Shoes, NON-SPD
01-31-06 | 12:40 PM
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When using toe clips and straps I just wear sneakers, but I once saw a guy in cycling shorts and wingtips.
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01-31-06 | 01:33 PM
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DNPAIMFB
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From: Cowtown, AB
Bikes: Titus El Guapo, Misfit diSSent, Cervelo Soloist Carbon, Wabi Lightning, et al.
A narrow shoe with not too much tread should work great. When I still rode with clip/strap, any regular athletic shoe would work, or a light hiker. The hip kids are rocking olde skool Adidas, Puma and pre-Nike Converse. Check Vans are teh hawtnezz.
02-01-06 | 08:22 PM
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REI.com has some shoes by Shimano that can take cleats for clipless, but I use the for commuting usings cages. They have a stiff enough sole so no to fatigue your foot but comfortable enough to walk around in without looking dorky.
02-01-06 | 08:35 PM
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Arizona Dessert
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From: AZ
Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix, Lemond Poprad. Retired: Jamis Sputnik, Centurion LeMans Fixed, Diamond Back ascent ex
I have some Shimano MO38 shoes which is not what you wanted, but they work great for cycling with clips. They have a cut & peel away part of the tread that is removed if you want to put a cleat in, but you don't need to. I've walked in them more than cycled (only have 30mi cycling, about 50mi walking in them) I don't know if they are good for standing, but for cycling without cleats they are great as they have a stiff sole. They look quite plain.
Al
Al
02-02-06 | 04:53 AM
#9
Adidas Sambas (indoor soccer shoe)
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
02-02-06 | 08:36 AM
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Adidas makes a retro '70s tennis shoe called 'Stan Smith' that has a narrow sole, smooth solid leather uppers (no lavish stripes, or stitching to catch on the clips) with no nylon mesh to leak water, and the sole has virtually no tread, so they slise in/out easily. They are perfect for using clips.
