Cleat Covers

[aicabsolut]

I think most spd pedals are metal and are less likely to suffer serious wear very fast compared to the more plastic ones like Looks which get worn after just a few yards on the pavement. Just about every pair of those are now being packaged with covers included. I'm thinking your spds will be fine.

[bcipam]

The only cleats I know that offer cleat covers are Speedplay and Look.

Are there others? Isn't the point of using SPD is not needing a cleat cover?

[kiwi girl]

Even with large road cleats there is quite a big difference between how the cleats wear out. I had old style (not keo) look pedals on my old bike and would wear out cleats really quickly, even if the only walking I did was walking my bike up and down the path from the shed or popping into a convenience store and the ocassional triathlon transition. I have shimano road pedals on my new bike and they seem to stand up to a bit of casual walking around much better.

The shoes that I have spd cleats on all have recessed cleats so it isn't an issue, but I think even if not recessed, spd cleats would certainly stand up to quite a lot of walking about.