Aldi Clipless Shoes.....which pedals?

[Sprocker]

After riding on flat pedals for years, I finally succumbed to my mates nagging and decided to try clipless.

So off I went to Aldi and bought a pair of their riding shoes. (Feel very comfy by the way).

My question is....which pedals would be most suitable for these shoes and a clipless virgin?

 

[Phil_bucks]

I recently went clipless, and plumped for shimano pd rd40's. entry level I believe. really happy with them so far

 

[vickster]

How many holes are there on the bottom of the shoe? There are two types of clipless pdal/cleat - 2 bold SPD, 3 bolt SPD SL

 

[Sprocker]

How many holes are there on the bottom of the shoe? There are two types of clipless pdal/cleat - 2 bold SPD, 3 bolt SPD SL

Ah, not sure, I'll have to take a look when I get home. I think there is a blanking plate in there at the moment which I'm assuming will be replaced by the relevant cleats.

 

[vickster]

You should still be able to see I think - the blanking plate comes off. I think the SPD SL 'road' shoes normally just have a flat surface with the holes, hence the cleats stand proud. SPD 'MTB' type shoes have the blanking plate over the hole where rhe cleats will sit in a recess making walking easier. From the ones I own / have looked at anyhow

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I made the change a few weeks ago and went for double sided mtb style SPD pedals for two reasons:

1. There are an abundance of them going cheap on Ebay
2. They are apparently good 'all rounders' and easy to escape from

 

[vickster]

I think SPD SL pedals are only single sided, SPD have the choice, but it does depend on what shoes the OP has...I've never been to an Aldi in the UK only in Germany and Austria (where incidentally, in the latter, Aldi is called Hofer for some reason)

 

[ushills]

If they're the light browny ones with laces they are for double sided clipless SPD type pedals.

I have a pair from last year and they've been fine.

 

[Teuchter]

I use Shimano M520s with mine. £20 for the pedals and do the job fine.

 

[cyberknight]

I use Shimano M520s with mine. £20 for the pedals and do the job fine.

+1
Both the aldi shoesare the same apart from cosmetic stuff like colour /laces and both use the 2 bolt MTB style cleats and the m520s are a good entry level pedal .
make sure you get cleats with your shoes and use the bolts that come with the cleats as the ones holding the rubber plate under the shoe are made of cheese.
The shoes aere stiff enough so you do not feel the pedal unlike others i have tried.
heres a link to some with cleats , not sure if teuchter`s link had them included .
http://www.highonbikes.com/shimano-pd-m520-spd-clipless-pedals.html
if you prefer a bigger contact patch then look at something like ...
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/270877271257?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y

 

[Teuchter]

make sure you get cleats with your shoes pedals and use the bolts that come with the cleats as the ones holding the rubber plate under the shoe are made of cheese.

Good point. According to the Q&A on the ones I linked to, they do come with cleats but it's worth bearing in mind if you're just going for the cheapest you can find on eBay.

Got mine a couple of years ago and I suspect it may have been from High on Bikes' eBay shop.

 

[HovR]

M520 pedals will work with those shoes. They're popular starter pedals and can be had for under £20 with cleats. Here's the cheapest I've found them.

 

[Rayvon]

Got mine from ebay with cleats, fit the Aldi shoes perfect

 

[Sprocker]

Thankyou very much for all your input guys (and gals?). I'll be ordering a pair of M520's today.

 

[Teuchter]

Thankyou very much for all your input guys (and gals?). I'll be ordering a pair of M520's today.

The pedal's tension can be adjusted to vary how much pressure is required to twist your cleats out of them. When you get them, I'd suggest you slacken the tension off quite a bit until you get used to them... nothing worse than slowing down at traffic lights and desperately struggling to get a foot free! I first tried them on my fixed gear which may have made matters worse but you quickly get used to it. So much easier to use than toe straps.