How many pairs of cycling shoes do you have?

2 pairs for me.

One pair mrs_oab.

Winter SPD boots

Old Winter SPD boots with a broken eyelet

Gore-tex winter lace-up SPD boots

XC SPD shoes

Old comfortable Disco Slipper XC SPD shoes

less comfortable XC race SPD shoes

cheap aldi lace-up XC SPD shoes

I think that's it for me. Can't; recall any more, need to take some to the charity shop really

Four.

Shimano XC7 are my main pair.

Sidi Dominator, retro almost new I couldn't resist buying from the local bicycle jumble.
Specialized SPD from eBay that I brought for commuting but no longer use.
Adidas Trail Cross from when I sampled flats.

15 and I don't even ride bikes any more!

10 :

2 winter boots

3 road

3 gravel

1 mtb

1 indoor road (Wattbike)

A pair of 5:10s, replaced as and when necessary

A Pair of AM45s

2 pairs of Specialized sworks disco slippers, 1 road, one XC

Actually, on a technicality, five:

I own a pair of Vans but they've never seen a BMX!

Over 10 pairs in size 43, which is annoying as my feet have expanded and they are now too tight / painful unless I take out the insoles!

Winter boots for very cold (MTB)

Winter boots for quite cold (MTB)

Winter boots for quite cold (road)

MTB shoes x 2

Turbo shoes (old road ones)

Normal road shoes

Fancy dry weather only s-works road shoes.

8 then.

Too many.....
Used regularly:-
Five Ten Freerider Pro
Five Ten Trailcross Goretex
Five Ten Hellcat SPD
FLR roadie spds for turbo trainer use.

Old Spesh Defroster SPD occasionally used for cold/wet winter commutes.

Spares/Old but too good to chuck out:-
Specialized 2FO SPD
Five Ten Freerider

Didn't get on with but never got rid of:-
Adidas Terrex Trail Cross SL

Think that's it 🙂

1 pair XC

1 pair trainer-style

7 pairs winter boots, enough for a dry pair every three and a bit hours at the Puffer.

7.

MTB

Gravel

Road

Flats

Commuting

Winter

Some people appear to have have more pairs of cycling shoes than I have pairs of shoes.

@eoghan

I only have 1 non cycling footwear if that helps.

1 pair of Crank Brothers Mallet

Some people appear to have have more pairs of cycling shoes than I have pairs of shoes.

One of my sons does.

But his van is also worth less than his bike.

#priorities

Clipless

Dh Shimano

Xc Shimano

Xc commuter shoes

Full rodie

Winter boots

Flat

Specialized fto

So 7 for riding

Five ten x 2 for wandering about , possibly riding with my kids.

. There are another 2 pairs of five ten in the loft for when these wear out.

Imelda Marcos would not be impressed by my collection.

I have a Goretex pair of SPDs for wet and muddy hike-a-bike and a stiffer soled SPDs for dry and longer distances.

Both are wearing well after a few years and 1000s of miles.

Neoprene overshoes for really cold and/or wet weather.

5:10 impact pro, the weather resistant ones, been resolved a couple of times.

Lake MX242 for the gravel bike.

5:10 impact pro too small, waiting to find a new home.

5;10 impact pro new, waiting to come into circulation.

5:10 freeride pro, waiting to come into circulation.

2x ride concept, 2x northwave, new, unwanted leftovers from the crc fire sale that I need to chuck in the classifieds

One pair. Neoprene over shoes or oversocks as required. I've always run SPD's on all bikes.

Biking isn't really my main sport though. I have 3 x pairs of hiking and 2 x pairs climbing shoes.

Two; one pair of road shoes, one set of MTB shoes that I also commute in. When they wear out I replace one for one

1 pair 5:10 MTB shows.

1 pair summer sidi road shoes.

1 pair winter sidi road shoes.

Several but I only wear on pair and they are disintegrating.

Time to panic?

Sufficient.

Lol, I thought I had too many but now feel inadequate compared to you lot!

