"road/racing type" shoes for MTB clip-less pedals? - Page 2 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

12-09-2004, 02:08 PM

"Yuri Budilov" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> I am looking for a shoe that works with my existing Shimano M540 clip-less
> pedals but otherwise is much closer to a road-racing type of shoe than it is
> to MTB off-road shoe. Perhaps a touring shoe, I do not know.

I have only good things to say about my Shimano T092 touring shoes.
They're nice and stiff, but they have a good rubber sole that makes
walking easy. I have logged about 25,000 miles and 2 million
vertical feet on them over two years. When the sole wore down enough
to expose the cleat, I just added some Shoe Goo to the sole and kept
riding.

One shoe with cleat weighs 425 gm, so they're not what I would call
super light. If you're a weight weenie, you might want to look
elsewhere.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

If you want to indulge your weight weenie tendencies (I do often),
then maybe the Nike Poggio with SPD adapter is your choice: 280 gm
with SPD adapter (without cleat).

--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 02:08 PM

"Yuri Budilov" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> I am looking for a shoe that works with my existing Shimano M540 clip-less
> pedals but otherwise is much closer to a road-racing type of shoe than it is
> to MTB off-road shoe. Perhaps a touring shoe, I do not know.

I have only good things to say about my Shimano T092 touring shoes.
They're nice and stiff, but they have a good rubber sole that makes
walking easy. I have logged about 25,000 miles and 2 million
vertical feet on them over two years. When the sole wore down enough
to expose the cleat, I just added some Shoe Goo to the sole and kept
riding.

One shoe with cleat weighs 425 gm, so they're not what I would call
super light. If you're a weight weenie, you might want to look
elsewhere.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

If you want to indulge your weight weenie tendencies (I do often),
then maybe the Nike Poggio with SPD adapter is your choice: 280 gm
with SPD adapter (without cleat).

--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 02:08 PM

"Yuri Budilov" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> I am looking for a shoe that works with my existing Shimano M540 clip-less
> pedals but otherwise is much closer to a road-racing type of shoe than it is
> to MTB off-road shoe. Perhaps a touring shoe, I do not know.

I have only good things to say about my Shimano T092 touring shoes.
They're nice and stiff, but they have a good rubber sole that makes
walking easy. I have logged about 25,000 miles and 2 million
vertical feet on them over two years. When the sole wore down enough
to expose the cleat, I just added some Shoe Goo to the sole and kept
riding.

One shoe with cleat weighs 425 gm, so they're not what I would call
super light. If you're a weight weenie, you might want to look
elsewhere.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

If you want to indulge your weight weenie tendencies (I do often),
then maybe the Nike Poggio with SPD adapter is your choice: 280 gm
with SPD adapter (without cleat).

--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 05:42 PM

Terry Morse writes:

>> I am looking for a shoe that works with my existing Shimano M540
>> clip-less pedals but otherwise is much closer to a road-racing type
>> of shoe than it is to MTB off-road shoe. Perhaps a touring shoe, I
>> do not know.

> I have only good things to say about my Shimano T092 touring shoes.
> They're nice and stiff, but they have a good rubber sole that makes
> walking easy. I have logged about 25,000 miles and 2 million
> vertical feet on them over two years. When the sole wore down enough
> to expose the cleat, I just added some Shoe Goo to the sole and kept
> riding.

I use these shoes and the previous model for touring and as a go to
work show where I don't walk for miles in the office. I get years of
service from them and I find the mesh uppers fail before the soles
wear down to cleat exposure.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

> One shoe with cleat weighs 425 gm, so they're not what I would call
> super light. If you're a weight weenie, you might want to look
> elsewhere.

That depends on whether walking is important.

> If you want to indulge your weight weenie tendencies (I do often),
> then maybe the Nike Poggio with SPD adapter is your choice: 280 gm
> with SPD adapter (without cleat).

We all like to think a gram here and there makes the difference but it
doesn't

Jobst Brandt
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12-09-2004, 05:42 PM

Terry Morse writes:

>> I am looking for a shoe that works with my existing Shimano M540
>> clip-less pedals but otherwise is much closer to a road-racing type
>> of shoe than it is to MTB off-road shoe. Perhaps a touring shoe, I
>> do not know.

