What are the best shoes to commute in on flat pedals? Got a

For a 30 minute commute don't bother with clipless. Unless your commute has plenty of off road sections or is 90% climbing.

My best grip on platforms is with adidas rod lavers, but I'm not autistic enough to really worry about it. If I was that concerned about grip I'd use clipless. 30 minutes is a little short to bother with clipless as the other guy said.

Just whatever you do don't use toe cages or straps, that's for retards.

>>1055676
stiff soles good for power transfer

>>1055681
Clipless is fine if you're going to change shoes anyways.

I like clipless for stop and go riding. Lets you instantly reset pedal position of non kickstand leg for push off without removing that foot from pedal. Plus I've grown so used to clipless I'm always pulling my feet off flats on the upstroke.

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I have been using Nike SB with lunarlon soles since july and I highly recommend.
that shit is made for plastic flats and the looks are killer too. so happy I've chosen this over clipless

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>The only suitable shoe for flats

>>1055812
These shoes wish they were Vans

>>1055672
I wear flip flops

>needing special shoes for platforms

are you retarded?

>>1055841
These look like something a middle schooler wears.

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>>1055672
I wear the "official" Seattle bike-shop-employee shoe when riding flat pedals.

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>>1055841
excuse me sir do you have a moment to talk about the lord and savior 5.10 freerider?

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>>1055841
I have the impacts and the aescents. The impacts are heavy as fuck. But yeah anything with the stealth rubber sole is the way to go for flats.

>>1055910
Funny I was going to say it looks like something my 60 year old aunt wears (note, my 60 year old aunt rides like 250 miles a week and her bike collection is worth more than the aggregate student loan debts of Bushwick)

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Found these for 5 buck at a thrift shop. I knew they were hipster tier, but good god are they awful. They aren't even the clipless version.

>>1056061
These wish they were vans even more than the nikes above

>>1055910
*spoiler alert*

You probably look like an idiot when you walk around the grocery store in your carbon road shoes.

>>1056084
>le wearing lycra and road shoes because it looks cool maymay
Do non-cyclists really believe this?

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>>1055930

>Protip:

The freerider isn't stiff enough for riding fast

>>1056084
>implying I care what other people think

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>>1056093
>The freerider isn't stiff enough for riding fast
i have hellcats for DH brah, they're clipless though.

>>1056084
>implying I walk around the store in carbon road shoes
>implying I walk around in road shoes
>implying I ride road pedals
>implying I ride clipless
Nope.

>>1055672
Not criticizing anyone's choice here but I tend to look at this as the round trip time. If I have a 30 min or an hour commute that's an hour or two round trip on the bike. For that, I'd rather clip in because I enjoy it a little more having foot rentention. My commuter has dual sided (flat/spd) pedals and I have dzr's I wear to work comfortably. Or I can wear my mtb shoes and take my vans slip ons with me. The drawback to the shimano dual sided pedal is that the flat side isn't as big as nice flats are. On big flat pedals like OP you can wear anything.

>>1055692
Looks good

>>1055971
The beauty of this shot, is that I can't tell if you ride A LOT or just one sunny weekends.

>>1055672
chuck taylors

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If you're gonna go clippless just buy some proper clipless shoes and own it

>>1056243
clean your room, jesus fuck man

>>1056243
nasty fuck

>>1056061
I used to messenger in the clipless version, I have no complaints. What was so awful about them?

>>1055676
B-but muh gramz.

>>1056243
>petroleum jelly
>sharpie
>flask
Hmmm

I wear palladium shoes and they grip my bike's pedals like a very grippy thing.

Adidas Samba

>>1056347
They are just poorly made shoes. Cut is too low causing instant blisters. Sole delaminated pretty quickly. The still had the tags when I bought them. Waterproofing turn my feet into prunes. Lace eyelets dig into your feet if your using straps. The main problem I have with then is that the are in no way better than vans but cost(not to me) 5x as much.

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as long as it doesn't toe overlap, anything

>>1056665
what are those and where can I buy them and WHY DO THEY LOOK SO STUPID

srsly tho where do I buy them I never knew I needed them until just now

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>>1056722
You need to find some mexican gangsters and ask them.

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vans