In reply to Allan Thomson: Nah the whole slick climbing shoe type fashion has pretty much been & gone. Never really took off in a big way.
As to your NB spikes I suspect you just have serious deficiency of coolness if you think they look cool.
Finally the spd thing. Well i had a Dutch courier friend who had a pair of spats with spd cleats on them that were way cool. They were however a million miles away from your standard road shoe, which just look, well Crap!