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I have a pair of Chrome Midway Pro SPD cycling shoes. These look like sneakers, but have a cleat mount embedded in them. Mine have worn down a bit and now the cleat crunches against the ground all the time.
What can I do to make the cleat stop grinding? Maybe build up the front of the shoe around the opening with a few layers of gorilla tape or glue strips of old bike tires to the bottom of my shoe, any suggestions?
A cobbler (i.e. a shoe repairman) can glue a new layer of sole (e.g a non-slip rubber sole that's suitable for winter) onto a pair of shoes' existing soles: so perhaps ask a cobbler.
They sell cleat covers you can use to protect the cleats, and the floors you walk on. Most of them are for SPD-SL but (i think) the ones I linked to are for SPD.
I wear Chrome shoes as well, but only have the regular Midways.
Chrome, although their shoes are less than satisfactory (for me), have excellent customer service, and I mean EXCELLENT.
If you have some sort of defect on your shoe, take it into one of their shops, and they'll replace it for you. (Within the 1 year warranty)
Mine was splitting on the sides between the sole and the plastic band that's glued onto the shoe.
They replaced it no questions asked, and extended my warranty 1 year past the day of replacement.
That being said, this would only work if you bought your shoe less than one year ago, and still have the receipt.
