I use the Ritchey version of those Xpedo’s, great pedals, use them on my road bike and on my xc bike with the same shoes.

I used to use shimano A520’s with my mtb shoes, which were good enough for a while and offered a nice wide platform to negate the narrow cleat, then onto look keo’s with a cheaper pair of shimano road shoes, which offered a significant improvement in comfort. The Shimano’s seemd to develop some flex after a few years so now I’m using some Carbon Sidi’s.

IME the mtb shoes feel alright for an hour or so but any longer and the road shoes always feel better (unless you’re using really stiff mtb shoes?)

aw – hope you don’t mind me asking (but I am in the same position as you) are you going to insure your new bike? who are you using for that?