Originally Posted by
bran1986
I'm glad to hear other people also like being able to move/reposition their feet when biking. For some reason being "strapped in" always felt weird to me.
I never even thought about getting non-clipless biking shoes like you have mentioned. Any other suggestions for these other than the Five Tens?
I have only ever tried Five Tens - Freerider and Aescent. I really liked the shape of the Aescent actually(it's technically an "Approach" shoe), but they're discontinued. So I went back to the classic regular Freerider I started with.
I find them
very comfortable--really surprising grip, and I like the degree of stiffness they have. I ride in hot weather a lot, and to me at least, they really breath well too. Sure, they look a bit like skate shoes, but I've gotten used to that.
There's others out there I'm curious about though, like these Pearl Izumi's:
https://bikepacking.com/news/2021-pearl-izumi-shoes/
or these:
https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/b...-shoe/p/21730/
But at the end of the day, the Freeriders just plain work . . .