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Old 06-02-26 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
Lake is always my go to for wide shoes. The MX169 looks similar to Five Ten
Lake also makes leather shoes. I don't know if the leather ones are on models other than their good ones which are probably out of the OP's price range and may only be made as 3-bolt (LOOK compatible) shoes. Chain stores like Performance used to carry house brand shoes made by LOOK with both bolt patterns. Cheap, very well made, both bolt patterns (why doesn't everybody do that?) and they fit my feet very well.

I bought the good LOOKs in a hurry when I was packing for my final Cycle Oregon ridden fix gear. Looked at my old, cheap looks and wasn't sure they would physically make it. (They'd already done 5 of CO's more mountainous rides fixed.) Went on line and saw that now the cheapest LOOK shoes for 3-bolt cleats and leather was next to top of the line and expensive. But - I needed shoes I could trust and they better work for my feet for this next ride. (Mountains on fix gears are VERY hard on your feet! Doctor's visits for my feet happened after most of those fix gear CO weeks.) The perk for spending that dough? The colors. LOOK's Burgundy leather is the perfect color for my freshly painted Peter Mooney! And Saphir's Hermes Red shoe polish is exactly LOOK's Burgundy. In my wildest dreams I never thought I"d be riding cycling shores to match my bike but what-the-heck; it's fun. And my feet love it!
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