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TriSooner posted 18 weeks ago.
So the bike is a road/tri bike, but the pedals that are in the cranks are mountain bike clipless pedals? And the shoes are mtb shoes? As long as they are clipless, you really won't experience any significant difference between clipless road and clipless mtb. You wouldn't get much bang for alot of buck$ if you switched from mtb pedals/shoes to road pedals/shoes (ie, high-end Sidi shoes and Speedplays will set you back $500).
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spooge posted 18 weeks ago.
is the placement of the cleat different in a mountain bike pedal? I would imagine my stroke will have bigger problems than what kind of shoes I am wearing. So keep the money and just get a pair of mountain bike shoes?
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beads1985 posted 18 weeks ago.
Wait until you are sure you are into triathlons.
When you do get sucked in there will be plenty of time to spend your money ;-)
Nothing to it, but to do it
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beads1985 posted 18 weeks ago.
Wait until you are sure you are into triathlons.
When you do get sucked in there will be plenty of time to spend your money ;-)
Nothing to it, but to do it
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gshuldes posted 18 weeks ago.
Mountain vs. road shoes/pedals are a bit of a misnomer. They are each a bit tailored to their specific uses, but are often interchangeable. You just need to be sure that the shoe you are using will work with the pedal/cleat. For example, "mountain" shoes tend to have a tread that will interfere with many "road" cleats.
I run eggbeaters on all of my bikes (commuter, mountain, road, and tri) along with two different shoes (one road and one mountain) and I am very happy with them.
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TriSooner posted 18 weeks ago.
spooge wrote:
No, same horizontal placement on the bottom of the shoe/foot and same pedal stroke, form, etc. (Technically though the mtb cleat is recessed up into the tread of the mtb shoes and the cleat on a road shoe protrudes/extends out away from the bottom of the shoes). But we are still talking about bicycle here, so motion is the same. The function of the mtb and road shoe is the same too - to clip onto the peddles - only the hardware is different: MTB cleats, shoes are designed to shed mud, dirt. But they (road vs. mtb) work essentially the same.
is the placement of the cleat different in a mountain bike pedal?
spooge wrote:
I guess I misunderstood. I thought you had mtb shoes also. I am making this more confusing that it needs to be.
So keep the money and just get a pair of mountain bike shoes?
If the bike has mtb pedals, you'll need cleats that fit that particular pedals (SPD to SPD, Egg Beaters to Egg Beaters, Speedplay to Speedplay, etc) which are probably attached to somone else's shoes since this is a borrowed bike . . . which presumably will go on the bottom of mtb shoes that you are yet to get. Or you will need to buy new road pedals (which come with cleats) and road shoes and take off the mtb pedals which will then require either a pedal wrench or a trip to the LBS. So, the cheaper route is to just go with mtb shoes and cleats (match the specific pedals alredy on the bike). A lot of people ride road bikes in mtb shoes because you can easily walk around in mtb shoes because the cleat is recessed up into the tread of the shoe.
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spooge posted 18 weeks ago.
Thanks again for all of the information. that is the answer I was looking for.
Good luck on your upcoming trip to Pikes peak
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deepbluex posted 17 weeks ago.
Some people complain of a "hot spot" with smaller MTB cleats and pedals. I never had that problem. When I switched from my SPD setup to SPD-SL road cleats/shoes and pedals, I didn't notice that much of a difference at all. If the MTB SPD setup works, then stick with it. The advantage of SPD is that you can run in the bikes shoes more comfortably. Sometimes there's a stretch of running from T1 rack to mounting and dismount to racking for T2.
If your riding style is comfortable in SPDs, stick with it.
Finally got talked into doing triathlons with my girlfriends brother in laws, who have each done two IM's. I am borrowing a bike and it has mountain bike pedals, and I don't want to drop a ton of cash on new pedals and shoes if I decide not to race that often. I am wondering the disadvantages of using mountain bike shoes in a Tri that is 800m/20 mile/5K. Is kicking out easier/harder? foot comfort etc.... I welcome all feedback. Thanks