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Old 05-05-05 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by peripatetic


so why do the MTB shoes have all the cleating on the soles? Do MTBers really run up and down rocky slopes with their bike over-shoulder like in all those great fantastic SUV commercials? You're still just riding a bike, right? It's not like MTB pedals are that much rockier than road pedals. Or is it just another example of market diversification? I mean, they just look so...I dunno, military?

Explain, please.

to be terse: yes

with the soles on these babies, there's no way i'd be able to walk on pavement, much less dirt. and the only times that bikes need to be walked is on unrideably steep terrain.. in which case one would relaly really really need the cleats
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