Altra Lone Peak variations are stiff enough for cycling and the off road tread offers excellent grip. With pinned pedals holes will develop where the pins are if you are consistent in foot placement, making them as effective as any cleated shoes/pedals I've worn. (Look and Time road). I have one side of VP Vice pinned, the other with most of the pins removed and some skateboard grip tape applied for when/if I just hop on the bike to get going without considering where exactly my feet are initially. Then I flip them on the fly.