” is any SPD shoe going to be good to walk in!?!? “
Specialized Tahoe’s aren’t terrible (They have tread unlike most skate style SPD shoes)
Drawback being the sole is nothing like as stiff as a ‘proper’ XC SPD shoe, riding on cageless SPD pedals (eg M520,M540 etc) they are noticably a lot flexier when pedalling, can hurt your feet around the cleats too but mostly managable (have done hike-a-bike/bike-down between langdale-borrowdale like this). I find they’re better (less flexy/hurty with at least a semi-platform SPD pedal like the newer M530 pedals.
If I think I might be walking something I use these, if not I use ‘proper’ SPD shoes
I believe there are better SPD shoes to walk in available (going by mag reviews from ages ago) though
My brother has gone from 661 to shimano AM45? He prefers the shimano’s. Thinks they’re better in about every way
Id like some shimano’s, AM31 or AM45, but shimano 48’s don’t fit my feet, spesh 48s do, hence tahoes, sport/experts