Sidi shoes are expensive, and they are also a bargain. I know, it sounds like a contradiction at first, but it's not.
This from a known world-class cheapskake/skin-flint (with Scots DNA).
True, I wear my Lake and Shimano shoes for club rides and short events; save the SIDI shoes for centuries, double metrics and double centuries (rides that really matter).
Rick / OCRR