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Hi can anyone recommend a pair of spd cycling shoes ive just bought a bike for audax that im hoping to do nexr year the bike has spd pedals.
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cyberknight
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spd mtb 2 bolt or spd sl 3 bolt road style pedals?
Ridgeway
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Assuming 2 bolt. I like a lot my Sidi Dragon carbon shoes. I use them mainly for MTB but they are also my commuter shoes. Super comfy and light and of course very stiff soles.
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2 bolt I suppose one's that you can walk in
cyberknight
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like saddles shoes have so many choices regarding fit etc, budget? decent shoes start from around £50 up to hundreds.
i prefer northwave
i prefer northwave
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I fancy doing audaxs and the bike isn't a racing bike but I'd like something not to heavy but I'm not going to get carbon soles and all that. I thought guys on here who do audaxs and have spd pedals might give me some pointers in shoes cheers for the advice anyway.
Darius_Jedburgh
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What ones do you have ?
iluvmybike
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Have a look at the so-called gravel shoes - they are lighter and less agressive soles that pure mtb shoes but still with recessed spd cleats
ColinJ
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If you are buying Shimano shoes... be aware that they tend to be smaller than their nominal size. I find them too narrow so I have to go longer to get the width right. I take about EU 44.5 in normal shoes but about 46.5 in Shimano.
ColinJ
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If you have narrow feet, that might not be quite such an issue. I gave a pair away because they squashed my wide feet so much across the toes that I had problems for weeks after just one ride.
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cyberknight
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i dont do audax but i do club rides of around 60-70 miles with a couple of century rides a year, i use spd pedals as i also commute so it saves running 2 different styles of pedal,
Currently the commuter bike runs m530 dual sided pedals and the club ride bikes use a520 or a600 single sided spd pedals.
Shoe wise i have northwave, i ran spike mk 2 for years and found them really comfy , new mk 2 look similar
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/northwave-spike-3-mtb-shoes
another pair i like are specialized, more of a touring shoe i dont think they are available now so this the closest i could find ?
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/sport-mountain-bike-shoes/p/156078?color=227993-156078
Currently the commuter bike runs m530 dual sided pedals and the club ride bikes use a520 or a600 single sided spd pedals.
Shoe wise i have northwave, i ran spike mk 2 for years and found them really comfy , new mk 2 look similar
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/northwave-spike-3-mtb-shoes
another pair i like are specialized, more of a touring shoe i dont think they are available now so this the closest i could find ?
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/sport-mountain-bike-shoes/p/156078?color=227993-156078
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