pino

hi guys...thank you all for coming up with option C....think i will go for it. Am indeed not an experienced mtb rider ( downhill still scares the crap out of me) so it will be a challenge anyway.

my olympic road shoes also take the spd cleats ( they do require sightly longer screws with mine as the standard ones do not always catch the shoes thread) but what i was wondering about was if anyone ever uses their road spd set up un a mountainbike....will the spd pedals cope with the dust etc ?

i wear a size 10.

I have a question/problem I will be doing the Grabouw xterra for the 1st time in April and have borrowed an old MTB from a friend. This MTB comes with MTB clip pedals, but i do not have the MTB cleats that fit on these so i was thinking to : a) put my shimano spd road pedals on the MTB and use my road shoes. or b) see if there are any MTB cleats that will fit on my olympic road shoes. What would you guys suggest ? Remeber its a low budget question, so buying new shoes is not an option.