How many pairs of cycling shoes do you have?

Trail SPDs *2

Trail flats

Winter boots SPDs

“Road” / gravel SPDs

Similar count for running shoes.

4 pairs!

5:10 Element flats

Shimano ME71s trail spds (criminal they don’t make these anymore)

Current version Shimano XC type with Boa

Absolutely ancient Shimano budget somethings, velcro, full of holes, sole split in various places, purely for turbo trainer and are about fifteen years old. Probably also a bio hazard.

5

Shimano Winter SPDs

Shimano laced commuting SPDs

Really old Shimano typical MTB SPDs from before the first world war that refuse to die

Giro roadie SPDs

5-10 flats.

If you mean pairs you actually wear, then 6 pairs …

Ion flats x2

dakine flats

Spesh 2fo clips

dnb commuters

Northwave winter boots

Various discarded pairs: old 2fos, pair of Shimano mtb clips in the cupboard upstairs, Leatt clips discarded in the cupboard downstairs.

1pr SPD shoes

1pr Salomon hiking shoes where the grip wore down to nearly flat so I use them with flat pedals now (but they’re not strictly cycling shoes, just shoes I use on the bike)

Not that many compared to others….

1 x Winter Boots for MTB duties (flats)

1 x Rapha Road shoes (look keo)

1 x Giro gravel shoes (spd)

1 x cheap Bontrager road shoes for indoor turbo use

Not sure if my Converse count, used for summer mucking about rides, pub, popping out for coffees etc. reasonably comfy for small rides where I can’t be bothered swapping pedals on the gravel bike.

10…things are getting out of hand! Some like the M200s and Northwave Raptors are knackered and should really be on their way out the door. I got ME7s to replace the M200s, unfortunately they’re just not as good, so the M200’s carried on until now and are falling apart. I got Five Tens to try flat pedals again, they may never see a second ride. Got an ancient pair of Giro Gauges, toughest shoes I’ve ever owned and probably the best fitting. Power transfer from the Easton EC70 carbon is still rather satisfying.

It’s not just shoes

I have 7/8 pairs of gloves and have just ordered another pair

Six sets of eye protection of differing types and multiple lenses

Helmets currently sit at a mere three, but considering which one to buy next

Maybe 3 pairs of spd shoes, 2 pairs of flats, 1 pair for road and trainer and one pair of winter spds.

I just managed to dispose one xc pair last weekend, lugs at the bottom were torn off 7 years ago at Garda bike and hike but I just couldn’t get rid of them. Threw away one old helmet too, it was intact but complicated set of pads were missing and were not available from mfgr anymore.
Oh and few 26” tyres were binned too.

3 pairs

winter boots, autumn/winter boots/ spring/summer shoes all clipless

MW5 winter boots.
ME7 trail shoes.
Specialized Roost flat.
Specialized DHO flats. Getting very tatty but use with waterproof socks when it’s wet.
Specialized Rime spd. Sole very worn but still fine for spin class.
Giro something or other 3 bolt road shoes. In storage in case I fancy another decent road bike at some point.

Not as bad as I thought.

Wow! I thought 4 pairs was a bit decadent! Obviously not.

1 pair of old Shimano road shoes for the turbo. They are 10 years old & the sole is falling apart so should probably bin them.

1 pair of Pearl Izumi BOA road shoes. I treated myself as they were reduced from £130 to £30 or something ridiculous.

1 pair of mtb ‘disco slipper’ style shoes – old Shimano’s that I bought while at my last job. And I’ve been in this job for 12 years, so they are probably 13 years old now.

1 pair of Northwave mtb shoes which are more like rugged trainers. Nice & comfy, but a bit heavy. I tend to wear them if going to the pub, shopping or round the block with my daughter, as they don’t look quite as ridiculous as my other ones.

At home 2

Five Ten Freerider Pro

Five Ten Freerider EPS

In the camper 1

Five Ten Freerider Pro

Diversion – any recommendations for neoprene overshoes ?

My recommendation for neoprene overshoes is save your money as they always seem to be a pain to use. It’s better to huy some decent winter footwear.

1. 1 pair of road carbon shoes
2. 1 pair of mtb/gravel carbon shoes
3. 1 pair of mtb/gravel winter shoes
4. 1 pair of flat mtb shoes

This does not include the pile of 90% knackered shoes that are in the garage, that I do not have the heart to throw out.

I’m thinking of buying another pair of spd shoes to replace my 8 year old Shimano ME5’s that died the weekend, they were great all-rounders and for bike packing, might just hold out until a bargain pops up over the Christmas sales.

I could go down to a single pair of all-rounder spd shoes to cover all bases but prefer having more specific pairs for different bikes and terrain.

None, apparently you need narrow feet to be a cyclist and I have never found a pair that fits.

