Is it worth buying specialist cycling shoes?

Sound cool.

Still, you might as well ride SPD or time if you're going to have 'special' (read: special needs) shoes: I rode, and still ride on a couple of bikes, clips and straps a lot so I can wear half decent trainers on the bike* and* at work, rather than having to change shoes. Not that I know what the SBS northwave is like. It *sounds *hideous though.

Its just the little strap adjustor on some of northwaves shoes (MTB and Road). I find shoes need adjusting a few kilometers into a ride, and use to have to stop, adjust, ride a bit, stop, adjust, ride some more, etc.