Cheap-as-chips new shoes

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

I've had a set of Carnac tri shoes (sorry for the offensive language!!)
as my sole pair of cycling shoes for the last 12 years. Awesome shoes,
and definitely got my moneys worth out of them...

The front of the sole has started to come away from the upper of the
shoe, so they are on their last legs (haha). I didn't want to do a Tam,
and rip the soles off mid-ride, so I've been searching high and low for
some inexpensive shoes to replace my beloved Carnacs.

After visiting many Brisbane bike shops, I wandered into Rebel Sport at
Garden City. They had a clearance sale on their whole inventory of
"Go-On-Sport" cycling shoes. I did a web search, and it looks like they
are a made-in-China brand. Never heard of them, wonder what else is
made in the factory...

BUT - they had their carbon-fibre soled road and tri shoes marked down
from $199 to $100. BARGAIN!!

I picked up a pair of the 'Pave' road shoes. 3 velcro straps, mesh &
vinyl upper, CF soles. They seem reasonably well made (obviously not in
the same league as some other brands, though), but at only $100, that
seems like pretty good value for money!!

The 'Chronos' tri shoe basically had 1 wide velcro strap, and had a
neoprene 'booty' inner, plus the CF sole at the same price.

They also had a 'Latte' road shoe (love the names!!), with 3 velcro
straps, but 'normal plastic' sole - marked down from $140 to $70.

Can't wait for my Monday morning ride so I can give 'em a good test
ride!!

Abby (new CF bits - purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!)

actually I saw these in rebel in melbourne the other day, and thought they looked like good value, picked them up and they certainly were not the "lightest" carbon shoe that I have ever picked up, but pretty darn good value.... out of curiosity though, how come you had tri shoes but bought road shoes ?? will you use these for Tri's as well ??

On 2005-08-14, Absent Husband (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

I've had a set of Carnac tri shoes (sorry for the offensive language!!)
as my sole pair of cycling shoes for the last 12 years. Awesome shoes,
and definitely got my moneys worth out of them...

....

Quoted message said:

I picked up a pair of the 'Pave' road shoes. 3 velcro straps, mesh &
vinyl upper, CF soles. They seem reasonably well made (obviously not in
the same league as some other brands, though), but at only $100, that
seems like pretty good value for money!!

Bet you they don't last 12 years!

Quoted message said:

They also had a 'Latte' road shoe (love the names!!), with 3 velcro
straps, but 'normal plastic' sole - marked down from $140 to $70.

I want a 'Lycra Lizard' road shoe 🙂

Quoted message said:

Abby (new CF bits - purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!)

Saw GPLama's CF HRM today. Oh, and finally noticed his CF pump (well,
not so much noticed, was pointed out).

--
TimC
I am not afraid of heights, nor am I scared of falling. Height and
falling have never hurt anyone. Now the ground. The ground is a
different matter... --unknown

Hey MikeyOz,

Way back when I bought my Carnacs, tri was my thing. I never raced
road, and all my bike training was just solo stuff. I usually did a
dozen races in a season, so the specialist shoes were worthwhile...

Nowadays, road cycling is my thing. I still plan to do a few tri's over
summer - but maybe only 3 or 4 max. And they'll be to challenge myself,
rather than be competitive, so the extra 10-20 seconds in transition
fiddling with the extra straps is something I can live with!!

Already felt a huge difference riding. The tighter/snugglier fit around
the forefoot with the extra straps feels heaps more responsive.

Cheers all,
Abby

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

I've had a set of Carnac tri shoes (sorry for the offensive language!!)
as my sole pair of cycling shoes for the last 12 years. Awesome shoes,
and definitely got my moneys worth out of them...

The front of the sole has started to come away from the upper of the
shoe, so they are on their last legs (haha). I didn't want to do a Tam,
and rip the soles off mid-ride, so I've been searching high and low for
some inexpensive shoes to replace my beloved Carnacs.

After visiting many Brisbane bike shops, I wandered into Rebel Sport at
Garden City. They had a clearance sale on their whole inventory of
"Go-On-Sport" cycling shoes. I did a web search, and it looks like they
are a made-in-China brand. Never heard of them, wonder what else is
made in the factory...

BUT - they had their carbon-fibre soled road and tri shoes marked down
from $199 to $100. BARGAIN!!

I picked up a pair of the 'Pave' road shoes. 3 velcro straps, mesh &
vinyl upper, CF soles. They seem reasonably well made (obviously not in
the same league as some other brands, though), but at only $100, that
seems like pretty good value for money!!

The 'Chronos' tri shoe basically had 1 wide velcro strap, and had a
neoprene 'booty' inner, plus the CF sole at the same price.

They also had a 'Latte' road shoe (love the names!!), with 3 velcro
straps, but 'normal plastic' sole - marked down from $140 to $70.

Can't wait for my Monday morning ride so I can give 'em a good test
ride!!

Abby (new CF bits - purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!)

Not sure if it'll aid you in your choice at all, but I have a 'Go-on sport' helmet. So far I've had no problems with it 🙂.

