Cycle Shoe Advice

robadub
robadub Posts: 70
edited March 2011 in Road beginners
Have just purchased my first road bike and am totally new to clipless pedals, i would appreciate some advice on to what sort or road shoes i need to purchase to fit these pedals, also is there a certain name for the style of pedals i have (are they called Look Style ?) Sorry for the total noob question, but you gotta start somewhere eh !

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  • Nealmason1986
    Nealmason1986 Posts: 97
    I am pretty new but they are road peddles!

    so what u need is a road shoe and you need some road cleets. Now you can buy look cleets or shimano cleets i think both will work with them peddles

    road shoes on wiggle
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cycle/road-shoes/

    cleets
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/road/?s=cleats

    again no expert but i think there are 2 type of cleets. ones which allow u some movement on your peddles before they pop out of the peddle and some which will not allow you any movement and will just pop out!
  • tommytuktuk
    tommytuktuk Posts: 26
    Hi

    Iv just been looking today for my first pair of shoes to fit look style pedals, after trying on about 10 pairs, think i am going to go for a stiff MTB shoe spesh BG sport for two reasons. 1 my feet are wide 2 Want something i can get off and have a walk round in, im not going to be racing just riding with my mates. Only prob is iv got to buy some SPD pedals which are compatible with this type of shoe. Been looking round on the net though and can pick some up with cleats for about 25 quid. Looking at the road shoes the Mavric was good value and seemed good quality. Remember you will have to buy cleats as well as these come with the pedals and not the shoes. Pop down to your LBS like i did and spend an hour trying on everything they have in your price range. Still up for a ride on monday mon?
  • Nealmason1986
    Nealmason1986 Posts: 97
    tommy has a good point! i wanted MTB shoes and pedals but someone put me off them

    i wanted MTB shoes so i could walk in them when i got off my bike to

    but i went for road pedals and shoes and i ended up with a flat tyre the other day and walked about 300 meters home. now thats not easy when u have road shoes and cleets on. would have been easier in MTB shoes.

    disappointed i took the advice on the road shoes now
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,355
    were the cleats supplied? - these are the bits that are screwed onto the shoes

    just about any road shoe will do, they have three threaded holes for the cleat screws (mtb shoes have two-hole fitting and generally don't have room for road cleats)

    fit does vary between brands/shoes, so the best way really is to try a few different ones on

    generally, you want the stiffest sole you can get, but comfy fit is also very important

    if you don't have the cleats...

    cleats differ between pedals makes/models, some may look very similar but are not interchangeable, it might help if you can post whatever is written on the pedals

    i'd guess they will take look keo cleats (but that really is only a *guess*)...

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/look-keo-grip-cleats/

    ...but even then there are three choices of float to choose from (float determimes how much freedom your foot has to roate before unclipping), as you are just starting i'd go for the medium ones

    road shoes aren't so good for walking, it takes a while to develop the right technique, still isn't something you'd want to do a lot of though

    for some types of cleat, including keo, you can get clip-on covers which at least make it less slippery (and avoids cleat wear)
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • jlgt
    jlgt Posts: 21
    Those look like Outland Look-style pedals, in which case you will need Look Keo cleats to use them. You can get these in 3 versions - black (no float); grey (4.5 degrees float) or red (9 degrees float) - the float refers to how much you can move your foot from side to side while still clipped in. Look Keo cleats also come with or without grips - the grips are more expensive but much easier to walk in without falling over...

    As for shoes, to fit these cleats you will need a road-style shoe that has three holes in the sole. Mountain bike-style SPD shoes with a 2-bolt recessed cleat for easy walking won't work with these pedals.
  • robadub
    robadub Posts: 70
    yeh the pedals are outland,

    thanks for all the advice
  • Buckled_Rims
    Buckled_Rims Posts: 1,648
    If you are size 42 (like I am) you'll be laughing all the way to bank buying from here.

    http://www.lesports.co.uk/p-2207-diadora-cosmo-cycling-road-8uk.aspx

    There's not much choice at the moment, but they usually seem to have half a dozen different shoes....all sized 42!
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  • robadub
    robadub Posts: 70
    so to release your foot from the pedals you move it to the side then ?

    i have found these cleats on ebay for 8 quid

    but they have a 9 degree float, are these suitable for beginers ? i dont want to be falling sideways off my bike at traffic lights !!

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Look-Keo-Red- ... 41554eb90d
  • Philby
    Philby Posts: 328
    These might be better as they are the ones with the middle degree of float - 4.5 degrees as mentioned above - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Look-Keo-Grip-Gre ... 5191e20162

    And yes you move your foot sideways to unclip - just remember to do it well before things like junctions and traffic lights until you get used to them. You may find them more difficult to clip in initially as you can only enter them from one side unlike mountain bike pedals.
  • morrisje
    morrisje Posts: 507
    You can get some bargain shoes here

    http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Absolute-Cycle ... 34.c0.m322

    The magnum ones are wide fitting if that's what you need.
  • nakita222
    nakita222 Posts: 341
    JeJames Cycles. bargain shoes
  • markmod
    markmod Posts: 501
    What's the thing with just size 42 everywhere?

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