cluelessnewbie

Apologies in advance if I'm posting in the wrong forum, but I need help identifying these pedals.

My girlfriend's dad has more or less permanently lent me his Trek road bike that he is getting too old to ride. I've always been more of a casual rider and used pedal clips, but his bike has Shimano clipless pedals that I'd like to get shoes for. But because I can't figure out what the model is, I'm not sure what kind of shoes to get.

Any help identifying the pedals and/or suggestions for what type of shoes to get would be greatly appreciated!

mercator

They look like 7410s, I think they called it SPD-R.
Edit - see canam73's answer below, my initial guess was lacking in facts.

canam73

I don't know what model pedal that is, but it takes a SPD cleat. It is probably the most common type of mountain bike pedal and is also used for touring and sometimes road biking. There are many, many shoes you could get. The type you need is "two hole" and will have two holes close together often in a recessed area that makes it easy to walk in when a cleat is attached. You will have to buy the cleats seperate because they typically come with the pedals, not the shoes. But they are very common.

Note that shimano also unfortunately gave their road pedal system a similar name: "spd-sl", but these are not compatible with your pedals. Yours are just "SPD".

canam73

Actually, we were both half right. Your post reminded me there are the short lived SPD "Pontoon" cleats and that is what those pedals take. I believe they are PD 6500: https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...8bd48&Enum=109

OP: I believe what you need for cleats are the SH71. See here: https://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-031/index.html

available here: https://www.performancebike.com/bike...400930__400930

bigfred 

Shimano 6500 SPD pedals from roughly 1994. Not SPD-R. Simply SPD. Originally used SH-70 or SH-71 cleats. Probably uses the same bearings as a number of different Shimano SPD mtb pedals and should be servicable.

Their switch to SPD-R came about in 1996. But, the SPD design remains current for mtb and touring pedals to this very day.

However, not all SPD cleats are created equal and I don't know which other cleats might play nicely with the SH-70/71 interface, if any. So, do your homework before purchasing cleats or look for SH70/71 cleats.

Any 2 slot SPD compatible shoe should work.

bigfred 

Looks like you were posting while I was off researching and confirming my aging memory.