hexron

Fitter is insisting I try road shoes/road pedals to help balance out my pedal stroke and alleviate some knee/ankle problems. I'd really love to hold on to my MTB shoes for winter and commuting (without having to change pedals). Any adapter out there I can put on my MTB shoe that will fit with a 105 road pedal?

Reeses

woodcraft

No. Might be possible to cobble something, but it would be

more fuss than changing pedals, which is not a big deal.

rgconner

You just need a pedal that has the right bolt pattern for the cleats.

Eggbeaters come to mind, also Speedplay makes MTB compatible cleats

From experience, Eggs tend to have a pretty wide pedal stance which I like, but which may be what he is trying to fix, but I don't know.

nycphotography

By what mechanism is road shoes/cleats supposed to balance out your pedal stroke?

I mean I believe road bikes are better with road shoes because they are more secure, tend to eliminate hot spots, and transfer power better... but "smoothing out your pedal stroke" is a new one to me.

FWIW: I use walkable speedplays on my road bikes and bought winter shoes w/ a second set of cleats. I go through cleats maybe once a year, pedals every two years (the mating surface wears and they get wobbly) but that's only if I ride the hell outta them at which point I've gotten good use from them.

Slick Madone

Why not just adjust to the pedals you have? I use MTB shoes on the road. Much easier walking around with if you have to stop.

Play with the saddle position to alleviate the knee issues.

fietsbob

Used to be a shoe made for spinning classes,
kind of frankenstein's monster's boots looking
because it made a rubber rim edge, around the 3 bolt look pedal cleat , to walk on floors, indoors,

Shimano licences to copy, that cleat to make their pedals of that look type..

I expect the fitter and perhaps the fitting system he was trained to use ,

Is biased towards Road Competitor's fits , which is not your style of riding ..


You Choose.. for yourself... OK?

joejack951

I don't understand the question. How many bikes do you have? If two or more, only use the road pedals (with a matching pair of inexpensive road shoes to start) on the road bike. Keep on with the MTB pedals for the commuter and any other bike where pedaling dynamics are less important than the convenience of recessed cleats. If you only have one bike, you question makes no sense so I'll just assume you have more than one.

PaulRivers

You're far better off changing the pedals on your bike. The pedals attach like they're a large screw to the crank arms.
- Buy a pedal wrench
- Keep in mind that the pedals are threaded so that pedalling forward tightens them, so you need to unscrew them the opposite way
- Put oil on the threads of the pedals and they will screw on and off a lot easier next time (or if you're really into I actually use anti-sieze lube)

I'm not aware of any adapters, and you wouldn't want to use them anyways. I've used adapters meant to clip onto clipless to make them flats, and they are awful - the float for the pedals makes them squirm around under your foot.

It's not that hard to change pedals, especially if you lube the pedal threads to keep them from seizing.

tedder987

I have spd on the MTB and spd-sl on the road bike (or vice versa I can never remember) and I think the 3 bolt holds my foot a lot more stably than the MTB style shoes do so the fitter suggestion may not be totally crazy. Also I am not sure if its possible to put shims under the MTB pedals which might also be part of what the fitter wants the 3 bolts for.

Any adapter for 2 bolt to 3 would have to add a lot of stack though unless (or even if) you cut away all the tread around the cleat so I doubt that would ever be a good solution though