Originally Posted by
kickstart
When I say Walk normally, that means being able to walk on the exposed aggregate walkway outside our back door without sounding like I'm wearing horseshoes, being able to walk on the road or a parking lot and not skittering if I happen to step on a pebble, or walk on our gravel driveway without crunching and grinding.
I selected the shoe specifically because of positive reviews and recommendations of its walk ability. Yes I can walk and run in them without problem, but to say they're like normal shoes that don't require extra consideration is optimistic at best, which is kind of the point of my post. SPD is a nice system that works great, but its not all puppys and rainbows as some claim.
Then you might like crank bros/egg-beater style cleats. They have a lower profile cleat and fit on most if not all SPD shoes. I wasn't that thrilled with their pedals but some people like them too.
With those on my same shoe I could walk stealthily on pretty much any surface.