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Cycle touring shoe recommendations?

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 mike123 11 Aug 2025

I need some new ones, to take cleats but comfy to walk around in ( not hike up a hill - walk to thr bar ) . I’ve always had the cheapest shimano ones that look a bit like an approach shoe. Alternatives would be ….

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 Doug 11 Aug 2025
In reply to mike123:

I've a pair of these (or very similar as mine are now a few years old) https://www.scott-sports.com/global/en/product/scott-mtb-comp-rs-shoe?artic... 

Sold for mountain biking but I use them on a gravel bike, with at times a lot of road use as well astracks, paths etc. Comfy for cycling but OK for walking  as well

OP mike123 11 Aug 2025
In reply to Doug: thanks Doug , look great and not too expensive  

 nniff 11 Aug 2025
In reply to mike123:

I’ve always got on well with Mavic touring shoes, which now seem to be ‘gravel’ shoes. Main recommendation though is to get a pair of single-sided Shimano spd ES-600 touring pedals- massively more comfortable than double-sided  spd MTB pedals. They have a road pedal profile. For the avoidance of doubt, I do mean spd and not spd-sl 


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