Originally Posted by
dave1442397
I have over 10,000 miles on a pair of Shimano R087s that I bought for $80 on sale at REI. They work for me. I drool over some of the cool and expensive shoes I see people post about, but I have no reason to change.
I have a pair of those. Great shoes for the price.
But I've found that on longer rides I get hot spots when wearing shoes that aren't stiff enough, so I'm pretty much forced to get higher-priced shoes with stiff CF soles. Even Sidi 5s aren't stiff enough to prevent hot spots for me.
And yes, there is a HUGE difference with CF-soled bike shoes.