Roadie pedals/shoes

Trojan

Tentatively venturing out of the safety and stability that is Egg Beaters + MTB shoes combo, I'm looking for recommendations for a roadie pedal system.

What are people using these days? Looking for something that is in relatively common use, is reliable, and capable of dealing with the inevitable dial up to 400 watts if I see someone that looks like Lance.

In addition, any recommendations for entry-mid range (i.e. "budget") road shoes?

Darkglasses

I bought a pair of Specialized BG Pro Road shoes last year, have to say they are my single favourite piece of kit that I own. Incredibly comfortable, cool, stiff. They were a bit of an extravagant purchase for me at about 200 euro in the LBS, but worth every penny. I never really spend that kind of money on a single piece on cycle clothing, but I think having a really great pair of shoes is very worth the extra cost. Apparently the heel caps are non-replaceable though, which could be an issue down the line. I think it is standard with Sidi to have replaceable heel caps, so I might go with them next time.

I currently use a clone of Look Keos, brand name Outland (made by Raleigh in reality). Very cheap, but they do the job. No bearings issues at all so far, and they feel quite stable and steady. Only problem is that the paint chips off quite easily, so they look scruffy if you look closely. Will upgrade to proper Look Keos in the future.

colm_gti

I trained and raced with Shimano R077 shoes and R540 spd-sl pedals last year, think I paid about €75 all in from CRC....they done the job and I thought they were comfortable at the time!

I now have Bont A2's, which I adore, and find the shimano shoes ridiculously uncomfortable any time I try to wear them.

shaka

Look keo pedal system with north wave shoes, find them good.

Zzippy

Any recommendations for shoes for wide feet? Just about to go down the clipless pedal route too, and have heard a lot of shoes are more narrow-fitting. Don't want to get something that will have me crippled after an hour or two. LBS has a very small selection of shoes, will be in this weekend to try some on, but sometimes you can't tell if footwear is slightly ill-fitting til you've worn them in...

com1

Me and my Hobbit feet are off to my lbs to try Northwave this week as I heard that they are wide fitting.

I currently have Shimano (mtb M077 and road R077) both of which are small fitting and the M077s seem very narrow - I had to go up 2 sizes on each to get any sort of a fit

slap/dash

Zzippy wrote: »

Any recommendations for shoes for wide feet? Just about to go down the clipless pedal route too, and have heard a lot of shoes are more narrow-fitting. Don't want to get something that will have me crippled after an hour or two. LBS has a very small selection of shoes, will be in this weekend to try some on, but sometimes you can't tell if footwear is slightly ill-fitting til you've worn them in...

ive used sidi for a long time, but they arent the best for wide feet. recently got shimano r087 and they are nice and wide. the spd-sl is a bit of a bast3rd to clip in and out of though imo

shaka

com1 wrote: »

Me and my Hobbit feet are off to my lbs to try Northwave this week as I heard that they are wide fitting.

I currently have Shimano (mtb M077 and road R077) both of which are small fitting and the M077s seem very narrow - I had to go up 2 sizes on each to get any sort of a fit

Have wide feet, northwave fit very well. .

Mycroft H

I've these; Diadora Sprinters. They're a grand shoe, fits my narrow foot well.



They're SPD cleat compatible (ie the double bolt cleat) aswell, which suits me as I didn't have to go buy another set of pedals. You could do the same and keep the crank brothers pedals to save on costs.

g0g

When I was looking I noticed the Shimano M087s (I think) came in normal and wide fitting variety.

dquirke1

slap/dash wrote: »

ive used sidi for a long time, but they arent the best for wide feet. recently got shimano r087 and they are nice and wide. the spd-sl is a bit of a bast3rd to clip in and out of though imo

I've always found sidi to fit very well...
They do a mega version as well to suit wider feet.

As for pedals, It's hard to go wrong with either look keos or SPD-SLs.

Ole Rodrigo

Sidi 5s with Ultegra SPD SLs for the win.

Costs about 200 quid all in. Sleek, robust, shiny, frugal - what more could you want ?