Flat soles or not
08-06-07, 03:24 PM
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Flat soles or not
Do you like to wear flat sole shoes with platform pedals on your all mountain bike or do you like a bit of tread for the occasional hike a bike?
08-06-07, 04:14 PM
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I wear five.ten Impacts when I ride platforms. They're the best. Seriously. They're more comfortable off the bike then any shoes I've tried and the soles are made of stealth rubber, so they stick like crazy to pedals, rock, wet roots, whatever. They've got a reasonably stiff midsole, somewhere in between regular skate shoes and clipless, so they're more efficient pedalers than the former. And (to get back to your original question) the tread pattern is pretty shallow, so mud buildup is mitigated.
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I wear five.ten Impacts when I ride platforms. They're the best. Seriously. They're more comfortable off the bike then any shoes I've tried and the soles are made of stealth rubber, so they stick like crazy to pedals, rock, wet roots, whatever. They've got a reasonably stiff midsole, somewhere in between regular skate shoes and clipless, so they're more efficient pedalers than the former. And (to get back to your original question) the tread pattern is pretty shallow, so mud buildup is mitigated.
08-06-07, 06:22 PM
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And I do the occasional hike-a-bike too
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08-06-07, 07:21 PM
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I wear five.ten Impacts when I ride platforms. They're the best. Seriously. They're more comfortable off the bike then any shoes I've tried and the soles are made of stealth rubber, so they stick like crazy to pedals, rock, wet roots, whatever. They've got a reasonably stiff midsole, somewhere in between regular skate shoes and clipless, so they're more efficient pedalers than the former. And (to get back to your original question) the tread pattern is pretty shallow, so mud buildup is mitigated.
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08-06-07, 07:25 PM
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Are those tap shoes? Proof that Little Leo could have gone riding afterall that day he forgot his shoes after tap class.
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I'm not sure what's worse, the shoes on the bike or the socks with the shoes.
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08-06-07, 07:50 PM
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