Clip in

Shimano MT91 Goretex boots - just ordered some XM9's in probably a half size too big

Specialized 2fO

Shimano GE9

Flats

Five Ten EPS

Five Ten Freerider

Five Ten Freerider Pro

Five Ten Trailcross Mid

Five Ten Trailcross Mid GTX

A few 8 pairs

Road

Gaerne carbon and Shimano RW5

MTB/gravel

2 pairs M089 (like the fit)

2 pairs MW7 (one being Boa)

1 Pair Shimano XC3

1 pair of Specialized 'Trainers' for casual.

I don't have an many regular shoes.

5:10 x 2 which are not warm in the winter.

I need 2 pairs, if one pair gets wet (they take ages to dry) the other pair is to hand.

1 pair for outdoors. Shimano MT7's purchased way before Covid, they're indestructible.

One really cheap pair of roadie shoes with Keo cleats for the few trips I do to the velodrome each year.

I thought this would be unusually few, but it seems not really.

Usable shoes, not that I use them all for some reason.

2 pairs Carnacs, one road one mtb.

1 pair Nikes road,

1 pair Northwave artics. mtb

1 pair sidi dominators,  mtb

2 pairs sidi dragon's . mtb

1 pair sidi 5's road

1 pair sidi genius's road

I pair sidi wire 2's road

I think that is all????

edit, I forgot the sidi eagle's mtb.

Winter SPDs

Summer SPDs

Spare pair of Summer SPDs picked up in a sale earlier in the year.

3 pairs of Five Tens.

I don't have any flat pedals.

2 and a half, 3 if my other winter boot ever turns up

I think if you use mostly Clipless ,don't race or hike and bike all over the place, those shoes have an easier time than if you use flats,

Having spare pairs was always useful for year round commuting in bad weather and 24hr races.

Five, but unfortunately I think it’s only going be the goretex winter ones that are going to be seeing any use before next May now 🙁

After reading the thread I'm feeling very thrifty. Only 4 pairs.

An old pair Shimano MO87s. I really wish I'd bought a second pair when they were on the market. Great fit.
Shimano XC3s.
Nnorthwave
A cheap Chain Reaction own brand a size too big to allow hillwalking socks in cold weather.

Only 4 pairs here too

Summer shoes

Winter shoes

Uplift shoes

Flat pedal shoes

2 x 5:10 Freerider Pro

2 x Ride Concept Helicons

2 x 5:10 Sam Hill Impact Pros

1 x Ride Concept Vice

1 x 5:10 Trailcross

1 x 5:10 Trailcross Goretex

1 x  5:10 Impacts

1 x Specalized Disco Slippers.

1 x OG 5:10’s

Most of the 5:10’s have knackered soles and good uppers, the Ride Concepts knackered uppers and good soles.

2 pairs

Summer/dry(ish) ‐ 5.10's (impact?)

Winter/wet/other shoes wet - 5.10 goretex

Like Bunnyhop said above 2 pairs is handy if 1 is already wet.

Trail SPDs *2

Trail flats

Winter boots SPDs

"Road" / gravel SPDs

Similar count for running shoes.

4 pairs!

5:10 Element flats

Shimano ME71s trail spds (criminal they don't make these anymore)

Current version Shimano XC type with Boa

Absolutely ancient Shimano budget somethings, velcro, full of holes, sole split in various places, purely for turbo trainer and are about fifteen years old. Probably also a bio hazard.

5

Shimano Winter SPDs

Shimano laced commuting SPDs

Really old Shimano typical MTB SPDs from before the first world war that refuse to die

Giro roadie SPDs

5-10 flats.

If you mean pairs you actually wear, then 6 pairs …

Ion flats x2

dakine flats

Spesh 2fo clips

dnb commuters

Northwave winter boots

Various discarded pairs: old 2fos, pair of Shimano mtb clips in the cupboard upstairs, Leatt clips discarded in the cupboard downstairs.

1pr SPD shoes

1pr Salomon hiking shoes where the grip wore down to nearly flat so I use them with flat pedals now (but they're not strictly cycling shoes, just shoes I use on the bike)

Not that many compared to others….

1 x Winter Boots for MTB duties (flats)

1 x Rapha Road shoes (look keo)

1 x Giro gravel shoes (spd)

1 x cheap Bontrager road shoes for indoor turbo use

Not sure if my Converse count, used for summer mucking about rides, pub, popping out for coffees etc. reasonably comfy for small rides where I can’t be bothered swapping pedals on the gravel bike.

