Finally had my new cleats installed on my new shoes last week! After much research it was determined that, yes, the SH-71 cleats with pontoons would fit on my Shimano R085 road shoes and would work with my 505 pedals. Then I just had to wait for the bike fitter we use to come back from vacation.

Part of the difficulty in verifying that the set-up would work was that my shoes have both a 2-bolt and a 3-bolt pattern. But, all the ones I've seen on-line, and the pairs I'm seeing at the bike shops, have only a 3-bolt pattern. Go figure.

Anyway, I got in one short ride in the new shoes before RAIN last weekend, but switched to my old shoes for the 160-mile trek across Indiana. Now that that's behind me, I can finally (months after the initial purchase) start breaking in the new shoes. Life is sooooo good!