I found that once you have the cleat cover on they are as easy to walk in as most road shoes. I use Zeros so I can easily adjust the floatand the very positive feeling once you are clipped in. If however you forget the cover and walk on concrete or hard road surfaces you can wear the metal retaining plate down making the mounting screws hard to get out. That and they are bit more expensive than some other cleats if you replace them every 6 months like they suggest. Still they are the cleats I prefer.