Shoes & Pedals

hayesdj

Hi
I'm partaking in a ride from Edinburgh to Southport in August for a local charity and have recently bought my first road bike. I want to get rid of the toe clip pedals that came with the bike and wondered if the following is a good deal.
http://www.cyclexpress.co.uk/products/M ... Combo.aspx
I don't want rigid shoes that can not be used for walking too so thought the above looked quite good.
any advice would be appreciated.

Aidocp

hayesdj,

I've hot similar mtb shoes (Spesh taho's) I used them at first with my hybrid Ive now got a Road bike too but I'll continue to wear therm until they wear out. Like what you are saying I like to walk in them. A colleague has got the MT20's and he's never had a problem with them, they seem a good place to start.

If I had a baby elephant, who would take it for walks?

Mark Alexander

Whatever you do, don't get the MT520's spend some money, I bought them, hated them, replaced them with some Northwave Lizard's and never looked back. they're good for wide feet too.

The pedals though, Fantastic. I have those on my 'around town' bike and the quality is amasing.

my elephant has more memory than my PC

hayesdj

Thanks for the replies. I think ill pop into Cyclexpress/middletons tomorrow and see if they have any in stock i can look at "up close" or maybe even try on.
My main concern is about getting shoes that fit correctly. I seem to vary from UK size 9 to 9.5 to 10 depending on brand in "normal" shoes (43,44,45 i think in euro sizes) but i dont want to order shoes that are too loose fitting that they might rub, especially considering I will be wearing them considerable periods of time.

domtyler

Flexible soled shoes for cycling will give you hot foot and will not give efficient power transfer (for every ten watts you expend cycling 3 or 4 of them go on bending the shoe). Buy shoes for cycling in and shoes for walking in, compromise will lead to disappointment.

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john richardson

I've just swapped from Lidl to Specialized; agree the rigidity gives improvement in comfort and (probably) efficiency. Wouldn't want to walk more than a few hundred yards in them though.

domtyler

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Why would you walk when you are out cycling? You're not doing it right.

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JWSurrey

Just swapped from old softish soled early generation 1 Shimano shoes and M520 copies, due to pains in the outside of my foot.

Spec. BG Sport MTB shoes -
You can walk in these, however they're stiffer soled than the Tahoes i.e. Running would be painful and walking long distance will probably give you ankle pain.
I live 0.25 miles up a rutted track, so have no option but to walk (or drive) to get to the road!

These are the most comfy shoes I've ever owned - including normal shoes - The ergonomic insoles are really fab. and less than 60 quid!
(I'm normally size 9.5, but have ended up with a pair of size 11s which fit perfectly).

Shimano A520 pedals - These come with a small platform.

The extra advantage to the ones you've linked are that you can add reflectors for the winter/dark months - though if you buy double-sided SPDs, there are reflector accessories that clip-in on one side.

Just as an aside:
I went to see Carl at Condor - I gave him the info., he took one look at my feet, said "I've got just the thing" - scuttled off and came back with these shoes.
"But how did you know the size?"
"I just looked at your feet!"
Amazing, and great value!