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06-13-13 | 02:52 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by tpolley

what do you do? carry an extra pair of shoes in a back pack?

i need to go to the hardware store. i would normally drive, but i'm trying to make more of an effort to bike when i can. it's just a few miles down the road. nothing i can't handle.

my bike has clip pedals. they don't work very well with street shoes. my bike shoes are hard, noisy and hard to walk in. i about busted my arse one time at "the other place" pizza pub on their tile floor. it would take me longer to change shoes at the store then change back into bike shoes than it would to just go in and do my business. i don't really want to take the time to put the regular pedals back on the bike.

thoughts?

I assume that you are using road bike pedals and shoes. That's the problem. Road bike shoes are only good for bicycling. Mountain bike shoes can be as stiff as road bike shoes and you can walk in them. I haven't used road bike pedals since the mid90s and I don't see any reason to go back.

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