Hi everyone,
I've ready several posts from riders who (like me) are frustrated with the slippery soles on their road shoes. Riding in Manhattan, I deal with a lot of stopping and starting at red lights, double parked cars and just about every other road hazard you can imagine. Rather than buy a pair of mountain bike shoes, I decided to first try fixing the primary downside of my road shoes - the slick bottoms.

I walked around Home Depot for about 15 minutes looking for some sort of rubber that could easily be cut and molded to the bottom of my shoes. I decided to go with a standard bath mat, applied with a good strong adhesive. The project cost about $8 and so far I'm very happy with it. I'm able to clip in and out with no trouble whatsoever and the soles have much more grip for times when I need to pedal before flipping the pedal and clipping in.

Wanted to share this incase anyone else was contemplating a similar fix. Would also love to hear if anyone has done something similar and how everything worked out. I'll try to post again in a few days once I've ridden a bit more in them.