Is there any help for walking in road shoes?
10-23-08, 07:01 PM
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Is there any help for walking in road shoes?
I recently got my first Giant OCR1 road bike, and clipless pedals came with it. The salesman talked me into buying road shoes and now I'm sorry he did. I like to walk short distances in them but it's difficult. Is there anything I can buy to add to my road shoes to make them easier to walk in? They're Specialized shoes with 3 and 4 holes. I currently use the 3 holes.
Thanks for any input you have!
Paul
Thanks for any input you have!
Paul
10-23-08, 08:18 PM
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Cleat covers, usually made by Kool Kovers, help a little bit.
10-23-08, 08:31 PM
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Mountainbike shoes generally have cleats that are recessed making it much easier to walk. The downside is that you'll probably have to buy new pedals as well.
10-23-08, 09:30 PM
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Use Crank Brothers pedals. The road cleats have a plastic pontoon that attaches to the shoe and allows you to walk on them.
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Ebay them and get egg beaters and mountain shoes.
10-24-08, 06:27 AM
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Kool Kovers and the like are the best you'll do. Road shoes are built to do one thing and it ain't walking.
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if you really care get mountain bike shoes, spd cleats, and spd compatible road pedals.
you can walk in those pretty easily without any extra shoe contraption
you can walk in those pretty easily without any extra shoe contraption
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I use MTB shoes on all my bikes. Walking in them is one reason. Only having to deal with one pedal system requiring one set of shoes is another. Actually I hjave two sets of shoes, one fits well, the other loose for thicker socks in winter.
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Hey, yeah short distances like if I'm on a trail and decide to meander to a lookout/sitdown spot 20 or 30 feet away, that sort of thing. If it's not pavement, the ground gives in and walking's easier. That's where I think the cleat covers would help - keeping dirt out. Other than that, just walking from the car to the bike, and that maybe 10 feet.
In you opinion, Is there any advantage to biking with road shoes vs. mtb shoes? I was told that if you're biking long distance, fatigue on the bottom of your foot is less with road shoes.
In you opinion, Is there any advantage to biking with road shoes vs. mtb shoes? I was told that if you're biking long distance, fatigue on the bottom of your foot is less with road shoes.
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Hey, yeah short distances like if I'm on a trail and decide to meander to a lookout/sitdown spot 20 or 30 feet away, that sort of thing. If it's not pavement, the ground gives in and walking's easier. That's where I think the cleat covers would help - keeping dirt out. Other than that, just walking from the car to the bike, and that maybe 10 feet.
In you opinion, Is there any advantage to biking with road shoes vs. mtb shoes? I was told that if you're biking long distance, fatigue on the bottom of your foot is less with road shoes.
In you opinion, Is there any advantage to biking with road shoes vs. mtb shoes? I was told that if you're biking long distance, fatigue on the bottom of your foot is less with road shoes.
there may be a small weight difference between the two as well. again, i think it's pretty negligible
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road shoes generally have a stiffer sole and that can help keep the foot supported well. but, honestly, i've ridden in both road\mtb shoes over the years and i can't really tell any difference.
there may be a small weight difference between the two as well. again, i think it's pretty negligible
there may be a small weight difference between the two as well. again, i think it's pretty negligible
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The specs on my OCR1 say the bike comes with Shimano R540 SPD-SL clipless, but they look more like Shimano PD-M540 pedal style. I'm getting pretty used to them after only 3 rides. My last pedals were toe clips, what a change (good)! I had to loosen the clips up some, it was tough to disengage. I've fallen over once, but only once so far.
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10-25-08, 06:38 AM
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Hey, yeah short distances like if I'm on a trail and decide to meander to a lookout/sitdown spot 20 or 30 feet away, that sort of thing. If it's not pavement, the ground gives in and walking's easier. That's where I think the cleat covers would help - keeping dirt out. Other than that, just walking from the car to the bike, and that maybe 10 feet.
In you opinion, Is there any advantage to biking with road shoes vs. mtb shoes? I was told that if you're biking long distance, fatigue on the bottom of your foot is less with road shoes.
In you opinion, Is there any advantage to biking with road shoes vs. mtb shoes? I was told that if you're biking long distance, fatigue on the bottom of your foot is less with road shoes.
BTW: I don't mind my road shoes with look cleats and Kool Kovers for walking a mile or for driving to a ride. In a pinch if I had a mechanical problem I think I could walk 10 miles in them with some discomfort, but nothing I couldn't deal with.
All that said my new bike came with Wellgo SPD road pedals and I have been using them.
10-26-08, 01:22 PM
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The sole is pretty stiff and that's good news concerning the road shoes. Performance Bike doesn't have much of a description of which model numbers their Kool Kovers will fit. I guess you just tell them that you have Shimano PD-540's when you order them? I'm getting some riding shorts, jersey there too.
10-26-08, 01:26 PM
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I think I just found the right ones for
Shimano PD-M540 SPD Pedals
https://www.performancebike.com/shop/...slisearch=true
Shimano PD-M540 SPD Pedals
https://www.performancebike.com/shop/...slisearch=true
10-26-08, 08:02 PM
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Hey, yeah short distances like if I'm on a trail and decide to meander to a lookout/sitdown spot 20 or 30 feet away, that sort of thing. If it's not pavement, the ground gives in and walking's easier. That's where I think the cleat covers would help - keeping dirt out. Other than that, just walking from the car to the bike, and that maybe 10 feet.
(fwiw, CB is leaving the road market and stopped producing the Quattro pedal; however, they still make the Quattro three-hole cleat, which works on their Eggbeater and Candy pedals).
In you opinion, Is there any advantage to biking with road shoes vs. mtb shoes? I was told that if you're biking long distance, fatigue on the bottom of your foot is less with road shoes.
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Time's have three point rubberized stabilizers - no cleat covers to lose. That said, the stabilizers sometimes break, but that has no effect on clip in/out
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