I haven't bought a new road bike since 1998. I got my LeMond Zurich equipped with Shimano SPD road pedals. I use five or six year old Nike Pedali Combo shoes--a really comfortable and walkable shoe for road or mountain that I believe was discontinued a few years back. My cleats are wearing out--so are the shoes for that matter--and I haven't seen SPD road pedals in Performance, Nashbar, Colorado Cyclist or any of the local bike shops. Is the SPD road format dead? What's everybody buying these days? Is there a nice walkable pedal-cleat-shoe combination as friendly as my old SPDs and Nike Pedali Combos?
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SPD Road is alive and well, I have a pair, Shimano PD-A520:
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gclark8 said:
SPD Road is alive and well, I have a pair, Shimano PD-A520:
I think he means the SPD-R format, which was in fact discontinued and replaced by SPD-SL. There are still a few retailers that have the cleats in stock:
http://www.pricepoint.com/detail/11208-090_SHISP2-3-Parts-119-Cleats/Shimano-SPD-R-Cleats.htm -
Actually, I think I meant just "SPD"--not SPD-R or other variations. Thanks to artmichalek's post, I see the type of cleats I have are still around: pricepoint.comShimano SH 52 SPD Cleats.htmOpen ↗Thanks everyone!
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What is "Shimano?" Is that old Italian?
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Spider1999 said:
Actually, I think I meant just "SPD"--not SPD-R or other variations. Thanks to artmichalek's post, I see the type of cleats I have are still around: pricepoint.comShimano SH 52 SPD Cleats.htmOpen ↗Thanks everyone!
Nashbar has a road SPD pedal called the Tourmalet...give them a look. They are a one-sided SPED road pedal.Cheers,
Brian
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baj32161 said:
Nashbar has a road SPD pedal called the Tourmalet...give them a look. They are a one-sided SPED road pedal.
Cheers,
Brian
Those pedals are very poorly built. It's worth a little extra money to get pedals that are going to last more than a few hundred miles.
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artmichalek said:
Those pedals are very poorly built. It's worth a little extra money to get pedals that are going to last more than a few hundred miles.
Okie dokie...I have never actually seen them. I use Mtb SPD pedals myself.Thanks for the heads-up.Chers,
Brian
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