Originally Posted by
dnslater
I wear mountain shoes with them so I don't have this issue. I admit that it is shameful that I am still wearing old mountain shoes and SPD pedals given the $$$ I have put into my road bike and lights...... My wife competes in Ironmans and has the expensive carbon road shoes..... and laughs at my old decaying mountain shoes.........
I can see them being ok with MTN shoes. Often, the cleat is kind of recessed or there are supports around the sole with MTN shoes:
This:
-vs-this:
I rode SPD with a flat bottom road shoe and it was terrible to stand on with that tiny cleat being the only ground contact in the front.