Touring shoes with SPD pockets in rubber soles are rare, Shops tend to stock what they can get, easily.

there is a rare customer wanting a rigid sole road shoe , with the SPD cleat , those require pontoons on either side of the cleat

Because there is no pocket edge, and the system depends on the body of the pedal contacting that..


So far those people all are in a Spinning Class, and the stationary spinning bikes are all fitted with SPD pedals..

OP may want an SPD SL cleat set, the pontoon set is the difficult thing to find .. that is only sold in a package deal ....

they are hard to walk in, so for much walking, off the bike.. SPD pedals that come with pontoonless the cleat, with MTB shoes,
are the reasonable choice..




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