spud

ok for you too-much-in-a-hurry-to-lace-up-cycling-shoes-but-i-wont-use-toeclips:

Aeroplane

Hear that. It took me a day and a half to change saddles.

Wil Davis

+10

I bought a set of these and they're absolute crap! I couldn't get them to fit, and for the price I paid, they're not even worth returning.

- Wil

RedDeMartini

they are not meant to be used except as short cut for bike shops.
Since when did nashbar know anything?

Why not just make real pedals?

pedals, mountain clips, toe straps x2

spud

get some ATACs or eggbeaters or toeclips+straps and get on with it.

coelcanth

i'm pretty sure someone makes a fancier (metal) version of this same adapter idea and it probably works a lot better

coelcanth

here it is...
"deckster"

Morgie

It's not ****ing impossible to right on SPD pedals with regular shoes with no adapter, I do it sometimes to run around campus/to the store... WTF is the big deal...

euphoria

My foot slips off a lot and sometimes I'll hit up several storefronts in a single run. Decksters seem like the best bet IMO.

bellweatherman

What if you were trying to ride a far distance to school?
-OR-
What if you were trying to teach someone how to ride a bike and the only bike that you have is one with little SPD pedals?

Ill Mitch

why do you even have clipless pedals?

ok, how often do you teach full grown people to ride a bike?

bellweatherman

I have clipless pedals because they're grrrrreat! I can ride long distances efficiently, effectively, and safely. My feet stay right where they need to be on the pedal all the time.

I have to teach grown people to ride sometimes. If I ride down to the Mental Health Facility to teach some kids that have Downs Syndrome, they are always asking to ride my bike. Sometimes, I have to teach them.

Jerseysbest

I think some of yous are missing the point. yeah, i can change peddles, i'm not exactly mechanically inept; and I have mountain shoes, so I can walk around, but on concrete I still get a bit of crunch and clicking sound from walking. For $4 I thought I could get a cheap, easy way to be able to take a spontanious ride with my girlfriend or family to the park, to a football game, to the store, to the mall, or whereever, and not have to worry about looking like an idiot walking around with my clipless shoes. But, forget about it, it's not a big deal, I'll just make some pedels with a recessed cleat, and you don't worry your pretty little head off.

Momentum

****'s sake people - stop *****ing and moaning. Shimano do an SPD pedal that is spd one side and platform the other. So do crank bros. Deal with the issue by getting the tool for the job.

To the OP - it's useful to have your review so that others don't buy these things.

Sammyboy

Jeez. Have a spare bike! When I ride to the station to catch a train to London, and I'm wearing my smart work shoes, I don't want 'em scuffed up by my clips, so I have a bike with platforms for that run. My other bikes have clips and straps.

Seriously though, the only way it takes a long time to remove pedals is if they were badly installed and have been there forever. I strip down 2-3 bikes a week for my side ebay business, and now I have a proper pedal wrench, it typically takes me less than a minute to get pedals off. Changing pedals could be accomplished in 2-3 minutes, if I was doing it regularly, and that would be without rushing.

bellweatherman

Well, the plastic adaptor things are flimsy. That's ok, but there are the more expensive Winwood Decksters. And those sturdy. I'm surprised no one has mentioned them.

Sammyboy

I'm surprised you didn't read the thread before being surprised no one mentioned them. Decksters are a mere 8 posts above yours.

jmberg

These pedals rock! I got them on sale for $25, and I can't possibly imagine how the $60 shimano version could be worth paying another $35.

euphoria

How hard would it be to just make your own shoes, though? The SPD cleat only requires two holes, and with a thick enough sole (say Vans slipons), you could probably have something awesome in an hour or less. I'm not going to quit my dayjob just yet but I'm going to research this a bit more.

LóFarkas

The cleat will tear right out in the 3rd minute you ride it. You need a bloody stiff&strong sole for clipless, practically only a metal plate will work.
Also, have fun pedaling on clipless with a flexible sole. Will feel like riding a the spindle.
Also, how will you recess the cleat so you can actually walk?

This conversion thing only works with extra beefy military boots or such.

3 edits in <2 min, I think I broke my record.

euphoria

Well yeah, I'd make a square about an inch deep so it wouldn't click, but I didn't even consider flexibiility. Daaaamnit.

bellweatherman

haha. oooops. Well, I guess somebody did mention the Decksters as a more sturdy platform attachment than the other flimsy platform attachments that comes with the pedals.

bellweatherman

Wow. I guess the original poster does have some options. We've gone from recommending flimsy plastic pedal platform adaptors to buying some new pedals and getting a pedal wrench, to getting a new bike, and now to making your own shoes!

I think you might mean modifying your own shoes. Sounds like a good idea, but if someone was successful doing it by now, you probably would've heard about it somewhere on a forum by now. Anyhow, even modifying a shoes would be like waaaaaay too difficult to do. I mean, what are you going to do, just get a knife and start carving up the bottom of the sole just to place the cleat?

coelcanth

+

+

trons

don't waste your time