First time buying shoes and pedals.

stupidman

Im looking to buy shoes and pedals for a hybrid bike. I cycle roughly 100km per week and feel its time to change up from regular shoes. Im thinking about doing some touring when the weather picks up so I've been looking at mountain bike spd shoes as they will allow more freedom to ramble around off the bike. I chose those pedals with the flats on one side as the brother borrows the bike now and again.


What do you make of these in terms of practicality and value?
Is there any major disadvantage with mountain bike shoes over road touring shoes?


http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-m324-combination-pedals/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-m064-spd-mountain-bike-shoes/

Thanks in advance any advice is welcome

darkvalley

I have those pedals on both my road bike and my hybrid. Great pedals and very practical. However only drawback is they would be bit heavier than double sided spd pedals and probably a lot heavier than road pedals.
Mtb are grand shoes for walking around in and certainly you will provide less entertainment to onlookers than if you try it in road shoes.
A word of warning on cycling shoes. For reasons I don't understand, the sizing on them can be a bit eccentric. A size 10 in shimano shoes is not necessarily the same as a size 10 in ordinary everyday shoes, or indeed the same as a size 10 in another manufacturers cycling shoe! I wear a size 9.5 or 10 in ordinary shoes but a size 10 northwave shoe is too small for me. So until you know what size you want in a cycling shoe you might be better advised to try them on in your LBS.

Unknown Soldier

Defo try shoes on in a shop for sizing, as said above. Maybe buy something small there out of kindness, like a tube or something.

I've been trying to find a "dual use" pedal that you can wear cleat shoes, but on one side not be clipped in. One with a flat "normal" pedal on one side that has an indent to take the cleat and allow "normal" pedalling. Sort of a learner pedal.

By the looks of things I might have to invent this with Shimano. :pac:

OldBean

You mean like these?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/shimano-m324-clipless-spd-flat-mtb-pedals/rp-prod5937

I ordered them last week for a new touring/audax build, haven't used clipless before but I'll let you know what they're like!

Darkglasses

stupidman wrote: »

Im looking to buy shoes and pedals for a hybrid bike. I cycle roughly 100km per week and feel its time to change up from regular shoes. Im thinking about doing some touring when the weather picks up so I've been looking at mountain bike spd shoes as they will allow more freedom to ramble around off the bike. I chose those pedals with the flats on one side as the brother borrows the bike now and again.


What do you make of these in terms of practicality and value?
Is there any major disadvantage with mountain bike shoes over road touring shoes?


http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-m324-combination-pedals/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-m064-spd-mountain-bike-shoes/

Thanks in advance any advice is welcome

Looks like an excellent choice for practicality and value. There's no major disadvantage to SPDs over roadie systems like SPD-SL or Look Keo. The pedalling platform is slightly smaller, and the clip-in is a bit less secure, but there are plenty of benefits, especially for beginners. I would always use them if I was ever thinking about walking around off the bike.

Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

By the looks of things I might have to invent this with Shimano. :pac:

Incase anyone is toying with "clipping in" ala learner style, I was in contact with Shimano and apparently PD-M324 are designed to wear with normal road clip shoes. You can either clip in or "in the busy city" use the normal platform side, which has a cavity to take the cleat.

I'll get a set and see how it goes.

stupidman

cheers for the help, I've gone with those two anyway i,l let ye know what there like when i get them..