forgot my shoes...
05-09-09, 07:01 PM
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forgot my shoes...
i'm on a quick weekend trip and tossed the bike in the car for a morning ride tomorrow. I can't believe I forgot my shoes...
any work arounds?
do any bike stores rent shoes?
any work arounds?
do any bike stores rent shoes?
05-09-09, 07:42 PM
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Suck it up and buy a cheap set of Wellgo platform pedals. Wear whatever shoes you've got.
05-09-09, 08:09 PM
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yeah if it's just a morning ride, get some platform pedals. Leave them in the car for the next time you forget your shoes.
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How hard a ride is it? Wouldn't want to do it for an all-effort ride, but for an easy-paced 50 miler or less it's not that bad to just use your regular shoes on most clip-in pedals. I've done it with SPDs a couple times and it worked fine - just had to remember not to pull up.
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How hard a ride is it? Wouldn't want to do it for an all-effort ride, but for an easy-paced 50 miler or less it's not that bad to just use your regular shoes on most clip-in pedals. I've done it with SPDs a couple times and it worked fine - just had to remember not to pull up.
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05-09-09, 10:09 PM
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How hard a ride is it? Wouldn't want to do it for an all-effort ride, but for an easy-paced 50 miler or less it's not that bad to just use your regular shoes on most clip-in pedals. I've done it with SPDs a couple times and it worked fine - just had to remember not to pull up.
a local bike store opens at noon so I could try see what I can get there and try for an afternoon ride... though I was planning on heading home early afternoon... see if the wife will be cool with it...
05-10-09, 12:59 PM
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Time to get some of these:
https://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...&category=2721
"The Universal Road Instep is designed to accept any standard 3-bolt road cleats such as SPD-SL, Look KeO, Look Delta, TIME, and other standard 3-bolt road cleats"
https://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...&category=2721
"The Universal Road Instep is designed to accept any standard 3-bolt road cleats such as SPD-SL, Look KeO, Look Delta, TIME, and other standard 3-bolt road cleats"
05-10-09, 03:03 PM
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I forgot my bike shoes once and just rode with my LOOK pedals flipped over (where it's flatter) in my regular tennis shoes. It was a recreational/sightseeing type ride so it wasn't super high speed or hard core but it worked out surprisingly well. After awhile, I didn't even think about it any more and had a great time. (It was an impromptu tour of New Orleans when I stopped in on my way across country.)
