Road Cycling - LOOK road pedals on MTB

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vovk25
05-24-02, 04:06 AM
LOOK road pedals on MTB!
Does that work or not?

velocipedio
05-24-02, 07:11 AM
My main training buddy does that whehn he uses his MTB for winter training. He prefers the Looks for climbing. You could not use look pedals for actual mountain biking unless you never intend to step off the bike [not likely off-road]. Road shoes and look cleats would make descending an unrideable rock field interesting, to say the least.
RainmanP
05-24-02, 08:02 AM
You can put any pedals on any bike. HOWEVER, because of their size, shape and screw hole configuration you cannot mount Look cleats on mtb shoes. You could put them on road shoes and everything would work just fine. As Velocipedio points out, though, walking on Look cleats mounted on road shoes is clumsy and you have ZERO traction. As long as you ride only on roads you would be no worse off than any roadie using Looks, but if you think you will be doing any off road, Look cleats on road shoes is completely unworkable, IMHO.

Want some good pedals? Try Crank Brothers Egg Beaters. They are slick. Click in on any of 4 sides so you don't even have to THINK about which side is up. Which is very good for the slow-witted like me. I'm using them on road bikes. The cleats are about like SPD cleats, designed for MTB shoes.
Regards,
Raymond