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Crank Bros pedals with road shoes?
What's the status on using Crank Brothers pedals with road shoes these days?
The Quattro's seem to have disappeared. The road cleat is out of stock on their website. Why I ask: I have Candies and Eggs on several bikes of the commuter/dirt variety. I ride with Shimano MTB shoes with the regular cleats, and everything is fine. My other set-up has been Looks with real road shoes, and I just got some nice new road-style Diadoras which I would like to be able to use with all my bikes, shifting exclusively to Crank Bros pedals and using the road shoes on the road bikes with Candies, and the Shimano trail shoes with the others. At this point is there any practical way to use the road shoes? |
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I'm in the same predicament. I guess I'll just have to stockpile the road cleats where I can find them. And Quattro rebuild kits.
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I have mtb cleats on my sidi road shoes and they work just fine with candy pedals. Maybe I just didn't know any better...
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I have only used one type of cleat. What is different about the road cleats?
I use the Eggs, Candies and Quatros...big fan of CB pedals. Thanks? Paul |
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On MTB shoes, the brass cleat is recessed nicely so you can walk. On my road shoes the brass cleat will be sticking way out and I think it will be hard to walk, with short cleat life. The "road cleat" looks like it comes with a surrounding piece of rubber material to keep the cleat protected. It's also set up for a 3 hole pattern on the shoe. At least that's my understanding from the pictures since I have never see or used it in person. |
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I have some cheap Sette MTB shoes (I am fond of these) and Sidi Dominators I recently purchased so I mainly ride those mostly. Maybe for Triathlons I will use the road shoes, or for use on my indoor spin bike. Haven't used them in a while though. |
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All the CB cleats are the same size. I have quattros on my road bike and candy on my commuter. I can use any shoe (winter MTB shoes, road shoes, and SPD sandals) with any pedal. |
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1 and 3 are the same thing. I did not realize that the "road" style cleats ( 1 and 3 in the picture above ) were becoming difficult to find. I converted a couple of my bikes to CB pedals on the glowing rec of a poster to this forum and quite like them. If those cleats become difficult to find ........ I guess if I see them, I should probably buy 2 or 3 pair and stuff them in a drawer somewhere. |
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I use eggbeaters on my road bikes but I do wear Sidi Dominators so I don't walk on the cleat, which I had not really thought about. I just replaced the cleats last week as they were getting a little sloppy and the ones I replaced them with are like #3 in your post and they don't have the protrusions on the side. They came with a couple of pairs of eggbeaters that were a trade show special at Eurobike. I thought that maybe they had changed the design since I bought my first pair, are they for a different pedal?
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