Your Most Recent Cycling-related Purchase
05-15-14, 09:19 AM
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Felt AR5 w/ DA Di2 from my Z2 will post actual photos shortly
05-16-14, 08:35 PM
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Rapha Brevet Long Sleeve jersey blue with the pink hi-vis and 2 Arundel stainless steel cages for my Kona Jake the Snake.
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05-17-14, 06:01 AM
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05-21-14, 12:05 PM
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Salsa Colossal Ti w/full Ultegra 6800 group. Pics later.
05-21-14, 01:21 PM
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05-21-14, 05:20 PM
My first bell purchase....ever.
05-21-14, 07:21 PM
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Have you tried them on? I found when I got my pair that the toe box is rather large, and had to end up swapping for a half size smaller than usual.
They're 2nd from top, the 320's are the top tier shoes for Shimano road.
They're 2nd from top, the 320's are the top tier shoes for Shimano road.
05-21-14, 11:33 PM
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Just got new shoes. Even after a pretty good discount off sticker, paid more than for my previous two pairs of shoes, taken together.
I have weird shaped feet and it's always a pain to find shoes. Size 41 is too long, size 40 is too narrow to the point that some makes won't even allow me to close front straps (the strap does not reach the velcro pad), and, to make matters worse, most dealers don't even carry size 40. Many have women's size 40, which, aside from being slightly insulting, does not help because women's 40 is even narrower than men's 40. I went through two different pairs of size 40 and, while they did work to a degree, foot pain was always an issue (especially on double centuries).
I don't mind buying online but I want to be able to try the shoes on before I buy, because of the variations from manufacturer to manufacturer.
So this week I went through inventories of pretty much every bike dealer within a 30 mile radius from my house (online or in person), and came up on what I think was the only pair in size 40 Wide in this area. Unfortunately, they were kinda pricey: Specialized Pro Road, MSRP $275. But they fit! Store owner went as low as 225 OTD (~$208 before tax) and it was hard to say no at this point (I was already considering paying $240 for Mega Sidi's).
Neat shoes. I like the materials, upper material looks long-lasting (not your average fabric), full carbon sole with replaceable heel lugs. My scale says 245 g per shoe before cleats. I need to dial in the strap settings and do a long test, but they are promising. The only negative is that the tongue is pretty stiff and it may become a problem (it presses into your skin if you pull the toes up.) I'll see how it goes.
I have weird shaped feet and it's always a pain to find shoes. Size 41 is too long, size 40 is too narrow to the point that some makes won't even allow me to close front straps (the strap does not reach the velcro pad), and, to make matters worse, most dealers don't even carry size 40. Many have women's size 40, which, aside from being slightly insulting, does not help because women's 40 is even narrower than men's 40. I went through two different pairs of size 40 and, while they did work to a degree, foot pain was always an issue (especially on double centuries).
I don't mind buying online but I want to be able to try the shoes on before I buy, because of the variations from manufacturer to manufacturer.
So this week I went through inventories of pretty much every bike dealer within a 30 mile radius from my house (online or in person), and came up on what I think was the only pair in size 40 Wide in this area. Unfortunately, they were kinda pricey: Specialized Pro Road, MSRP $275. But they fit! Store owner went as low as 225 OTD (~$208 before tax) and it was hard to say no at this point (I was already considering paying $240 for Mega Sidi's).
Neat shoes. I like the materials, upper material looks long-lasting (not your average fabric), full carbon sole with replaceable heel lugs. My scale says 245 g per shoe before cleats. I need to dial in the strap settings and do a long test, but they are promising. The only negative is that the tongue is pretty stiff and it may become a problem (it presses into your skin if you pull the toes up.) I'll see how it goes.
05-22-14, 04:05 AM
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Just got new shoes. Even after a pretty good discount off sticker, paid more than for my previous two pairs of shoes, taken together.
I have weird shaped feet and it's always a pain to find shoes. Size 41 is too long, size 40 is too narrow to the point that some makes won't even allow me to close front straps (the strap does not reach the velcro pad), and, to make matters worse, most dealers don't even carry size 40. Many have women's size 40, which, aside from being slightly insulting, does not help because women's 40 is even narrower than men's 40. I went through two different pairs of size 40 and, while they did work to a degree, foot pain was always an issue (especially on double centuries).
I don't mind buying online but I want to be able to try the shoes on before I buy, because of the variations from manufacturer to manufacturer.