10...things are getting out of hand! Some like the M200s and Northwave Raptors are knackered and should really be on their way out the door. I got ME7s to replace the M200s, unfortunately they're just not as good, so the M200's carried on until now and are falling apart. I got Five Tens to try flat pedals again, they may never see a second ride. Got an ancient pair of Giro Gauges, toughest shoes I've ever owned and probably the best fitting. Power transfer from the Easton EC70 carbon is still rather satisfying.

It's not just shoes

I have 7/8 pairs of gloves and have just ordered another pair

Six sets of eye protection of differing types and multiple lenses

Helmets currently sit at a mere three, but considering which one to buy next

Maybe 3 pairs of spd shoes, 2 pairs of flats, 1 pair for road and trainer and one pair of winter spds.

I just managed to dispose one xc pair last weekend, lugs at the bottom were torn off 7 years ago at Garda bike and hike but I just couldn’t get rid of them. Threw away one old helmet too, it was intact but complicated set of pads were missing and were not available from mfgr anymore.
Oh and few 26” tyres were binned too.

3 pairs

winter boots, autumn/winter boots/ spring/summer shoes all clipless

MW5 winter boots.
ME7 trail shoes.
Specialized Roost flat.
Specialized DHO flats. Getting very tatty but use with waterproof socks when it’s wet.
Specialized Rime spd. Sole very worn but still fine for spin class.
Giro something or other 3 bolt road shoes. In storage in case I fancy another decent road bike at some point.

Not as bad as I thought.

Wow! I thought 4 pairs was a bit decadent! Obviously not.

1 pair of old Shimano road shoes for the turbo. They are 10 years old & the sole is falling apart so should probably bin them.

1 pair of Pearl Izumi BOA road shoes. I treated myself as they were reduced from £130 to £30 or something ridiculous.

1 pair of mtb 'disco slipper' style shoes - old Shimano's that I bought while at my last job. And I've been in this job for 12 years, so they are probably 13 years old now.

1 pair of Northwave mtb shoes which are more like rugged trainers. Nice & comfy, but a bit heavy. I tend to wear them if going to the pub, shopping or round the block with my daughter, as they don't look quite as ridiculous as my other ones.

At home 2

Five Ten Freerider Pro

Five Ten Freerider EPS

In the camper 1

Five Ten Freerider Pro

Diversion - any recommendations for neoprene overshoes ?

My recommendation for neoprene overshoes is save your money as they always seem to be a pain to use. It's better to huy some decent winter footwear.

1. 1 pair of road carbon shoes
2. 1 pair of mtb/gravel carbon shoes
3. 1 pair of mtb/gravel winter shoes
4. 1 pair of flat mtb shoes

This does not include the pile of 90% knackered shoes that are in the garage, that I do not have the heart to throw out.

I'm thinking of buying another pair of spd shoes to replace my 8 year old Shimano ME5's that died the weekend, they were great all-rounders and for bike packing, might just hold out until a bargain pops up over the Christmas sales.

I could go down to a single pair of all-rounder spd shoes to cover all bases but prefer having more specific pairs for different bikes and terrain.

None, apparently you need narrow feet to be a cyclist and I have never found a pair that fits.

Five, including a Shimano pair on their last legs from '06 (with their original pair of Time brass SPD cleats on the turbo) and a bargain £6 pair of Specialized Cadet (from Rutland ~5 years ago?) that still haven't had their cleat covers cut off.

PX Das Boot Spd

DHB MTB Dorika Spd

DHB Dorika carbon road

You need one pair per bike.

If you have more shoes than bikes then you are required to buy more bikes!

3

1 winter goretex

1 trial shoes for the rest of the year

1 old trail pairs now demoted to Wattbike duty

4.  Two winter boots and two summer shoes.  All normal SPDs use on road, gravel or MTB.  Two sets of each as once they get wet, it’s a real PITA to get them dry by the next morning.

(only) Two pairs , dressed up or down to suit weather with various socks, overshoes, gaiters combinations.

