Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
I recently came up with the amazing(!?) idea of looking on Ebay for used cycling shoes, and was pleasantly surprised at the selection. It seems like the selection of used shoes is in some ways superior to what you see being sold new, and the prices are almost never above $100. It's a good place to find a lot of discontinued brands and styles, which are often better than what you can get new.
Cycling shoes rarely get a lot of use anyway, unless the person races, and a lot of the fancier brands were originally bought by poseurs (who paid a fortune retail) and who only used them a few times, if ever at all.
Vintage clip/pedal compatible cycling shoes almost never come up used in my size, 46. Not a realistic option for many of us. For people that wear a 39 or something, there are usually some available. Probably should have kept my last pair of slot cleat shoes. It was a nice pair of Rivats.
For modern clipless shoes, I prefer to buy new and on sale if possible.