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pinkzilla wrote:
Hmmm... I'm not sure yet if this marks a perfect occasion to show you all my shoes:
They're hard as hell to clip in with so they slow me down a bit... but I can still manage fast in them. 7 out of 70 the one and only time I wore them in an alleycat. Who else wants to wear some heels and fancy this ride up?
Ok, so anyone know where I could find extra little screw-in plates so I can have reliable surface to screw cleats into? Or how to thread a cut and drilled plate to accept screws?
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SeditiousCanary
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:01 am
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I got this one totally covered. Have the tool to do it as well. I just needed to know someone wanted it done. It'll even have fore-aft and left right adjusting.
You just need plates, which most shops will probably give you, or will come with cleats.
Talk to me next week about it. But until then, consider the following:
The harder the sole, the better.
No plastic shoes
No platform shoes
No rubber soled shoes
Only shoes you will not be gutting about destroying.
You will want to add a footbed to it after.
Super bonus if it has a removable footbed already.
Alex
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:23 pm
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Do you just use a router to make grooves for the cleats, then build a recessed area around the cleats?
An acquitance had cleats installed into his cast after killing his achellies tendon. I thought that was dedication to cycling.
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pinkzilla
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:43 pm
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Mine aren't recessed and have no grooves to move the cleat around. I wish they were but there wasn't ample time and I needed to practice riding with them because there was a race 5 days later and I had never used clip in shoes before. I wanted to win the Style Award and the pink fenders. :)
I highly recommend seeing how the foot of the rider fits onto the pedal and at what angle. My shoes are slightly misangled so they were pretty painful the first 20-40 miles I rode on them. They're stuck the way they were drilled in. Find which angle is nicest for the line to your foot/ankle/knee and get it right.
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What I was thinking was to pop out the footbed, cut out an angle in portion of a rubber soled shoe to accommodate the cleat for walking and for the pedal, lay down and adhere a metal plate, with slots to slide the cleat on, to the topside of the rubber, plop down layer of epoxied fabric to help stiffen the shoe and adhere the metal to the general structure, put down a small hardened flap to cover the screw heads (from the yet to be installed cleats) from poking my feet, put in cleats, drop the footbed on. Lace and ride...
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SeditiousCanary
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:36 pm
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Alex wrote:
Do you just use a router to make grooves for the cleats, then build a recessed area around the cleats?
Basically, yes. But I was figuring that the road SPD cleats with pontoons would be better and replacable.
rlotz
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:04 pm
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Funny, just today I was joking with friend about getting some wooden clogs and screwing a set of cleats into them directly.
pete jr
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:01 am
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i just wanted to pop in and say that those shoes are fucking awesome.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:25 am
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SeditiousCanary wrote:
Basically, yes. But I was figuring that the road SPD cleats with pontoons would be better and replacable.
shimano makes pontoons that mount under a regular spd cleat as well.
about 5 buck.
Stef
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:31 pm
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Razi
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:52 pm
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Stef wrote:
pretty awesome but what is the stability on that do you think?
Looks like itd be sturdy...any thoughts on canvas shoes?
Are you thinking chucks? Soles are not stiff at all, but man oh man would those look amazing.
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I have a pair of rubber shin-high garden / irrigation boots that I like to wear when it starts getting soupy...though I start to look like I am wearing a bad cross between a NIH hazmat suit and a cave splunker.
SPD clips on those would just be kick ass. I guess I need to make up a metal plate to reinforce the inside so they don't pull through and then bring some silicone to seal up the holes.
I'm in!
joeball
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:09 pm
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why....because you can? fair enough, I don't mind a novel ideal. I don't buy it as practical by any means though.
i ride SPDs with a walkable mtn sole, they are fine to walk around off the bike for a while but if I am on my feet for more than an hour I want regular shoes.
If your shoe sole is soft then let the pedal platform be large and firm,
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joeball wrote:
why....because you can? fair enough, I don't mind a novel ideal. I don't buy it as practical by any means though.
i ride SPDs with a walkable mtn sole, they are fine to walk around off the bike for a while but if I am on my feet for more than an hour I want regular shoes.
If your shoe sole is soft then let the pedal platform be large and firm,
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