For a while now, I have been searching for cycling shoes that are fashionable and comfortable enough to wear every day. A while ago I got a pair of 611 Filter shoes (reviewed here) that have become my favorite every day shoe. However, I still felt like I hadn’t attained the holy grail of sneaker cool – Nike Dunks. Nike did this themselves a year or so back with the Gyrizo shoe for the Beijing Olympics, but only a small number were made and they sold for around $300. Even if you can afford that price tag, you can’t find them for sale anywhere…
…And so this past Sunday, I busted out my tools and made good on my dream to create an unholy alliance of Nike Dunks and SPD cleats:
Read on for a complete tutorial on how I made them.