…and don’t forget… the moar you spend the less marginal you’ll judge them to be 😉
Perhaps, but I did do “proper” roadie pedals/shoes on the cheap:
£20 pair of R540s and I bought some Slightly used DHB shoes (one aborted ride apparently, probably didn’t like SPD SLs 😉 ) for about £15 off fleabay I think… proper price for them is ~£30 I thing
So £35-£50 to try them out, obviously you can spend waaay more, but then I know plenty of people would turn their noses up at spending less than double that on MTB Shoes/pedals…
I’m not defending either choice, I can ride with them I can put up with the odd duck walking session, price wise they’re about on par with MTB shoes/pedals really, but they’re not everyone’s cup of tea and there’s nothing functionally wrong with MTB SPDs on a road bike, it’s probably the more common choice…
Just Horses for course innit…