hot deal on SixSixOne's and eggbeaters ($62.50 + shipping)
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hot deal on SixSixOne's and eggbeaters ($62.50 + shipping)
Steepandcheap.com has SixSixOne Sessions SPD's (even though the shoes in the pic are the non-SPD version) and eggbeaters candy c's, $62.50 plus shipping for the whole rig. Sizes are running short, but people should get on these if they want to go to clipless for like no money.
SixSixOne shoes are pretty well liked around here, though there have been durability complaints. Eggbeater candy C's are pretty good, they're just regular beaters with a little frame so they might suck a little less for bodega runs in sneakers, though cue b!tching by everybody who hates eggbeaters (soft cleats, no tension adjustment).
SixSixOne shoes are pretty well liked around here, though there have been durability complaints. Eggbeater candy C's are pretty good, they're just regular beaters with a little frame so they might suck a little less for bodega runs in sneakers, though cue b!tching by everybody who hates eggbeaters (soft cleats, no tension adjustment).
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This is teh link: https://www.steepandcheap.com/
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Does the tread on these shoes adequately cover the cleat? All* of the "street" or "touring" shoes I have experienced left the cleat exposed enough that within two or three weeks the cleat was no longer effective.
*All = Those shimano ones and the specialized taho.
*All = Those shimano ones and the specialized taho.
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Originally Posted by RobbieIG
Does the tread on these shoes adequately cover the cleat? All* of the "street" or "touring" shoes I have experienced left the cleat exposed enough that within two or three weeks the cleat was no longer effective.
*All = Those shimano ones and the specialized taho.
*All = Those shimano ones and the specialized taho.
Of course, if you're hiking or walking on gravel with your shoes, it's likely the aforementioned caving in of the tangs could happen, but the cleats are made of pretty hardy metal.
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Originally Posted by 12XU
The cleat must be exposed enough to engage with the pedal without intefering with the sole of the shoe. The wear you see on the face of the cleat doesn't make the cleat ineffective, as the wear you should be worried about is the increased curvature under the tangs of the cleat; that's caused only by engaging and disengaging with the pedal and not from walking on it (unless of course you're actually chipping away at the cleat to the point where the tangs are caved in). The cleats aren't as malleable as some would like to believe and the scuffing isn't an indicator of the overall wear of the cleat. A cleat should last a couple thousand miles, although it could reasonably be escalated by swaying your feet back and forth within the float zone or consistently hard forces (skidding). I've yet to pop out of my cleat from strictly forward forces and it's been almost a thousand miles ("premium" brass Crank Bros. cleat on Shimano MT40 shoes).
Of course, if you're hiking or walking on gravel with your shoes, it's likely the aforementioned caving in of the tangs could happen, but the cleats are made of pretty hardy metal.
Of course, if you're hiking or walking on gravel with your shoes, it's likely the aforementioned caving in of the tangs could happen, but the cleats are made of pretty hardy metal.
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None left in my size. Damn!
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Originally Posted by jyossarian
None left in my size. Damn!
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Originally Posted by RobbieIG
Does the tread on these shoes adequately cover the cleat? All* of the "street" or "touring" shoes I have experienced left the cleat exposed enough that within two or three weeks the cleat was no longer effective.
*All = Those shimano ones and the specialized taho.
*All = Those shimano ones and the specialized taho.
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Originally Posted by 12XU
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Originally Posted by 12XU
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these are my shoes and my pedals.
i love them both.
waaaaaaaaay better than the spd pedals i rode for 6 years.
thanks, op!
i love them both.
waaaaaaaaay better than the spd pedals i rode for 6 years.
thanks, op!
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Originally Posted by operator
Really? I could've swore you could say the exact same thing about an LBS.
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Originally Posted by operator
Really? I could've swore you could say the exact same thing about an LBS.
i agree with him.
i'm debating whether or not to go for it. i'm pretty happy with clips and straps, but everyone's always talking about how nice clipless is. thank god no one who checks steepandcheap is really interested in these. its giving me a lot of time.
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I'm seriously considering these. I've been wanting to try beaters, and I need some walkable clipless shoes, so the deal seems perfect. Except... I think the shoes are ugly. Ah well... Perhaps that is all the excuse I need not to spend $62.50
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