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You may be used to riding bikes in your sneakers, but if you start spending a lot of time on spin bikes, you’ll notice everyone is wearing special shoes that clip onto the bike. Pelotons, for example, ship with Delta LOOK-compatible pedals, and you’ll need a shoe to match. It may be intimidating to try a new type of shoe, but there’s a reason why they are the right tool for the job.
The shoes I’m talking about have a cleat that clips into a special socket on the pedal. Besides the Delta cleats on Peloton, the other popular style is the SPD cleat that’s commonly used on both road bikes and spin bikes. (There are others, but you’ll most likely end up using one of these two types.)
When I got into the habit of going to spin classes regularly,
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