I understand Shimano makes a nice SPD/flat pedal that works with their MTB-style cleats, but do they (or anyone else) make a nice SPL-SL pedal that is compatible with the Road/triangle cleat?

For clarification:
Shimano SPD-SL cleat & pedal (what I'm looking for)



Shimano SPL (MTB/Touring-style) cleat & pedal (which is the only thing I've been able to find).



Only I'd like it with a box/flat/non-clipless option, as I currently have with these old Look pedals:



These pedals are for my commuter/dog-taxi/liquor-store raider. Sometimes I need clipless, sometimes not.

Barring availability of the above request, are there any platform-converters available for the SPD-SL pedals?
I'll go with the cleat adapters on the shoes with the MTB-style cleats if I have to, but I'd rather not.
Any guidance or suggestions appreciated. Happy New Year!

Screw a set of cleats into a pair of flat plates or boards?

As far as I know, no one except Shimano makes SPD-SL compatible pedals, and none of the pedals in the Shimano line have flats. A contraption like that simply wouldn't make any sense. There's a well-defined spectrum of target consumers: commuter/occasional rider (sneakers) -> regular rider who likes to be able to walk in his road shoes, or a MTB rider (SPD) -> serious road rider who's willing to accept not being able to walk in his road shoes for the sake of a couple extra % of power transfer (SPD-SL). What you're asking is a pedal that targets group 1 and group 3 at the same time.

Not 100% sure that I understand the question, but this sounds like what you want

https://www.crazytrike.com/2012/01/07...pinning-class/

Thanks very much hamster. Those look like a much better plan-B than the SL-SPD acraptors I've found so far.

I'd like to find the SPD-SL version of these old Look PS-26 from the 80's. These are compatible with old Look tri-bolt pedals and are the Bombiggity for commuting IMO, but they're made of plastic, and they creak and the plastic is getting brittle and a small piece chipped off them:





Huh... just found these white ones for sale on British Ebay, but $200 is kinda steep, and I prefer Shimano's cleats to Look's...

Hope you can find what you're looking for... But, for a commuter bike, why not just use SPD-type (aka mountain bike shoes, two bolt cleats) set up? Using three-bolt road shoes seems odd on a commuter/utility bike. Might even be cheaper if all you're finding is a $200 solution.

Well, when my search resulted in a lesson that the Look Pedal part number "PS76" is actually "PS26". Maybe my squeaky, wobbly, chipped black pedals are scarcer than I initially thought?
Anyway, a search on ebay culminated in my buying these white beauties.



Vive l'Age d'Information! We always find the answers we seek, even when they lie within ourselves disguised as typos.

So these are platform one side and spd-sl other side?

I was interested to find something like that and then realised it doesn't help me. I have to ride on MUPs and walk to the MUP when I am riding with my new to cycling gf because traffic here is terrifying. Recently I have also been riding by myself and I could use my clipless but that means having to switch pedals constantly. Your pedal could help, but, when riding the MUP I still wouldn't be able to walk and clip in, so I'm thinking of getting montain bike shoes and the SPD/platform pedals that shimano make to clip in and walk on and off the MUP.

Yep. Everyone's situation's conditions are different.
I have two steep hills between me and work, and sometimes I like to use the same bike to jet down to the sushi bar or the deutschebag-infested wine bistro where everyone shouts into their cellphones to be heard over everyone else shouting into their cellphones.
And I have to dress well for work. And I have a spare pair of wingtips under my desk. And I don't have to walk much in the shoes that help me get over the two hills on my commute and look pretty good with slacks.

Are they actually Spd-sl or a similar (but not compatible) Look cleat?

I ride my Look Keo and SPD-SL pedals with running shoes quite a lot. Why do you even need the platform?

Quite hilly where I live, commute, fart around.
Sometimes my clipless liquor store jaunts end up more far-reaching than initially intended.
I don't like scratching up my pedals while feeling insecure while on them.

Three-bolt triangle cleat, like the SPD-SL, but they are the old-style Look cleats, comme ca:


Are the new Look cleats compatible with the old, 80's Look pedals like these PS26's?

Look Keo cleats are compatible with the Look Keo pedals. Nothing else.

Ah, now I get it! Love those shoes!

Just another FWIW - not to try to discourage your plan, but in case someone else needs to use a pair of "three hole" shoes with MTB cleats for whatever reason. Shimano makes a 3 hole to 2 hole adapter plate which can then be used with any 2 hole cleat (Shimano, Crank Bros, Frogs, etc.). Or if a person just wants a "street shoe" looking 2 hole cleated shoe, there's some 2 hole shoes that can pass for casual shoes -not as nice looking as the ones pictured, but not garish looking like most bicycle shoes. More like a light hiking or stout walking shoe.

They are pretty good quality, and except for the sole, appear to be lifelong-shoes. Very thick leather that takes forever to break in, but now they're super-comfy. The brown pair I bought in 2009 still look great, but I just wish the soles had those replaceable little rubber buttons, like Sidi's have.
I decided to get myself another pair of Dromarti's in black with the MTB sole and some A530's. The Dromartis will probably take 2 months to arrive, so at least I have the old, white Looks to keep me rolling until they arrive.

If I'm just running a quick errand or commuting and don't feel like changing shoes, I'll just wear rubber soled shoes on ultegra pedals. Works fine. I would not recommend leather soled shoes.