Five, including a Shimano pair on their last legs from ’06 (with their original pair of Time brass SPD cleats on the turbo) and a bargain £6 pair of Specialized Cadet (from Rutland ~5 years ago?) that still haven’t had their cleat covers cut off.

PX Das Boot Spd

DHB MTB Dorika Spd

DHB Dorika carbon road

You need one pair per bike.

If you have more shoes than bikes then you are required to buy more bikes!

3

1 winter goretex

1 trial shoes for the rest of the year

1 old trail pairs now demoted to Wattbike duty

4.  Two winter boots and two summer shoes.  All normal SPDs use on road, gravel or MTB.  Two sets of each as once they get wet, it’s a real PITA to get them dry by the next morning.

(only) Two pairs , dressed up or down to suit weather with various socks, overshoes, gaiters combinations.

Shimano M077 (10+ years old, ugly, falling apart, foul smelling, supremely comfy)

Shimano M089 (5+ years old, used at least weekly, often much more frequently)

2 pairs of Five Tens. But this thread is making me feel less guilty about buying the new pair of shoes which I previously felt was unjustifiable!

4

1 Shimano winter gravel (2 bolt)

1 Giro rest of year gravel (2 bolt)

1 Specialized road (3 bolt)

1 Five Tens (flats)

4

* Northwave Winter Boots

* Bontrager summer light-weight roady disco slippers

* Shimano XC summer shoes

* Old dog-eared pair of Shimano XC shoes for summer rides in crap conditions

6 pairs doesn’t sound too bad now. I ride both clips and flats so ‘need’ both.

MTBing:
1 x Shimano ME701 SPD summer
1 x Shimano XM9 SPD winter
1 x Adidas Trailcross LT flat summer
1 x FiveTen Freerider EPS flat winter

Commute/gravel:
1 x FiveTen Kestral BOA summer
1 x Shimano MW7 winter

Also keep an old pair of flat shoes and pedals in the van in case I turn up to a ride – again – with an incompatible combo of pedal and shoe. And pairs not-in-use stashed for future don’t count, right?

4 pairs;

Five Ten summer shoes

Shimano summer shoes

AM Moab Mid STX

Peleton road type for the trainer

Off the top of my head  have –

5 pairs of Shimano S-Phyre road shoes

1 pair Shimano S-Phyre MTB shoes

3 pairs Shimano RX8 gravel shoes

1 pair Shimano ME7 MTB shoes

There’s at least 5 pairs of unworn shoes in the pile too including a pair of Shimano GF8 Gore-Tex flat sole shoes. That has to be £3k of footwear which is verging on ridiculous.

Three, but one only ge used for skydiving (the 5:10 flatties).

I have a pair of Scott disco slippers for the road bike and a very aging pair of Specialized BG shoes for normal SPDs. Two winters commuting through town in Stockholm were not kind to them. I want a new pair, but they don’t make them any more.

I had to check. I threw some away last year (well, stripped them for spare parts).

2 pairs of Sidi MTB shoes
2 pairs of Sidi road shoes
2 pairs of turbo shoes (probably too small-time to strip for spares and get rid) – Sidi again.
2 pairs of northwave winter boots road/MTB
1 pair of ancient Time road shoes that i use when riding my retro road bike. Just for the look of things.

So, errrr, 9.

Jeez, erm 5

1 x Shimano MW5’s

1 x Shimano ME5

1 x QUOC Escape

1 x 5-10 Freerider

1 x O Neal Pinned

Not counting them all, but easily 15-20 pairs (boosted by stocking up on cheap 5:10s this year)

-Winter SPDs

-XC/Gravel/CX SPDs

-Trail SPDs

-Road SPD SL

-Trainer SPD SL (old road SPD SLs)

So five pairs.

3 pairs.

– road 3-bolt SPDs (Lake)

– mtb 2-bolt SPDs (Lake)

– mtb 2 bolt winter goretex (Shimano).

I’ve only got 2 feet.

6.

1 x trail cross flats, 1 x Shimano mw5, 1 x northwave SPD’s, 1 x five ten somethingorother SPD’s, 1 x spesh road shoes, 1 x tri shoes used on the turbo.

Clipless

Adidas/Five Ten Trailcross clip-in

Shimano XC5 disco slippers

Northwave somethingorother Goretex boots

Flat

Five Ten Freerider Pro

Adidas Terrex Trailcross (pre-Five Ten take over and better than anything they have made since)

Five Ten Freerider (Soles have worn thin but kept as ‘just in case’ spares)

1 pair of Ride Concepts Accomplice flats.

Prior to those I just rode all my bikes in Etnies or DCs, whatever the weather with appropriate socks.

1 pair of shoes?  Are you some kind of psychopath??

5 – winter flats, summer flats, winter clipless, summer clipless, commuting clipless.

20 years ago I didn’t have any cycling shoes either, I just wore trainers in my toeclips.

Then I started reading bike mags and found sites like this.

It’s a slippery slope, eh?