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Old 03-02-09, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by zsm
WOW. This post is a complete failure. This has always been a problem. This is something the OP should look at:

http://road.cc/content/news/955-firs...sh-mt32l-shoes

These are from shimano's mountain bike/touring line. They aren't as stiff but I'm sure this is probably the best you're going to get. You can walk around and so on, I'm sure you could play other sports in them if you wanted. Just keep in mind that these are biking shoes and you should keep your expectations reasonable.
You're not too smart, are you? The point is that you positively CAN NOT have the stiffness of a clipless shoe (which, along with the clipping mechanism, are the entire point of the system) and the flexibility for other sports. With that and all the other skateboard-style SPD shoes you are sacrificing stiffness, so your expensive clipless system is, at best, as good as a loose single strap and clip.
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