How fragile are those carbon soles on road shoes? I know I'm not supposed to walk in them, but I find myself crossing some intersections on foot and I feel like I'm walking on the glass... Do they get broken easily?

Your feet will explode.

avoid walking on hot days too, they might melt

Always keep an extra pair with you just in case

You'll be fine. I'm not careful at all with mine and have had no problems.

or burn.

Thanks csclone!

The problem is abrasion. They will scrape up, and the CF will wear away quickly. If your walking on the pads it's not a problem. However,if the pads are worn or missing, you need to replace them before you start scraping the CF. The heel pads on Rocket 7's are so crappy, it's a recurrent problem.

Carbon Fiber is quite fragile. That's why it's used in commercial aircraft, road bicycles that carry 175lb men down mountains @ 60mph and F1 cars.

Seriously, my Sidi shoes have little walking pads. Unless you're going to walk across Manhattan every day wearing your cycling shoes, you should be OK. The carbon doesn't really touch the ground, the rubber pads do.

Cleats and rubber feet on the soul should be the only thing touching the ground, if they're worn replace them, cleats are cheap, but if the rubber feet wear out most people will probably just buy new shoes since those should last quite long. Avoid gravel driveways, walkways, and rock's on the side of the road as rock's are the primary source for scratch's in the clear coat that protects the carbon.

Here's my shoes after 2 years of regular use including commuting

if you get a crack in the sole of your carbon shoes or the heel or toe scrapes because the pad is worn and you can't replace it, get some of this:




it is so tough, you can also use it to fix almost anything. https://www.eclecticproducts.com/shoegoo.htm

Yep. Carbon fiber is strong as heck, but once you wear through the epoxy and start mucking up the fibers, it'll get weak in a hurry.

Adding to the sillyness:


Do not taunt carbon road shoes.
Pregnant womem, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to carbon road shoes.
If carbon road shoes begin to smoke get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

if you scratch or chip the clear coat, just lay down some clear nail polish on it and you'll be fine.

Ever seen a house-sized room filled with compressed oxygen and a running furnace go up? Yeah, they're like that.

Love my Carbon shoes, been walking over just about anything for 2 years. Scuffed? Oh yes, they are quite scuffed up.

I wear mine to go hiking, is this a problem????

Well it's not funny to me... Look how much heal got worn down just in a single day. I don't know what those pices are made off, they are hard just like the rest of the sole, don't look like rubber at all...




Cleats do have rubber pices..

^ I love the depth-of-field effect in that last pic.

Thanks That's Canon 100mm Macro lens

You will sooner break a bone slipping and falling than damage the carbon sole itself.

keep an eye on the pads, are they replaceable?

your sole will not shatter into a million pieces, but it will wear down much quicker than a regular shoe.

I crashed in a first-rain on construction dust a couple months ago, and got a foot down before I went all the way down. I probably ground an 1/8" off my carbon sole on the right shoe. A little garish looking, but no performance changes at all, and the damaged part still looks just like it did when I picked my ass up off the ground.

Don't worry about your carbon soles.

I just noticed the walking pads you attached to the SPD cleats. How are those working out for you? I have SPD and I walk on the cleats like *click click scratch scratch*. It's really annoying.

When you look at them again a year from now they will still look just about like that.