Shimano M077 (10+ years old, ugly, falling apart, foul smelling, supremely comfy)

Shimano M089 (5+ years old, used at least weekly, often much more frequently)

2 pairs of Five Tens. But this thread is making me feel less guilty about buying the new pair of shoes which I previously felt was unjustifiable!

4

1 Shimano winter gravel (2 bolt)

1 Giro rest of year gravel (2 bolt)

1 Specialized road (3 bolt)

1 Five Tens (flats)

4

* Northwave Winter Boots

* Bontrager summer light-weight roady disco slippers

* Shimano XC summer shoes

* Old dog-eared pair of Shimano XC shoes for summer rides in crap conditions

6 pairs doesn't sound too bad now. I ride both clips and flats so 'need' both.

MTBing:
1 x Shimano ME701 SPD summer
1 x Shimano XM9 SPD winter
1 x Adidas Trailcross LT flat summer
1 x FiveTen Freerider EPS flat winter

Commute/gravel:
1 x FiveTen Kestral BOA summer
1 x Shimano MW7 winter

Also keep an old pair of flat shoes and pedals in the van in case I turn up to a ride - again - with an incompatible combo of pedal and shoe. And pairs not-in-use stashed for future don't count, right?

4 pairs;

Five Ten summer shoes

Shimano summer shoes

AM Moab Mid STX

Peleton road type for the trainer

Off the top of my head  have -

5 pairs of Shimano S-Phyre road shoes

1 pair Shimano S-Phyre MTB shoes

3 pairs Shimano RX8 gravel shoes

1 pair Shimano ME7 MTB shoes

There's at least 5 pairs of unworn shoes in the pile too including a pair of Shimano GF8 Gore-Tex flat sole shoes. That has to be £3k of footwear which is verging on ridiculous.

Three, but one only ge used for skydiving (the 5:10 flatties).

I have a pair of Scott disco slippers for the road bike and a very aging pair of Specialized BG shoes for normal SPDs. Two winters commuting through town in Stockholm were not kind to them. I want a new pair, but they don't make them any more.

I had to check. I threw some away last year (well, stripped them for spare parts).

2 pairs of Sidi MTB shoes
2 pairs of Sidi road shoes
2 pairs of turbo shoes (probably too small-time to strip for spares and get rid) - Sidi again.
2 pairs of northwave winter boots road/MTB
1 pair of ancient Time road shoes that i use when riding my retro road bike. Just for the look of things.

So, errrr, 9.

Jeez, erm 5

1 x Shimano MW5's

1 x Shimano ME5

1 x QUOC Escape

1 x 5-10 Freerider

1 x O Neal Pinned

Not counting them all, but easily 15-20 pairs (boosted by stocking up on cheap 5:10s this year)

-Winter SPDs

-XC/Gravel/CX SPDs

-Trail SPDs

-Road SPD SL

-Trainer SPD SL (old road SPD SLs)

So five pairs.

3 pairs.

- road 3-bolt SPDs (Lake)

- mtb 2-bolt SPDs (Lake)

- mtb 2 bolt winter goretex (Shimano).

I've only got 2 feet.

6.

1 x trail cross flats, 1 x Shimano mw5, 1 x northwave SPD's, 1 x five ten somethingorother SPD's, 1 x spesh road shoes, 1 x tri shoes used on the turbo.

Clipless

Adidas/Five Ten Trailcross clip-in

Shimano XC5 disco slippers

Northwave somethingorother Goretex boots

Flat

Five Ten Freerider Pro

Adidas Terrex Trailcross (pre-Five Ten take over and better than anything they have made since)

Five Ten Freerider (Soles have worn thin but kept as 'just in case' spares)

1 pair of Ride Concepts Accomplice flats.

Prior to those I just rode all my bikes in Etnies or DCs, whatever the weather with appropriate socks.

1 pair of shoes?  Are you some kind of psychopath??

5 - winter flats, summer flats, winter clipless, summer clipless, commuting clipless.

20 years ago I didn't have any cycling shoes either, I just wore trainers in my toeclips.

Then I started reading bike mags and found sites like this.

It's a slippery slope, eh?