pedals and cleats

fuzzdog

I've only ever used look clipless road pedals but I'm interested to no if there is a better option that allows for a bit of walking without the risk of ending up on your arse every time you pop into a garage or corner shop for light refreshments.

I know about the cleat coversI.

I know nothing about MTB pedals and the like. I wondered if there is a beter solution with something like the egg beater pedals or similar.

I'm Open to suggestions.

Jez mon

The TIME pedals have little bits on the cleats which are non slip.

Slimbods

I use MTB SPD's on my roadbike, because I found the shoes to be more usable off the bike. They're fine, although not as light as more expensive road shoes would be. I also struggled to find road shoes big enough to fit my euro size 50 feet.

GrahamGillooly

The cleats on my Look pedals came with rubbery bits on the front and rear.
Although i'm not sure how effective they are as i've not really been on anything slippery, unless laminate flooring counts..

However i just checked the replacement Look cleats on wiggle and they dont have these 'rubber bits'. But i just got my pedals that weekend, so it's maybe an old picture on the website?

If you have a LBS, it'd be worth going in to see if they have any that you can look at and see if they have this, would save you having to change your pedals, and money!

S2driveruk

i just bought touring/mtb shimano a520 single sided spd pedals for my roadbike in order to achieve the compromise the OP talks about. I got some Specialized Taho shoes to go with them and initial impressions are good. Granted the shoes are not as stiff as a road shoe but the upside is i can get off the bike and mooch about without crying about the state i've got my carbon soled road shoes into if i'd just shelled out £150 for them.

Sure in time i'll get some road shoes to go on the Look pedals which came with the bike but for me i want the flexibility to get off the bike and walk too.

Great thing is the pedals son't look out of place on a roadbike 8)

N4PALM

The A520 looks like a fine pedal for going the SPD way on a road bike.

The problem is most road shoes that accept SPD cleats will still have you standing on them the same way as SPD-SL. Then there are MTB shoes but they have big chunky soles that roadies dont need.

Theres only one shoe I've seen that comes close and thats the shimano RT51 "touring shoe". So if you dont like that shoe you go MTB shoe or you may as well bite the bullet and stick with look/spd-sl etc!

You'd think there would be more recessed cleat road shoes out there aimed at the fast road bike rider who wants to be able to walk when they get off the bike.

OR maybe i'm looking in all the wrong places?

salsarider79

What about something like the S-Works MTB shoe? They're carbon soled, so very stiff, they feel like trainers to wear, but you can still walk in them (reasonably well).

salsarider79

What about something like the S-Works MTB shoe? They're carbon soled, so very stiff, they feel like trainers to wear, but you can still walk in them (reasonably well).

keef66

N4PALM, I got a pair of Nike touring shoes which take spd cleats which are recessed so I'm not walking on them. The tread is quite subtle, not like a tractor tyre type mtb shoe. Very practical, but I gather Nike have stopped making cycling stuff.