MTB shoes on a road bike?

[Gatters]

SPDs on a Herety. Frank would be turning in his grave

Nahh mate Frank would be thrilled to see the places I go in his 'Road' bike

 

[Colnago Master]

However I don't find road shoes particularly attractive. I know that's not the important thing, I totally get that but it would be nice to spend a hundred dollars on something that I didn't find horrible.
I'm not fussed whether fancy people in bright lycra will turn their noses up at me

Surely you're turning your nose up on road shoes based partly on their looks?
A touch of the double standards.

Personally I have different pedals on different road bikes.
Use whatever pedals you like, in reality no one cares.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

PS I commute with MTB shoes on a road bike. Walking to the office is easier

True, so is walking through the Hospital (SPDs on my Ribble)

The big factor, though, is the ability to pedal straight away, from a stop, rather than trying to flip the pedal over (ie; traffic-lights)

Sidi's here too

 

[Butty1972]

SPDs on my Ribble, Shimano A530 single-sided pedals, Mavic SPD shoes. As other have said, much easier for walking about it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

MTB pedals on all my bikes - far more practical whenever walking has to come at the end of the cycling bit.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

A530's on my Synapse (which I got to test non-clipped in Amsterdam and really surprised me how comfortable and easy they were in trainers.) Mavic, I think, haven't looked at them in a while, SPD's. I have a half mile walk from bike park to office and wasn't going to do that twice a day in road cleats. Wasn't going to have an extra pair of shoes just for that walk. So SPD's it was. Very happy with them when commuting in to London, lots of foot down moments at traffic lights, and still slimmer and more 'bikey' than wearing trainers.

Go for it.

 

[raleighnut]

Why not go for a pair of 'touring' shoes, not as chunky as MTB shoes and SPD

 

[Apollonius]

Just make sure you don't get the worst of both worlds. Mrs A has mountain bike SPDs on road shoes, and they are harder to walk on than my SLs. The recess is what you are looking for if you want to walk places in cycling shoes.

 

[cyberknight]

Single sided pedals , a 520 + a600 for me so sufficiantly raodie looking with MTB shoes for me as well.

 

[Cathryn]

Thank you all! Really appreciate the info! I just find they look better but I'm also glad that they're easier to walk in as well. Great stuff.

 

[Cathryn]

Why not go for a pair of 'touring' shoes, not as chunky as MTB shoes and SPD

Yes, that's not a bad idea.

 

[Cathryn]

However I don't find road shoes particularly attractive. I know that's not the important thing, I totally get that but it would be nice to spend a hundred dollars on something that I didn't find horrible.
I'm not fussed whether fancy people in bright lycra will turn their noses up at me

Surely you're turning your nose up on road shoes based partly on their looks?
A touch of the double standards.

Personally I have different pedals on different road bikes.
Use whatever pedals you like, in reality no one cares.

I don't know if that's double standards? In any case, I was more curious as to whether or not there were practical implications of wearing MTB shoes.

 

[Saluki]

You wear what you like on your feet. I only switched to road pedals and cleats (I have Tri-shoes with road cleats) recently as we had them. Hubster didn't like them so I used them and got on with them better than he did. I have MTB pedals and cleats (on my lovely comfy Shimano shoes) on my CX. Much more practical for walking about in. With the road shoes I have to take a bag with a pair of plimmies in to walk about.

Edited due to atrocious spelling! I don't know what is wrong with me at the moment.

 

[ianrauk]

MTB shoes and pedals for all my road bikes.

 

[cyberknight]

I don't know if that's double standards? In any case, I was more curious as to whether or not there were practical implications of wearing MTB shoes.

Its certainly my legs that let me down on fast club runs and not my shoe/pedal combination ,