Originally Posted by Sincitycycler
I have these $75 Specialized bike shoes and my feet start to burn after about 2 hours.
Yes I, wear cool-max sox.
I know from the golf shoe biz that the cheap shoes have man-made uppers -i.e. vinyl- that don't breath well, while the more expensive shoes were made of calfskin leather.
Can anybody recommend very cool riding shoes? I don't mind spending the $$, i just want good quality. I live in the desert and right now it's a very balmy 90 degrees and it's only going to get warmer...
Probably not. I personally think it's a very bad idea to have a hard sole. It's good to have the front part of the shoe made hard, but the part that doesn't interface with the pedals should be flexible, especially at the arch area. With that said, it took me like 5 cleat positioning adjustments before I found a comfortable position. My problem is more an issue with the angle of my feet relatie to the pedal. I think if the non-pedal interface of cycling shoes were flexible, I don't think I would have this problem in the first place (never had problems using toe clips).