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Mud and speedplays are not friends. Put your foot down once in mud and that’s it, you’re not clipping back in until you’ve cleaned out your cleats.
Unless you’re only after CX shoe for walking ability. But then because of aforementioned mud unfriendliness, there’s probably not many CX or mtb shoes that will take a speedplay cleat
PhilDAS-
Yeah it was more to find a pair of shoes that are a little bit more walking friendly with Speedplays.
100% correct on the knee stuff above too, I had terrible knee pain for years until I started going to a personal trainer who specialises in strength and conditioning for sports (he's also a lecturer in DKIT here in Ireland for body mechanics so he really knows his stuff) and he said the reason I had knee pain was actually causes by poor hip mobility.
The weirdest bit was when one day I was trying (and failing) to touch my toes during a session and he made me lie on my side while he dug his thumb into my jaw muscle to the point I was in tears. I then stood up and touched my toes with no difficulty whatsoever. Apparently there's some weird muscle memory correlation between tension in your jaw which your body relates to grimacing under pain which if you can release it will increase flexibility.
I'm probably not explaining this correctly but my mind was blown by the result.
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Somebody is selling a new pair of their Syzr gravel cleat / pedal system on here which is supposed to feel like zeros but with MTB shoes.
Shit for MTB if you go by the reviews however. Good if you want a speedplay feel without walking on the cleat for gravel and touring type people.
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Mud and speedplays are not friends. Put your foot down once in mud and that’s it, you’re not clipping back in until you’ve cleaned out your cleats.
That is the point of the Pavé variant.
Nahguavkire
Howard
EdwardZ
Is there a list of Speedplay specific compatible shoes anywhere? Also is there any recommended CX type shoe that has tall enough moulds that when you're walking you're on the moulds rather than the cleat?