I bought some cheap spd shoes from nashbar...destroyed the shoe and removed the plastic sole from it...then used hot glue (yes the hot glue gun) and put a bunch alllllll over the sole before putting it into my Vans Chukka Lows. Obviously I had already made the hole through both shoes to place the cleat and the glue held in amazing!
comfortable...yes!
cleat recessed enough to not hear but still clip in super easy...YES!
not dumb looking....YUP!


its been 2 years and they are still intact!

I can post pics if you want