Originally Posted by
stewpot
Hi, I've been looking around for a while now to get a new pair of road shoes. I currently have a set of Louis Garneau with the carbon sole and ratchet. They're... ok, but I'm looking for an upgrade. I'm pretty much settled on either the SIDI ergo 2 lights or the S works bg ones. The question I have is if I got the SIDI ones I'd go for the "red vernice" colour which is quite loud... would I officially be a wanker if I wore these shoes?
Get them.
You are a "wanker" (and this is even more so if you are not from the UK) with or without the shoes.
I have the Bettini gold ones--they were significantly cheaper than black, probably for a reason--even though they say "Olympic Games Champion" on them. It won't change my feelings when I get dropped every Sunday.