SomeGuy said:

Not sure if it'll aid you in your choice at all, but I have a 'Go-on sport' helmet. So far I've had no problems with it 🙂.

ok now you have me curious, when you say you have not had any problems ???

dont you normally find out if you have a problem with your helmet, when it comes time for it to protect your noggin ??

Abby/Guido/Gino/Pony wrote:

I've had a set of Carnac tri shoes (sorry for the offensive language!!)
as my sole pair of cycling shoes for the last 12 years.

Carnacs are the go. Work it sister.

After visiting many Brisbane bike shops, I wandered into Rebel Sport at
Garden City.

*splutter*

You WHAT??? :eek:

*cough*

<snip>

Abby, it doesn't matter what shoes you buy, as long as they're not Shimano. They really ought to stick to stuff made out of metal.

LotteHATEShimanoShoesBum

P.S. I'm on annual leave.
P.P.S. Did I mention I'm on annual leave?

LotteBum said:

Abby, it doesn't matter what shoes you buy, as long as they're not
Shimano. They really ought to stick to stuff made out of metal.

i've got a set of shimano m220's (mtb) that i've generally abused the
hell out of for the last 12 months and are still standing strong.
usually i'm doing well to get 12 months out of a set of mtb shoes and
these still seem to have plenty of life left in them so ymmv.

brett

MikeyOz said:

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

I've had a set of Carnac tri shoes (sorry for the offensive language!!)
as my sole pair of cycling shoes for the last 12 years. Awesome shoes,
and definitely got my moneys worth out of them...

The front of the sole has started to come away from the upper of the
shoe, so they are on their last legs (haha). I didn't want to do a Tam,
and rip the soles off mid-ride, so I've been searching high and low for
some inexpensive shoes to replace my beloved Carnacs.

After visiting many Brisbane bike shops, I wandered into Rebel Sport at
Garden City. They had a clearance sale on their whole inventory of
"Go-On-Sport" cycling shoes. I did a web search, and it looks like they
are a made-in-China brand. Never heard of them, wonder what else is
made in the factory...

BUT - they had their carbon-fibre soled road and tri shoes marked down
from $199 to $100. BARGAIN!!

I picked up a pair of the 'Pave' road shoes. 3 velcro straps, mesh &
vinyl upper, CF soles. They seem reasonably well made (obviously not in
the same league as some other brands, though), but at only $100, that
seems like pretty good value for money!!

The 'Chronos' tri shoe basically had 1 wide velcro strap, and had a
neoprene 'booty' inner, plus the CF sole at the same price.

They also had a 'Latte' road shoe (love the names!!), with 3 velcro
straps, but 'normal plastic' sole - marked down from $140 to $70.

Can't wait for my Monday morning ride so I can give 'em a good test
ride!!

Abby (new CF bits - purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!)

actually I saw these in rebel in melbourne the other day, and thought
they looked like good value, picked them up and they certainly were not
the "lightest" carbon shoe that I have ever picked up, but pretty darn
good value.... out of curiosity though, how come you had tri shoes but
bought road shoes ?? will you use these for Tri's as well ??

And on that front which rebel store in melb?

Kathy is still looking but now that she has cristened the new bike..
with a lovely little fall she is sore enough so it can wait a few days

quote='spook'LotteBum said:

Abby, it doesn't matter what shoes you buy, as long as they're not
Shimano. They really ought to stick to stuff made out of metal.

i've got a set of shimano m220's (mtb) that i've generally abused the
hell out of for the last 12 months and are still standing strong.
usually i'm doing well to get 12 months out of a set of mtb shoes and
these still seem to have plenty of life left in them so ymmv.

brett[/QUOTE]
I have Carnac road shoes and Shimano mtb shoes... both are bewdiful. I'd be hard pressed to pick between them for comfort (when riding, at least). It's "horses for courses" I think. (The shimanos fit nicely with the two-way pedal which allows anyone in the house to grab the commuter to go pick up the fish and chips without changing their shoes :p )

ali... wishing she was on leave 🙁

MikeyOz said:

dont you normally find out if you have a problem with your helmet, when it comes time for it to protect your noggin

Not really. All helmets do pretty much the same thing protection wise, the biggest difference is in comfort and ventilation. So for me, a problematic helmet is one which boils my head, or is uncomfortable (the two are generally connected 🙂).

SomeGuy said:

MikeyOz said:

dont you normally find out if you have a problem with your helmet, when
it comes time for it to protect your noggin

Not really. All helmets do pretty much the same thing protection wise,
the biggest difference is in comfort and ventilation. So for me, a
problematic helmet is one which boils my head, or is uncomfortable (the
two are generally connected 🙂).

For hot helmets the standard horse riding helmet would have to be a
winner. On really hot days a bike helmet offers some protection from the
suns rays, ( a bit like those pith helmets Dr Livingstone would have
worn). I recently heard from someone that those Garth helmets the
surfers wear don't have much padding. My canoeing friend said that
whilst going down the river (upside down) he could feel every rock
through the helmet and it left some bruises on his head.

Zoom

On 2005-08-15, alison_b (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

I have Carnac road shoes and Shimano mtb shoes... both are bewdiful.
I'd be hard pressed to pick between them for comfort (when riding, at
least).

