Originally Posted by drolldurham
so the shimano sandals fall apart under hard fixie use... what about the lake?
I really don't know if you can conclude that without a larger sample. I wear my shimano sandals every day, even when not cycling, have hiked in them, and worn them daily in hot temps on pavement, etc. They show no signs of cracking or unstitching, tearing. Yes hard braking on a fixie puts a lot of upward stress on them and I haven't done a lot of that, but have often pulled hard up in a high gear.
Al