10 Wheels

Bought a pair of (BLK) Vented road shoes for my trike riding.
Heals were too narrow that I was unable to walk in them.

Wested

Not everyone has the luxury of a garage. Cities require lots of walking in road shoes, often up stairs holding a bike. That said, road shoes are road shoes and you learn to deal with them. If you want traction, use mountain bike shoes.

12strings

We'll, my bike gets used for a variety: group and solo road rides, commuting to work, or to some evening meeting if It's a good excuse to ride rather than drive, riding around on our quiet street with a 4-yr old kid...etc...I once rode to a choir rehearsal, directed the rehearsal, then rode home with no clothes or shoe changes (no spandex for that ride).

rousseau

I do rides in Montreal all the time when I go there. Montreal is staircase city.



Obviously I don't leave the road bike at the bottom of the stairs like in this photo. So it's up and down in the road shoes. But that's the only walking I do when riding in Montreal. Because I'm on my freakin' road bike. I'm not going to the supermarket.

Yep.

This is where N+1 comes into play. Road bikes are for road riding. For that other stuff, you get other bikes.

Sure, now and then I might ride someplace on my road bike in street clothes and regular street shoes. Why not? But the idea of actually getting non-road-specific pedals and shoes because you want to walk around more comfortably, well...that's just crazy talk.

Harrumph.

DrIsotope

There is absolutely no conceivable reason to use any shoe that doesn't have 2-bolt cleats... unless you want to.

But I personally don't identify as a "road cyclist," so I'll see my way out.

Cyril 

Or you could get off of the bike and take off your shoes...then go about your non-riding while on a ride business.
Randos do this all the time. At least the ones I know do.

Cyril

rubiksoval

I don't walk in my cycling shoes. I ride.

Problem solved.

Jiggle

Pedal based power meter. Unless someone starts making one.

Jiggle

You can of course. My commuter shoes have eggbeaters; they're just normal Lowa boots with some cut outs. Can't even tell they're there when walking around. But they are not stiff enough for a long day in the saddle.

Shimagnolo

The first time I ever tried clipless road pedals, it was at a bike shop and I was trying out a bike.
I stepped outside onto wet ceramic tiled surface, (it had just rained), and did exactly the same thing as that foal in the OP.

Years later when I actually converted to clipless, I went with SPD mtn components and never regretted it.

SnoryCewton

I typically don't participate in b-boy battles during my rides so it's not a problem for me at all. I'm pretty athletic and coordinated so I'm not prone to falling like some of you seem to be.

Growing up as a skier acclimated me to walking in adversely shoed situations.

Dave Cutter

Accept the hard soles, accept the slippery clips....

Spandex shorts with sewn-in padding, and seats called saddles that are hard as a rock. Shirts called jerseys with the pockets in the back. Gloves without fingers and mid-length socks. If we look at this gear stuff to closely.... the standard uniform becomes a costume... and that benefits no one.

Jeremy_S

Speedplay with walkable cleats on sidi shoes that have the little rubber pad in the back. No slippage in them. When i used look pedals though, that could be some icecapades and I'm no skater so it didnt work out well.

PepeM

Fair enough.

kbarch

Yes, when I used Look pedals, I got cleat covers! Currently have iClic type, which are safer to walk around in, but I should get covers just so they don't wear out so fast.

Homebrew01

You're allowed to take off your shoes when using stairs before/after rides.

I take 2-3 steps to get on my bike. 2-3 steps at the end. 6 steps per ride. Shoes are in great shape many years later.

kbarch

Of course we can circumscribe our lives however we want, but many of us enjoy snack-and-chat breaks on our rides. I do, and there's one popular spot that's a killer on the shoes. The food is great, it's in a perfect location, and there's an outdoor seating area with a fire pit that they get going in chilly weather; it's altogether delightful. But rather than being paved, the outdoor seating area is covered with white marble chips: crunch, crunch, crunch go the cleats.... You think it would be preferable to remove ones shoes there?

ltxi

Trainers, toe clips, and straps. Problem solved.

kbarch

But they create another - they weigh a ton.
However, I will say the convenience of them is one of the delights of going for a ride on the Vigorelli.

woodcraft

Except for the sore feet from soft soles, toe clips dragging on the ground when not engaged, street shoes

too wide for the pedals, toe clips that prevent getting your foot over the pedal axle, toe clips that bend when

you accidentally step on them, reaching down to tighten the straps, or having them loose, straps digging in to

top/side of feet, loose straps hitting the stays, futzing with straps that are pulled to the side & not looking where

you are going while trying to get your foot in, & getting cleated cycling shoes to solve some of those problems, &

then slipping & sliding on floors.

Maxacceleration

Bingo Winner!
Sidi Dominators & Speedplay Frogs work great. I wouldn't consider anything different.
Have you not rode long enough to figure your way through the problem?

noodle soup

Keo grip cleats, and a little Shoe Goo on the heels and toes of the soles.

Problem solved.