I could do with some new MTB shoes, I really like the look (ie colour) of the S-Works “Cvndsh” edition road shoes:
But… they’re road shoes. What do we reckon on ‘converting’ them for MTB use? Could use some of these to fit SPD cleats, dunno what the stack height’s like, if they’d be any good etc. I remember seeing some pro who’d used road cartridge brake pads for some ‘tread’ on road shoes, I’m wondering if you could do that, perhaps combined with some Sugru for some mid sole tread to avoid ‘skating over the pedals when you clip in’ incidents. Or get some SIDI SRS tread blocks and attach them somehow?
Reckon it would work? Complete disaster? I guess forefoot tread would be lacking – no studs.
I’m not really going to be walking on them per se, wandering around to get my bike, plus the odd ‘dab’ and what not, but nothing with any ‘hike a bike’ type stuff.
I could just the get the S-Works MTB shoe, but I don’t like the colours. Yes, I’m that vain.
The biggest issue isn’t the tread or the cleats anyway. White mountain bike shoes, pffff..
Aah no, you see I have white ones, and 3 years on they’re perfect still. The Spesh ones are a sort of patent type finish, so they wipe clean really nicely.
The current ones are black, or black/red, neither of which appeal! If I’m spending £200 on a pair of shoes I want to like them!
Shimano ones are blue. The yellow Mavic ones would be good, but a bit of an unknown, Bontrager ones are red… decisions decisions!
If you’re intent on running road shoes off-road (with the obvious disadvantage of not being able to grip or walk in them) why not just run road pedals as well and reap the benefits of them.
The specialized shoes are nice but I wouldn’t pay £260 for a nice show then make it ugly by sticking bits to the sole. Plus you’ll skite about all over the pedal.
Apart from ruining cleats by walking on them, and floundering on the odd occasion when you do need to push/walk, everyone you meet will say ‘wait, are those road shoes?’ which would annoy me no end eventually.
If you’re intent on running road shoes off-road (with the obvious disadvantage of not being able to grip or walk in them) why not just run road pedals as well and reap the benefits of them.
Because if you read more than the first 5 words I don’t want to run road shoes off road, I like those shoes specifically and I’m wondering about adapting them with tread so I can use them more effectively off road. For 95% of the time road pedals would be fine, but for those 5% they’d be utterly utterly useless, just not a goer!
Ugly. As are those Bontrager ones. Don’t seem to be many aesthetically pleasing xc race shoes out there.
The Gaerne ones aren’t bad, not sure I can get them through the LBS though, certainly not at the same margin as Spesh, but I agree – the MTB Spesh ones manage to look very clumpy, despite being the same shoe as the Cvndsh ones, with some rubber on the sole.
The specialized shoes are nice but I wouldn’t pay £260 for a nice show then make it ugly by sticking bits to the sole. Plus you’ll skite about all over the pedal.
Wouldn’t pay £260 for them (or anything like that), but that’s my general concern. I’m wondering how neat a full set of SIDI SRS tread would be though… I may get some cheap Spesh road shoes to try!
Because if you read more than the first 5 words I don’t want to run road shoes off road, I like those shoes specifically and I’m wondering about adapting them with tread so I can use them more effectively off road. For 95% of the time road pedals would be fine, but for those 5% they’d be utterly utterly useless, just not a goer!
I read all your jibba jabba. They’ll still be road shoes, no matter how much you modify them. Do you mean you don’t want to run road pedals off-road?
Taken out of context – note the italics. If those shoes had a mountain bike sole I’d buy them, they don’t, but I’m underwhelmed by all the mountain bike shoes, so wondering if there’s a viable way to make them work.
If not, I’m not going to look at other road shoes, that would be daft!
These don’t appeal because they’re road shoes, I just like them specifically. That they’re road shoes is an inconvenience.
Specialized sell replacement tread for their top end S works Mtb shoes. Get the drill out and fit some….dont forget to take them off before you start drilling
Specialized sell replacement tread for their top end S works Mtb shoes. Get the drill out and fit some….dont forget to take them off before you start drilling
Interesting… that appears to be the exact tread on my S-Works MTB shoes I’ve got infront of me now, other than the toe piece I can’t see how the hell you’d remove it though!
I thought you were not going to be running in them ?
Eh? I’m not doing cross races in them, they’ve got to cope with a bit of mud, that I may encounter in an XC race. We’re going in circles here.
Well get some practise,you could be spinning a lot
Spinning would be fine, I’m not aware that tread on shoes helps while you’re pedalling 🙄
Not that nice, but Shimano do seem to be the best of a pretty ugly bunch at the moment.
The XC90 has really weird tread – using random studs rather than tread blocks, plus I’m not keen on the lack of midsole tread, I know folk who’ve found them very slippery.