Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
Well...good luck.
The Crank Brothers Egg Beater pedals are designed for mountain bike shoes. You can use them with road shoes, but you lose advantages like having tread on the sides to make walking around in them easier. If you were willing to pay to buy road shoes, I would get good money that paying a bike shop to install the cleats and put the shims in would have gotten as good if not better results. The cleats are designed for mountain bike shoes, there's nothing inherent about them that would cause them to work better with road shoes (other than that the road shoe doesn't need the shims). Good luck.
I was actually able to return the mtb shoes and the price was about the same for the road shoes I got so it didn't cost me anything. I got the mtb shoes thinking that it would be better for commuting and running errands when I'm off the bike. I have since decided that I would just rather change my shoes when I get to work into something more comfortable. And even if I am going grocery shopping I don't mind changing since I carry some Sanuk slip on shoes and the road shoes are velcro and staps so they are quick to get in and out of.