Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

I've got the X-track race, good quality, weight and 'action'. Obviously no one's ever had any problems with Shimano PD-Ms but I wanted to try something different. And I would buy again!

There appears to be no replacement for the touring range, particularly the RT5s. Found some 43s, have hoarded!

Crystal Palace to Harlow.

Odd route! New commute?
The drop off the horse trail into Harlow is lovely.

Those are touring shoes. This is about GRAVEL shoes.

But pretty much any road shoe can be converted to SPD with a Shimano SM-SH41 SPD Cleat Stabilising Adaptor. Not to be confused with previous SM-SH40 which fell apart by all accounts. Here they are on another pair of Fiziks:

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The drop off the horse trail into Harlow is lovely

I can't believe anything about Harlow is lovely

The beauty of the touring shoe is that it does everything, commuting, road and GRAVEL without actually looking like MTB shoes, god forbid. Also I walk a fair way at work post commute so need recessed cleats.

I have a significant soft spot for that place. Despite everything.

These are my go to grav shoes, scott comp mtb £35 thank you very much and not too fugly.

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I’ve been using the x5s with the old forum-favourite Time ATAC pedals for many years, I have he latest iteration X5s as well as an older pair for bad weather - this wearing-down-the-sole thing is not something I’ve personally experienced, and I do 6-8000km per year on them.

Honourable mention should go to the Fizik Terra Gravita or whatever they’re called - X5 level stiffness in a vibram sole trainer lookalike. Ideal for pairing with a flannel shirt.

Do you know where you can get them in the UK? I had a similar thing with some LGs and now I cant find them, bought my last pair from Canada which was not half as cheap.

I like the look of the Scotts if I could find them in the UK.

if you can't provide a link to them for £35 then you have to sell us your pair at that price, that's the rule

I got 2 pairs from I think treadz about 18 months ago. Start fitness have them, but they’re £49 on there, still worth that price though

these look/sound great. 45mm seem huge there? how do they measure up?

I’m beginning to wonder if I was only charged for 1 pair now :/ The first pair lasted around 5,000 miles before I lost them, the second ones are still going strong at around the same mileage. If you can find the first pair they are yours of £35, hell you can have them for 35p. They are somewhere between Southwold and Norwich…

Star Fitness is in Luxembourg from what I can see. My feet are a funny shape so I don’t need another pair of shoes that don’t fit.

Bloody hell they are too, I saw the cycle to work logo so thought they were uk based

Not sure but the Checkpoint managed 50mm (Maxxis Rambler) with the drop out move back a bit.

Quite happy with it, was worried it not gonna feel fast, but it did.

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Up a big hill to get to that wall?

One scoblebrick is good though.

This has made my day!

Two questions, figured this thread would work best for them both:

• does anyone know of some good gravelly bits close to Chelmsford? I've not been cycling much over the last year and would love to get back into it.
  
• does anyone have any suggestions on a good/compact handlebar bag? I just need to chuck my phone and a few other bits and bobs in there, nothing too much. Would prefer over a saddle bag.
  

Handlebar bags have been discussed in the bikepacking thread I think. The Rapha one is good value for money compared to other cycling brands.

Did anyone get a 46T running in their RD-RX817?