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117sm

Currently jumping between MTB and Trek Pilot using SPD pedals on both, any adavanage in using road specific pedals on the Trek ? Type ?

fluff.

Advantages of road pedals, less weight, bigger pedalling platform.
Disadvantages, you will need another pair of shoes.

redddraggon

fluff. wrote:

Advantages of road pedals, less weight, bigger pedalling platform.
Disadvantages, you will need another pair of shoes.

Also road cleats tend to wear down at a really rapid rate, even if you hardly walk on then.

father_jack

How come road cleats are plastic, but the MTB SPD's are metal?

nferrar

Weight probably given how much bigger road cleats are. Mind you I used to have Time pedals and cleats (over 10 years ago) and the cleats were two big lumps of metal so I guess some manufacturers might still do road cleats in metal?

father_jack

hmm yeah thought of that second I posted it. What if the cleat has a thin sheet of metal, like the strip on the shoe? That way light, but the longevity of metal.

ride_whenever

for the vast bulk of people there is very little change in performance, if any.

If you look at it like this, instead of buying two pairs of shoes for £40 and £60 you can spend £100 on the shoes and have very light, stiff shoes that are more comfy and stay on better. The cleat weight differences between a tiny metal off-road cleat and a large road cleat would probably be outweighed by the difference in the shoes. The pedals aren't going to be a huge amount different either.

Alternatively look at companies that use the same cleat on and off road, like CB

father_jack

I've gone down SPL and SPL-SL dual shoe route, because I do a fair bit of walking with SPD but I won't with the SL's

ride_whenever

I've got crank bros pedals on two of my bikes, (ss roadie and ss xc bike) but i have a pair of old specialised road shoes in my cupboard that keep tempting me to buy more pedals...

CyclingBantam

I have just seen these on Wiggle.

Anyone got any experiance of them? It looks a very good deal to my untrained eye...

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Pearl_Izumi_Flow_Road_Shoes/5360039938/

father_jack

That is a good offer. I wear Shimano size 46, problem is I know Shimano have own sizing. Going SPD-SL and I wouldn't want those extra holes to weaken the sole. Placed order for Shimano-R086 but won't be in stock till Jan.

thedaffodilfish

redddraggon wrote:

Also road cleats tend to wear down at a really rapid rate, even if you hardly walk on then.

Something I wanted to check. My commuting bike has spds, but my road bike has spd-sl cleats - the yellow ones - and they last about a month. Is this right? I do about 10 miles after work each night and then about 40-60 at the weekend. Should they really be wearing out that quick?