So this week I went through inventories of pretty much every bike dealer within a 30 mile radius from my house (online or in person), and came up on what I think was the only pair in size 40 Wide in this area. Unfortunately, they were kinda pricey: Specialized Pro Road, MSRP $275. But they fit! Store owner went as low as 225 OTD (~$208 before tax) and it was hard to say no at this point (I was already considering paying $240 for Mega Sidi's).
Neat shoes. I like the materials, upper material looks long-lasting (not your average fabric), full carbon sole with replaceable heel lugs. My scale says 245 g per shoe before cleats. I need to dial in the strap settings and do a long test, but they are promising. The only negative is that the tongue is pretty stiff and it may become a problem (it presses into your skin if you pull the toes up.) I'll see how it goes.
I have weird shaped feet and it's always a pain to find shoes. Size 41 is too long, size 40 is too narrow to the point that some makes won't even allow me to close front straps (the strap does not reach the velcro pad), and, to make matters worse, most dealers don't even carry size 40. Many have women's size 40, which, aside from being slightly insulting, does not help because women's 40 is even narrower than men's 40. I went through two different pairs of size 40 and, while they did work to a degree, foot pain was always an issue (especially on double centuries).
I don't mind buying online but I want to be able to try the shoes on before I buy, because of the variations from manufacturer to manufacturer.
So this week I went through inventories of pretty much every bike dealer within a 30 mile radius from my house (online or in person), and came up on what I think was the only pair in size 40 Wide in this area. Unfortunately, they were kinda pricey: Specialized Pro Road, MSRP $275. But they fit! Store owner went as low as 225 OTD (~$208 before tax) and it was hard to say no at this point (I was already considering paying $240 for Mega Sidi's).
Neat shoes. I like the materials, upper material looks long-lasting (not your average fabric), full carbon sole with replaceable heel lugs. My scale says 245 g per shoe before cleats. I need to dial in the strap settings and do a long test, but they are promising. The only negative is that the tongue is pretty stiff and it may become a problem (it presses into your skin if you pull the toes up.) I'll see how it goes.
05-22-14, 11:07 AM
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Most cycling shoe companies make shoes too narrow, they have Europeans in mind! Specialized BG series is supposedly wider as are the Bontrager, Sida makes a series called the Mega though they have a narrow toe box so their kind of inbetween a narrow and a wide, Lake runs wide, some Louis Garneau, Shimano shoes with the W after the model are wide but probably from what I read closer to Sidi, and the Shimano R220. Lake though appears to have the widest shoes on the market.
Shimano's low-end standard width 40's (088 or 078) were, I think, the ones that wouldn't close on me. R132's were better (that may have been size 40.5 though), but the only pair that I could track down looked like a return with signs of wear (upper materials are less wear-resistant than what I have in Specialized).
Shimano's code for wide shoes is actually "E". SH-088L = black, SH-088W = white, SH-088LE = black wide.
05-22-14, 04:15 PM
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05-22-14, 04:19 PM
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Most cycling shoe companies make shoes too narrow, they have Europeans in mind! Specialized BG series is supposedly wider as are the Bontrager, Sida makes a series called the Mega though they have a narrow toe box so their kind of inbetween a narrow and a wide, Lake runs wide, some Louis Garneau, Shimano shoes with the W after the model are wide but probably from what I read closer to Sidi, and the Shimano R220. Lake though appears to have the widest shoes on the market.
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05-22-14, 04:41 PM
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3 way metric hex tool, four boxes of Clif bars and bottle of Chain-L
05-22-14, 07:00 PM
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Should arrive next week.
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05-22-14, 07:01 PM
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In regards to narrow feet some of you have questioned. First off I stated what I said incorrectly, sorry. The real situation is that European shoes run narrower than American shoes because of the way they believe and we believe a shoe ought to fit. European shoes provide a different and sometimes better fit for narrow feet. "Their concept is to hold the foot in place over the mid-foot with laces, straps and high vamps with elastic or goring, while the American shoes snugly grip feet through the toes and forefront."
That bit of information came from here so as to prove the point I was trying to make: https://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-09-12/features/0109130241_1_american-orthopaedic-foot-ankle-society-narrow-feet
That bit of information came from here so as to prove the point I was trying to make: https://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-09-12/features/0109130241_1_american-orthopaedic-foot-ankle-society-narrow-feet
