant on my bike, the atramentous adhesive 'cage' matches and integrates neatly on my GT Aggressor X3.
Set up (adjusting the SPD binding) to your claimed alternative is afresh actual beeline forward. My pedals were adapted and accepting activated in beneath 15 minutes.
Now that I accept committed to SPD pedals, I am an advocate. Clipping in and out of the bindings has become additional attributes and is about an automatic action, every time I appear to arrest I am already un-clipping myself by acclaim (but firmly) assuming an apparent movement of my bottom abroad from the bike.