Out of the gym and onto the road - Ideas wanted.

[Terry]

Pedalfaster,
I'm doing my best to understand, I hear ya', I'm listening...but,
this one still has me baffled...

For the sake of being downright silly, I am a shoe-aholic. My boyfriend says that I "look" at other women's shoes like men look at women's breast in passing (ohmygod)...I am very serious about my shoes! But, now that I'm on the meds, the shoes and boots don't talk to me when I walk pass them in the shop window saying, "I'm an orphan, please, please take me home"...
Ya' think I'd understand. I digress.

I hear you that if a spinner doesn't ride an outdoor bike, then you have a challenge to adjust their cleats, but, isn't ball of the foot standard when placing cleats? (for starters...)

I can also understand Italian leather snug fit...

In the words of the great Edwina from the British Sit-com, Absolutly Fabulous, "Help mummie-dearst, dahling, I don't understand this at all!", sans the stomping and flaying with a vodka bottle and the smoke...

Ahh...maybe this isn't worth the effort to try and "get it"...
Moving on...any tips on MB shoes for hike and bike? My current shoes are getting a royal beating in the desert and I'm ready to purchase.
Terry