I like my Shimano road shoes, but I don't really have anything to
compare them against 🙂

Quoted message said:

It's "horses for courses" I think. (The shimanos fit nicely
with the two-way pedal which allows anyone in the house to grab the
commuter to go pick up the fish and chips without changing their shoes
:p )

ali... wishing she was on leave 🙁

I'm simple to satisfy. I'm wishing I had a big hearty fish 'n' chips
meal in front of me.

P.S. The GV bike really sucks. Stupid GV bike.

--
TimC
To define recursion, we must first define recursion.

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

I've had a set of Carnac tri shoes (sorry for the offensive language!!)
as my sole pair of cycling shoes for the last 12 years. Awesome shoes,
and definitely got my moneys worth out of them...

The front of the sole has started to come away from the upper of the
shoe, so they are on their last legs (haha). I didn't want to do a Tam,
and rip the soles off mid-ride, so I've been searching high and low for
some inexpensive shoes to replace my beloved Carnacs.

After visiting many Brisbane bike shops, I wandered into Rebel Sport at
Garden City. They had a clearance sale on their whole inventory of
"Go-On-Sport" cycling shoes. I did a web search, and it looks like they
are a made-in-China brand. Never heard of them, wonder what else is
made in the factory...

BUT - they had their carbon-fibre soled road and tri shoes marked down
from $199 to $100. BARGAIN!!

I picked up a pair of the 'Pave' road shoes. 3 velcro straps, mesh &
vinyl upper, CF soles. They seem reasonably well made (obviously not in
the same league as some other brands, though), but at only $100, that
seems like pretty good value for money!!

The 'Chronos' tri shoe basically had 1 wide velcro strap, and had a
neoprene 'booty' inner, plus the CF sole at the same price.

They also had a 'Latte' road shoe (love the names!!), with 3 velcro
straps, but 'normal plastic' sole - marked down from $140 to $70.

Can't wait for my Monday morning ride so I can give 'em a good test
ride!!

Abby (new CF bits - purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!)

Mine were cheaper.

Tam

Absent Husband said:

Hey MikeyOz,

Way back when I bought my Carnacs, tri was my thing. I never raced
road, and all my bike training was just solo stuff. I usually did a
dozen races in a season, so the specialist shoes were worthwhile...

Nowadays, road cycling is my thing. I still plan to do a few tri's over
summer - but maybe only 3 or 4 max. And they'll be to challenge myself,
rather than be competitive, so the extra 10-20 seconds in transition
fiddling with the extra straps is something I can live with!!

Already felt a huge difference riding. The tighter/snugglier fit around
the forefoot with the extra straps feels heaps more responsive.

Cheers all,
Abby

Guido, you should not fiddle with your straps until you are out of
transition and on the road... your shoes should be on your bike...
hahahaha....

Tam

LotteBum said:

Abby/Guido/Gino/Pony wrote:

I've had a set of Carnac tri shoes (sorry for the offensive language!!)
as my sole pair of cycling shoes for the last 12 years.

Carnacs are the go. Work it sister.

After visiting many Brisbane bike shops, I wandered into Rebel Sport at
Garden City.

*splutter*

You WHAT??? :eek:

*cough*

<snip>

Abby, it doesn't matter what shoes you buy, as long as they're not
Shimano. They really ought to stick to stuff made out of metal.

LotteHATEShimanoShoesBum

P.S. I'm on annual leave.
P.P.S. Did I mention I'm on annual leave?

--
LotteBum

My new shimano shoes are very comfortable. But then I have fscked up
shaped feet. I wish mizuno made cycling gear.

tam

Just my 2 cents worth

I just use Specialized MTB shoes for both the Road and Mountain bike. They are super comfortable shoes to wear.

Tam wrote:

My new shimano shoes are very comfortable. But then I have fscked up
shaped feet. I wish mizuno made cycling gear.

The problem with mine (which evidently are the same model as yours) is the 'tongue'. Because of the way it's shaped, my shoes have to be foot-numbingly tight (literally), or the tongue moves down and the longer bits dig into my leg. My last two pairs of shoes were Carnac - the last pair lasted 4 years, but came apart at the sole whilst on my way to work, leaving me no option but to buy whatever the bikeshop had in stock in my size. Either way, I'll never buy Shimano shoes again as a matter of principle.

LotteBum

LotteBum said:

Tam wrote:

My new shimano shoes are very comfortable. But then I have fscked up
shaped feet. I wish mizuno made cycling gear.

The problem with mine (which evidently are the same model as yours) is
the 'tongue'. Because of the way it's shaped, my shoes have to be
foot-numbingly tight (literally), or the tongue moves down and the
longer bits dig into my leg. My last two pairs of shoes were Carnac -
the last pair lasted 4 years, but came apart at the sole whilst on my
way to work, leaving me no option but to buy whatever the bikeshop had
in stock in my size. Either way, I'll never buy Shimano shoes again as
a matter of principle.

LotteBum

I've drilled holes in my S-shoes and used aluminium rivets to hold the
shoes together, it has worked! Glue also was involved in the project but
didn't really stick around long enough to make it worthwhile.