changing pedals

davala95
davala95 Posts: 86
edited May 2012 in Road beginners
Hi all,

Does any body know a way to use clipless pedals with normal shoes... What is happening is when want to use my bike just to get into town then walk about with my mates but I cant without going to the hassle of changing my pedals to flat ones... Any tips??

cheers
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  • sandyballs
    sandyballs Posts: 577
    There are different solutions, depending on your current pedal choice. I use spd pedals on my commuter with the shoes below, but they are still not really in town shoes.

    http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/bontr ... -shoe.html

    Or you could change pedals to these:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/road/deals-of-the-week

    And then wear normal shoes when you want to go to town, if you already use spd shoes that is.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    There are solutions, but we need to know which clipless pedals you're using first :wink:
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  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,707
    There are shoes that are comfy off the bike as well as SPD compatible.

    Also, some SPD pedals have one sided clipless and the other flats, suitable for normal shoes e.g.Shimano M324, M424 or A530 (I'm sure there are others). I have fitted PD-M22 pedal reflectors to one side of my M520s SPDs, a bit cheaper than new pedals.
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  • davala95
    davala95 Posts: 86
    so there is essentially nothing i can do to my Shimano R540 SPD-SL pedals to make them into flats??
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  • sandyballs
    sandyballs Posts: 577
    No.
  • thefd
    thefd Posts: 1,021
    edited May 2012
    These are what I use. I really like them but I know they are frowned upon by many rodies.
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    i've used r540's with traineys - i used them in the winter before last when the roads were bad and i didnt fancy scary unclippiness in snow/ice - only had to lower the seat a bit as no cleats - simples.
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  • davala95
    davala95 Posts: 86
    well i think i've got a eureka moment.... a cleat which turns these pedals into flats...

    cheers for the responses
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  • thefd
    thefd Posts: 1,021
    davala95 wrote:
    well i think i've got a eureka moment.... a cleat which turns these pedals into flats...

    cheers for the responses
    Which pedals?
    2017 - Caadx
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Things like these have been around for years:

    http://www.pyroplatforms.com/Page2.html
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  • davala95
    davala95 Posts: 86
    TheFD wrote:
    davala95 wrote:
    well i think i've got a eureka moment.... a cleat which turns these pedals into flats...

    cheers for the responses
    Which pedals?

    Shimano R540 SPD-SL pedals

    ... I mean like a regular cleat with a face of a flat pedal stuck to the top
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    davala95 wrote:
    TheFD wrote:
    davala95 wrote:
    well i think i've got a eureka moment.... a cleat which turns these pedals into flats...

    cheers for the responses
    Which pedals?

    Shimano R540 SPD-SL pedals

    ... I mean like a regular cleat with a face of a flat pedal stuck to the top

    You thought about how you're going to get that cleat out when you want to go back to using cleats attached to the bottom of your shoes?
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  • davala95
    davala95 Posts: 86
    No not yet... ha

    only being optimistic ... jeese

    something similar to the winwood decksters but for spd sl's
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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    A backpack and some shoes ...
  • davala95
    davala95 Posts: 86
    Crankbrother wrote:
    A backpack and some shoes ...

    +1

    best option :) cheers
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  • klep
    klep Posts: 158
    Whats the problem with riding SPD-SLs with normal shoes?
  • davala95
    davala95 Posts: 86
    no grip,,, the just slip off ... well mine do at least
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  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    This sort of thing?
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adapter-Convert ... _516wt_785

    probably exist for look keo type as well?
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  • davala95
    davala95 Posts: 86
    bianchimoon wrote:
    This sort of thing?
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adapter-Convert ... _516wt_785

    probably exist for look keo type as well?


    Yeah but for road pedals not mtb
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  • maveco
    maveco Posts: 67
    There are loads of sneaker style shoes with recessed SPD cleats, try some of the first 10 of this search results:

    http://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/footwear- ... ilt=po_rev
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    davala95 wrote:
    no grip,,, the just slip off ... well mine do at least

    REALLY? I can go pretty fast without any slipping on my Shimano SLs. Think I hit 30 on an open road...wearing penny loafers!

    I'm not quite sure how you are riding your bike such that you are slipping off all the time.
    Just put your foot on it, normal side up and where the back of the cleat clips in, and it is a bit protruding, put the arch of your shoe over that, so you get some grip. I reckon the normal side up grips shoes better than the other side up.

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