Originally Posted by
jefnvk
And quite a bit of room in your panniers to keep that second pair of shoes. And cleaning up the old shoes before tossing them in the panniers if they are wet or dirty. And repeating that process everytime you want to get off the bike and walk around.
Wut?
1. While I do put my off-bike shooes (cheap-o sandals from PayLess) in a pannier, I could easily strap them under the bungees that hold my tent to my rear rack, like I do with flip flops when I take them:
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And they don't take up quite a bit of room despite my size 12 feet. That's because you can flatten the tops on each other. Packed that way, they take up less room than my TrermaRest mattress and weigh a lot less. Have been touring with my current pair for years. Nice to let my dogs breathe at the end of the day. Nice to have a dry pair of shoes to put on if I have been riding all day in the rain. Nice to be able to keep my riding shoes dry if it starts to rain in camp.
2. The sandals go in a plastic grocery bag before they go in the pannier. No dirt of dampness issues to contend with.
3. I can walk around just fine in my SPD-equipped shoes. Even took a 1.5 hr. tour of Wind Cave in them last year. I recently got a new pair of PI shoes and they are quite comfortable.
Ride what you like, but I think you have manufactured a few problems.