Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate
Mel, can you give us a bit more info?

Are you going to use these shoes on your road bike and, if so, are you doing a lot of long miles or are you just commuting on it? If you are doing a lot of serious road miles you'll want a stiff sole. If you're doing more stopping and walking than long rides, a more comfortable "hybrid" shoe may be right. Tell us more about your riding style and we can come up with better recommendations. This is definitely an opinionated group!
Yes, these are going to be used on the road bike (and eventually the mtn too probably). Also, I'm looking at doing both long miles (well, long for me )and commuting. I commute during the week. Right now I'm only doing about 6 miles a day to the shuttle station and back home, but eventually (i.e. in the next couple of weeks) is to ride all the way to work, which will turn out to be between 18 and 20 miles daily roundtrip.

On the weekends, we do some long rides and some short. Keep in mind that the 26 miles I rode last Sunday is the farthest I've ridden in a day ever. I'm slowly getting into shape though!

Editing to clarify that you can walk in any mountain bike shoe but some are more "walkable" than others. The more they are like a hiking shoe the softer the sole and you may have problems if you ride long road rides because of the lack of stiffness in the sole. So, you have to find the right compromise.
Well, I'm not planning on wearing the shoes the whole time. The walkability is so that we can ride, get lunch, ride some more, etc. without me tripping over myself. I have bad walking balance issues (due to the stroke) when I'm tired and have been known to trip over absolutely nothing. I've also got screwed up ankles from past breakage. My feet don't come down flat, so anything that makes it worse is not good. I need a good stable base in my shoe. Oh yeah, last thing, I'm also diabetic, so that may be a factor (not sure).

Mel