Hi,

I currently ride flats on my Hard Tail, and road pedals on my CdF, but am looking for a decent and usable pair of SPD shoes that I could use across both bikes for a spot of trail/mtb stuff, possibly some Cx in the winter, bikepacking/light touring on the Cdf, even just road riding on it too, but using the same footwear between similar pedals on different bikes…saves time, effort, ability to walk and ultimately money.

So, anybody got any suggestions for a good cover all shoe, I know they’ll be compromises, but I’m sure I could live with those?

Cheers in advance,

Red

Any mid range Shimano shoe should do the job i would have thought.

Do you expect to be walking much in them? If so, maybe go for more of a trail shoe.

Specialized Rime are great, stiff enough for long road rides, but comfy for MTB and walking in – nice Vibram sole for grip. Not cheap at £140 but a good investment if you just want one shoe to rule them all! Giro Terraduro looks nice too, but my feet are a bit wide for Giro shoes on the whole.

Great guys, cheers, I’ll go look at those suggestions…if you’ve wide feet, I’ll have some lovely wide Mavic road shoes for sale..;)

Oh, and yes, possibly some walking, hike a bike stuff here n there…not sure about the Cx running thing but they might be more specialist.

Shimano AM45 would be worth a look

Specialized Tahoe MTB Shoe ticks all the boxes, had some for a few years and are still great

Cheers…more to check out, those AM45’s look a bit funny..;) Tahoes look good! The Rimes look good..but not cheap..:(

+1 for the Tahoes. Comfortable and trainerlike, BG footbed options for different feet, semi-stiff sole, not massively expensive. Not weatherproof, but mesh topped so lets in a cold rush of water from puddles……

I use shimano m088 shoes. MTB race style. Fine for jut riding in and CX and I’ve done some fair long road rides in them as well. You can walk in them but they are slippy on polished surfaces. Can go a good distance – I’ve one the 3 peaks in them so walked up a few big hills no issues.

I use the Tahoe Sport. Wanted something not too disco slipper and these do the job.

Wouldn’t get the AM45s, mine weigh an absolute ton. I fingered a set of the new minnaar 5:10s VXi (or whatever it is called) the other day and they felt pretty stiff and light so maybe worth a look if you don’t mind the looks. Failing that Terraduro, Rime or Mavic Alpine.

Giro Chambers… as comfy as a pair of casual trainers but stiff enough in the soles to get the power down. Nice and easy to walk around in too.

Another vote for M088.

I’m a big fan of Shim SPD shoes. Comfy, reasonably stiff for riding and last a very long time.

I frequently wear mine at school all day having ridden to work.

Get something from Mavic and suffer endless ribbings from your mates about buying your shoes from Morrisons

DHB, been very pleased with my carbon ones for all around riding. Probably wouldn’t want to walk very far in them but i have a pair of AM45s for hike a bike rides.

TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR – Member

Get something from Mavic and suffer endless ribbings from your mates about buying your shoes from Morrisons

lol 😀

Haha on the Morrisons Mavics, I’d not thought until you said..;)

The M088’s look the part too….cheers guys!

Red

Your asking a lot of a pair of shoes. I spent a long time and a lot of money trying to find a do it all shoe only to conclude that the ones designed for whatever your doing are best.

Ian,

I kind of know you’re right, I suppose the responses have just confirmed to me that I need a couple of pairs of SPD pedals and shoes to suit, swap & change…road cleats just get in the way and make you walk like you’ve bad piles on ice!

Red

I wouldn’t discount SPD SL’s altogether, they can offer a lot of flexibility. The newer ones especially which quite wide offer a pretty good platform to use in normal shoes for those short rides.

Not sure I would want them on the xc bike but for the CDF I find them ideal.

TheseSidi Dominator

Is there any value in goretex shoes? I know the water will still run down your legs and get in if it is really wet but does it help with puddles or wet grass? I currently ride in flats and they seem to be soaked at the first sign of water.

+1 on the Sidi Dominators. Mine have survived far too many hours of rocky hike-a-bike on the Highland Trail & elsewhere without a single issue (I’ve trashed bike shoes before on similar routes). They’re used almost every day and have a nice combination of warmth and breathability…they’re not over-vented like a lot of bike shoes tend to be so I can use them in winter without covers unless it’s super cold. Despite being fine to walk in, they’re stiff enough that when I occasionally use them on the road bike I’m not constantly wishing I had my super stiff road shoes on. You can probably tell, I rather like them 🙂 .