Best cheap cycling shoes 2025 — get road or mountain bike shoes for under £70

"Buy [shoes] now from Decathlon" gets you one of these:
RC500 WOMEN'S WATERPROOF CYCLING JACKET - BLACK

9 pairs described. 0 of them tested. I find great value in your reviews, so it would be very interesting if you could look more at the cheaper kit in general. I know the commercials might be tricky for more obscure cheap kit, but surely Shimano, Wiggle, Decathlon etc could be persuaded to provide review samples.

Perhaps it would be possible to do an eBay or Amazon special across a few products as well.

Regarding the Dorica's, I bought a pair of the carbon soled road shoes and after 500km or so I'm a big fan. I find them really comfortable though I do think people with wide feet might not agree with me. They look great on the bike too 

I can't understand why retailers don't show the underside of cycling shoes. This has to be just as important as the top, perhaps more so!

Looking to buy any of shimano rp1, rp2, rp3. I always wear 10.5 US. But when i re-measured my foot, it’s 10.5 inches (27 cm.) which is size 10 US. What fits me best, 45 or 46? I’ve read that you need to go a size up with shimanos.

such a pity that the BTwin shoes only cater up to size 11/46. Most other makes now cater up to and beyond size 14 so why wont they?

Alexb: My only criticism is that the tongue presses on my foot a bit at the front of the shoe, but I'm expecting that, as the padding beds in, this will disappear,

I found the same thing with my DHB Aerons. I has improved with wear, but the biggest improvement was after I started listening to my coach's advice, and dropping my heels instead of riding very toe-down.

I've done a few 100km+ rides wearing the new dhb Dorica lace-up shoes (I'm using the ones with the MTB sole). In my opinion Wiggle missed a trick as they should have been marketing these for Audaxers or "Gravel Riders", these are great shoes at a really good price point. They're not overly stiff, but as a result, "hike a bike" or walking is reasonably comfortable and the cleats are fully protected. My white shoes have a few scuffs and dirt on them, but have cleaned up OK and look great on the bike.

My only criticism is that the tongue presses on my foot a bit at the front of the shoe, but I'm expecting that, as the padding beds in, this will disappear,

I have the DHB aeron carbons, and I'm happy with them.  They are a big size, as Wiggle say on thier website, so most people will need to go a size down.  My existing shoes were 43 and a bit tight, so I stuck with 43 and the fit in the aerons is good.  My only criticism is that the inners offer no support at all to the instep of the foot - they are very flat. I have just ordered some superfeet carbon inners to go in them, which I am hoping will provide some more support on longer rides. 

Mavic Aksium II aren't 2-bolt SPD compatible, they only take 3-bolts.

The tour versions of the Aksium and Ksyrium shoes are, but they seem to have stopped making them, annoyingly as they're pretty much my go-to shoes - decent road shoes that work properly with 2-bolt SPDs and have enough of a tread that you can actually walk with them. I've yet to find anything as good.

Thx

Louis Garneau at Evans have a few lace up versions below £100

Any suggestions for cheap shoes with laces only? For the vintage ride.

I own one pair of bike shoes - the cheap(ish) Nike ones that I bought in 2003.  The velcro closures on each shoe came adrift at differnet times, and each was replaced at the local cobblers for a few quid. Admittedly I am a leisure rider but apart from years with a significant injury do about 5,000km a year, all year round.

Perhaps I should treat myself to a new pair this summer?

Interestingly, they came as a package with some Look delta pedals.  I have been through four sets of pedals in the lifetime of the shoes (Cheap Deltas made of plastic wore out, second pair of Deltas got to the point of chronic, uncurable squeaking, switched to SPD-SLs and left the first pair behind on an overseas visit so replaced them with the same).

In the interests of fairness, I did exactly the same, and my first pair of Tour 100s lasted well over 2 years, and I was so pleased with them I bought another pair to replace them when they wore out. That second pair is now reaching the end of its useful life (again 2 years or so later) and I will likely get another as they have given me not trouble and no reason to look elsewhere.

Muddyfox Tour 100 Low Cycling Shoes were what I bought when I wanted to try clipping in but did not want to spend a lot of money to find out it wasn't for me. These shoes lasted just long enough for me to find out that it was for me (2 weeks). Completely false economy, I then got the shimano ones that were £15 more and they are still going strong 2 years later (they are refusing to die and I really want to start wearing the new shoes I bought).