can I learn to love my road shoes?

[Aggie_Ama]

I ride Looks and find I often trouble clipping in but I can ride on the pedal for a short time until I can get to a comfortable area to flip them or make sure they are engaged. Not ideal and not fast but I don't race so who cares? I like the way my foot feels once clipped in them so I trade that I am not coordinated and no pedal will be an easy clip for me.

With the amount of foot issues I have had I am not sure I would give up the stiff sole to go to mountain shoes so I deal with the annoyances of road shoes. Also I have very narrow feet and am not keen on replacing my road shoes with some top of the line Sidi mountain shoes which would be the only ones to fit my feet and be relatively stiff soled.

[Triskeliongirl]

Aggie, the sole on the dominator is just as stiff as the sole on the genius, the only difference is the lugs and the types of cleats that can be used.

I use the dominator as a 'road shoe' with speedplay frogs and I love my set up. I like being able to walk in my shoes, and the weight of the lugs is no significant to me.

[Aggie_Ama]

Oh, that is excellent to know Trisk. I can't afford to replace mine at the moment but have really been considering it. It seems to be quite a popular choice on TE but I don't see it much in Austin but who cares?

[Triskeliongirl]

Its is true that on average mountain soles are less stiff than road soles, but the higher end mountain shoes like the dominator are identical. I also have narrow feet so the dominator works well for me. I always pick them up on those end of the year closeout sales, so start watching for your size to go on sale.

[Aggie_Ama]

I was just looking at the pictures and they look the same shoe except the sole.

Back to the original question..... Why did you switch in the first place? As you can see from Trisk and I's discussion I ride Genius and have very narrow feet so I love the fit of Sidi. The Genius fit like a glove but I love the walkability of mountain shoes and have thought of trading. She rides Dominators and says they feel very comparable to the Genius. Do you only hate the clipping in? For me the tough call is I love my pedals- once I am in them and riding.

[momof4greatkids]

Back to the original question..... Why did you switch in the first place? As you can see from Trisk and I's discussion I ride Genius and have very narrow feet so I love the fit of Sidi. The Genius fit like a glove but I love the walkability of mountain shoes and have thought of trading. She rides Dominators and says they feel very comparable to the Genius. Do you only hate the clipping in? For me the tough call is I love my pedals- once I am in them and riding.

The reason I switched is because I needed new shoes because my old ones were looking beat. I wanted to be able to take advantage of the stiffer sole of a road shoe. I didn't anticipate any problem transitioning from MTB shoes. I still have my keens, but I live in Ohio, and they are not all-season.

Well, here's what I did....I ordered a pair of dominator's... Dang this is an expensive hobby

Colleen

[Aggie_Ama]

I know, the reason I don't have doms yet! Once you are sold on the Doms try to sell the Genius to recoup some of the loss. Good luck!

[sundial]

Well, here's what I did....I ordered a pair of dominator's... Dang this is an expensive hobby

Think of it as an investment in your health. When you get your new shoooooz, I wanna see.

[chicago]

The reason I switched is because I needed new shoes because my old ones were looking beat. I wanted to be able to take advantage of the stiffer sole of a road shoe. I didn't anticipate any problem transitioning from MTB shoes. I still have my keens, but I live in Ohio, and they are not all-season.

Well, here's what I did....I ordered a pair of dominator's... Dang this is an expensive hobby

Colleen

what size are those genius?