SPD in French??

[PaulSB]

A bit random this. I’m going to Marseille this summer and my host is very keen we go cycling. Sadly on MTBs. I want to take my cycling shoes but I’m having a communication issue.

Anyone know how SPD translates in to French??

 

[I like Skol]

I would have thought Shimano SPD was a universal term worldwide? Why not just take your own pedals and a spanner along with your shoes, then there will be no problems?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Surely it's just SPD louder and louder?

 

[smutchin]

"Look"

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

https://www.decathlon.fr/cales-compatibles-shimano-spd-id_8171726.html

 

[smutchin]

Serious answer: it's SPD, just the same as in English, but you'd pronounce it more like ESS-PAY-DAY

 

[smutchin]

take your own pedals

This

 

[robjh]

Serious answer: it's SPD, just the same as in English, but you'd pronounce it more like ESS-PAY-DAY

That is an easy one. When I wanted inner tubes in France, who'd have thought that they were air chambers?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Anyone know how SPD translates in to French??

Maybe @gavroche can assist...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Cales compatibles SPD. That's for the MTB kind. (VTT vélo tout terrain - vay-tay-tay)

 

[MichaelW2]

DPS?
As in OTAN and ADN

 

[Drago]

They're still called SPD, the pronunciation isn't all that different either. My French would probably get me arrested, but its workable...just.

 

[Globalti]

Just take your own pedals. That way you can be sure to get decent pedals, correctly adjusted.

 

[I like Skol]

"Ess-pay-day"

Is it? Your round then

 

[wonderloaf]

"Ess-pay-day"

To be said in the voice of Officer Crabtree: