Originally Posted by
JimF22003
Wonderful report, and I'm glad you had a great time! Starting at the Richmond end, we were fortunate to avoid the raindrops the entire way, but I think we paid for it by coming back into the wind
I agree you should think about using regular bike shoes. That would be a big improvement over running shoes. I always like to recommend mountain bike shoes to start with, since they're walkable and double-sided.
Not sure how you didn't have a headwind coming down and a tailwind going back. We had a tailwind many parts going up to Richmond, but there were some brutal headwinds coming back to Williamsburg.
If I go clipless, I'm only considering MTB shoes since I want to be able to walk in them if needed and I don't want to walk like a duck or ice skate. Another reason I'm thinking clipless is to get winter riding shoes as I'm a year round cyclist. My feet get easily cold and I don't think booties will make the cut. As for pedals, I'll likely get the ones that are clips on one side and platforms on the other.
I'm not sure what you mean by "double sided" for MTB shoes.