Am sure this has been asked but SPD or SPD SL ?

[raleighnut]

Ah ok. I do have a tendency towards hot foot/burning foot particularly on long rides. LEL was a killer for it as it started on day 2 and almost caused me to give up. Was thinking these may help

Yep that's the shoes not the pedals.

PITA things (as the clip always hangs down) , stick with double sided

I've said before about the 'autoflip' trick but the I learnt that with 'rat traps' back in the 1970s.

 

[vickster]

Yep that's the shoes not the pedals.



I've said before about the 'autoflip' trick but the I learnt that with 'rat traps' back in the 1970s.

I was only born in 1972

Doesn’t matter now as I’ve had to go back to flat pedals.
I have a box full of M520s and SPD shoes

 

[raleighnut]

I was only born in 1972

Doesn’t matter now as I’ve had to go back to flat pedals.
I have a box full of M520s and SPD shoes

How is the Knee these days?

 

[vickster]

How is the Knee these days?

Same really, won’t bend more than 100deg, not enough to pedal on ball of foot. My hip and back are playing up on that side now

 

[Slioch]

Ah ok. I do have a tendency towards hot foot/burning foot particularly on long rides. LEL was a killer for it as it started on day 2 and almost caused me to give up. Was thinking these may help

I suffer from hot foot as well on longer rides, and use A520's specifically for the reason that I can unclip, flip the pedal round, and place a different part of the foot on the pedal. It really helps.

Flipping the pedal so that you can clip-in becomes second-nature after a while, so don't let the fact they've only got clips on one side put you off.

 

[raleighnut]

I suffer from hot foot as well on longer rides, and use A520's specifically for the reason that I can unclip, flip the pedal round, and place a different part of the foot on the pedal. It really helps.

Flipping the pedal so that you can clip-in becomes second-nature after a while, so don't let the fact they've only got clips on one side put you off.

You can't do that with 520's are you thinking of 530's with the platform on the other side'

 

[guitarpete247]

Yeah but then you have to remember to carry them with you. Faff about putting them on etc

Mine are on shoes all the time. I have to walk round to the garage block to get bike.
I do have to remember to take them off before riding. Several times I've swung leg over just to remember I have cleat covers on and can't clip in.

 

[flake99please]

SPD user on every bike owned since 1998. Haven’t felt the need to try anything else.

 

[Milkfloat]

After suffering from hot foot even after multiple different shoes I moved to SPD-SL and cured the problem. I still have SPD on a couple of bikes, but tend not to do long rides on them. My preference would be SPD for the reason stated up thread, but they did not work out for me. I will be sticking with SPD-SL style as I invested in a pedal power meter.

 

[Ian H]

PITA things (as the clip always hangs down) , stick with double sided

I pretty much clip in first time all the time. Just stamp on it near the top of the stroke (it should hang with the back down, so a slight forward kick connects cleat & pedal). Easier (for me) than double-sided.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ah ok. I do have a tendency towards hot foot/burning foot particularly on long rides. LEL was a killer for it as it started on day 2 and almost caused me to give up. Was thinking these may help

Stiffer soled shoes helps with foot comfort over LEL distances. The carbon soled ones are great and pretty much eliminate the hot foot.

 

[GetFatty]

Stiffer soled shoes helps with foot comfort over LEL distances. The carbon soled ones are great and pretty much eliminate the hot foot.

Unfortunately my shoes are carbon soled. I put it down to the smaller contact point. Help from people on here around regularly moving the cleats around got me through LEL but it hurt

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Unfortunately my shoes are carbon soled. I put it down to the smaller contact point. Help from people on here around regularly moving the cleats around got me through LEL but it hurt

ahhhh. My other thought is whether the shoes are too tight and / or the right dimensions / width for your foot shape.

 

[HarryTheDog]

Or you could go towards the terminally tarty option of Speedplay pedals and cleats, only 137 quid for the pedals ( cheap ones) 280 quid for titanium and 60 quid every time you wear the cleats out. I use them on my road bike you can play with "float" to your hearts content, I like them a lot you are very definetely in or out of them and i can clip in even faster than spd for those sprint of the lights days.. I use spd on my CX and MTB I find them a bit "vague" . I used SPD-L a long time ago useless for commuting for me I was always kicking them upside down normal riding they were fine. Speedplay just step down and off you go and not much chance of puling out of them. Big warning though, if you get grit behind the cleat spring you will have a bugger of a job to get out of them. Happened to me twice, had to find a soft hedge to stop in. Oh and you either have ot find 4 bolt options shoes which are rare or use a 3 bolt to 4 bolt adaptor which is what most people do.

 

[fossyant]

Look of the pedal is utterly irrelevant imo as you can’t see them when riding

How very dare you ! Both my road bikes have very blingy pedals - Campag Record Carbon Looks and some blingy red carbo pro Looks.

Bling tastic - like these !

Bit like Jimmy Choos for the bike.