phantomcow2

Any chance that these things exist?

spinnaker

Hugh?

Bekologist

Should be able to make some real easy... Most steel toed work boots have a full or 3/4 fiberglass, wood or steel shank you could simple drill thru and attach an SPD to. Trick will be finishing the job on the inside. Look for a pair that laces far down the toe so you can get into the toebox more easily.

I would find the appropriate pair of work boots. Welted, shanked, work boots with a vibram sole. The shank will be key.

1) Skive out the sole lugs down to the first midsole at the spot you want the cleat. (Sole may desire some barge cement injected into the mid/outsole gap where you've just cut if the factory gluejob wasn't good.)

2) Extrapolate exactly where you want to mount the cleat. Take care to ensure you will be drilling thru the shank. Scribe drill holes.

3)Drill sole.

4)Remove burrs from inside, skive a slight depression for inside SPD plate, or leave as-is if inside foot platform will take the plate well.

5)Assemble. ride.

6)skive out additional sole material if you notice any catching, etc. from the lugs.

Hope this helps. I do a lot of my own boot and shoe repairs, learned how 20 years ago from a cobbler fella i knew.

savage24

I just leave my steel toe boots at work (when I plan ahead) or haul them and the lunch bucket in the Bob trailer (when I don't plan ahead).

Are you wanting to make a fashion statement?

phantomcow2

Yes, that is the intent precisely!
Actually, i just dont want to;
A. plan ahead
b. carry extra stuff for the 8 mile commute

Nightshade

You don't need steel toed boots mate really.
They make clip on steel toes for regular boots / shoes.

I've seen them in the safety store so shop around for them to use
any shoe you want to. Just leave them at work or carry them to solve
your concern.

spinnaker

So you are going to walk around with clips all day long? Yeah that makes a lot of sense.

What about:

C - Buy a pair of boots and leave them at work.


I highly doublt that regulations would allowing the wearing of modified bicycle shoes in an enviroment that requires steel tip shoes.

The clips on the bottom are hzard enough.

phantomcow2

actually i would want some way to have them be removed for hte workday

spinnaker

So now you are going to have to carry a screwdriver and replacement pads. And disassemble start of work and reassemble at end of work.

And your still going to have a weak spot in the area where the cleat bolts to the shoe. May be kind of interesting stepping on nails and such.

Not to mention what the repeated use of such modified shoes might do to your feet, ankles or legs while cycling. Since no no has used them there is no way to know for sure either way.

Seems a heck of a lot easier just to buy an extra pair of boots.

Caspar_s

Platform/clipless pedals so for your 8 mile commute you can wear your steel toes, and anywhere else you can wear "proper" shoes.

I have a 3 mile commute and wear my steel toes - 5 years commuting all through winter.

DieselDan

I wouldn't try. The soles flex, and that's a bad thing when cycling. The whole advantage to clipless pedals and shoes is the stiff sole that allow proper power transfer. Either leave your work shoes in a locker at work, or get a trunk rack to carry them in.

Or is this whole post a joke?

duane041

If you'll be riding in cold weather, those steel toes will become verrrrrry verrrrry cooooooollllllddddddd. Steel is a wonderful conductor of cold.
I leave my boots at work each day and ride home with my mtb shoes. Much easier than chopping up the sole of a perfectly good boot and compromising it's usability.

spunkyruss

Create your own Clipless Boots

MichaelW

Boot soles are more than ridgid enough for "efficient" cycling but the weight and size makes them cumbersome. I have toured with 3-season hiking boots on toe clips and covered a few hundred miles.

DieselDan

If oyu can bend the sole while walking, it's too flexable.

woof

After this what next? Cycling/welders helmet? Cycling tights that convert to chainsaw pants?

I'd like a mini pump that fires .22's

bbattle

We've got some of those at work. Silly things; you sound like a horse clopping down the hall. Outdoors, I'd be worried about them getting hung on something.

Or worse, your coworkers making fun of you all day long, the next day, the next, the next, etc. until you took those things off and got real boots.

savage24

Cool! I want one of those too! It's got to have a really good safety so I don't shoot myself in the leg when I crash!

Boudicca

There was a movie that did that one that I saw really recently. I just can't for the life of me remember what movie it was. Munich, perhaps?? The victim was a female assassin who lived on a house boat in Holland.

Eatadonut

...and that will cause you to die? He's talking about cycling in boots, I don't think he's worried about efficiency.


I'm concerned about your boot rubbing against the crank - unless you have really narrow feet, I see that being an obstacle.