I was wondering what the pontoons I hear the gravel racers talk about were. I saw the link you provided and see I’ve used them for years. The newer ones I got a couple years ago are more rugged than the first set I got.

As for shoes I have wide feet and like Lake shoes. I accidentally bought road shoes and kept them and got a pair of their mountain bike shoes. I had used the Shimano adapters before so just used those. I find single side road pedals a pain to clip in so use duel side SPDs on all my bikes. My Domane and trainer bike are set up for the road shoes. The adapter does add some height.



yes that is a piece of inner tube glued to the bottom of my road shoes. The carbon sole is slippery.