> I have only good things to say about my Shimano T092 touring shoes.
> They're nice and stiff, but they have a good rubber sole that makes
> walking easy. I have logged about 25,000 miles and 2 million
> vertical feet on them over two years. When the sole wore down enough
> to expose the cleat, I just added some Shoe Goo to the sole and kept
> riding.

I use these shoes and the previous model for touring and as a go to
work show where I don't walk for miles in the office. I get years of
service from them and I find the mesh uppers fail before the soles
wear down to cleat exposure.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

> One shoe with cleat weighs 425 gm, so they're not what I would call
> super light. If you're a weight weenie, you might want to look
> elsewhere.

That depends on whether walking is important.

> If you want to indulge your weight weenie tendencies (I do often),
> then maybe the Nike Poggio with SPD adapter is your choice: 280 gm
> with SPD adapter (without cleat).

We all like to think a gram here and there makes the difference but it
doesn't

Jobst Brandt
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 05:42 PM

Terry Morse writes:

>> I am looking for a shoe that works with my existing Shimano M540
>> clip-less pedals but otherwise is much closer to a road-racing type
>> of shoe than it is to MTB off-road shoe. Perhaps a touring shoe, I
>> do not know.

> I have only good things to say about my Shimano T092 touring shoes.
> They're nice and stiff, but they have a good rubber sole that makes
> walking easy. I have logged about 25,000 miles and 2 million
> vertical feet on them over two years. When the sole wore down enough
> to expose the cleat, I just added some Shoe Goo to the sole and kept
> riding.

I use these shoes and the previous model for touring and as a go to
work show where I don't walk for miles in the office. I get years of
service from them and I find the mesh uppers fail before the soles
wear down to cleat exposure.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

> One shoe with cleat weighs 425 gm, so they're not what I would call
> super light. If you're a weight weenie, you might want to look
> elsewhere.

That depends on whether walking is important.

> If you want to indulge your weight weenie tendencies (I do often),
> then maybe the Nike Poggio with SPD adapter is your choice: 280 gm
> with SPD adapter (without cleat).

We all like to think a gram here and there makes the difference but it
doesn't

Jobst Brandt
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 05:42 PM

Terry Morse writes:

>> I am looking for a shoe that works with my existing Shimano M540
>> clip-less pedals but otherwise is much closer to a road-racing type
>> of shoe than it is to MTB off-road shoe. Perhaps a touring shoe, I
>> do not know.

> I have only good things to say about my Shimano T092 touring shoes.
> They're nice and stiff, but they have a good rubber sole that makes
> walking easy. I have logged about 25,000 miles and 2 million
> vertical feet on them over two years. When the sole wore down enough
> to expose the cleat, I just added some Shoe Goo to the sole and kept
> riding.

I use these shoes and the previous model for touring and as a go to
work show where I don't walk for miles in the office. I get years of
service from them and I find the mesh uppers fail before the soles
wear down to cleat exposure.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

> One shoe with cleat weighs 425 gm, so they're not what I would call
> super light. If you're a weight weenie, you might want to look
> elsewhere.

That depends on whether walking is important.

> If you want to indulge your weight weenie tendencies (I do often),
> then maybe the Nike Poggio with SPD adapter is your choice: 280 gm
> with SPD adapter (without cleat).

We all like to think a gram here and there makes the difference but it
doesn't

Jobst Brandt
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 06:20 PM

Jobst Brandt wrote:

> We all like to think a gram here and there makes the difference but it
> doesn't

That all depends on how many heres and theres you have lying around
(and how important climbing rate is). A pound to me is about half a
percent change in climbing speed.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 06:20 PM

Jobst Brandt wrote:

> We all like to think a gram here and there makes the difference but it
> doesn't

That all depends on how many heres and theres you have lying around
(and how important climbing rate is). A pound to me is about half a
percent change in climbing speed.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-09-2004, 06:20 PM

Jobst Brandt wrote:

> We all like to think a gram here and there makes the difference but it
> doesn't

That all depends on how many heres and theres you have lying around
(and how important climbing rate is). A pound to me is about half a
percent change in climbing speed.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]