proper shoes

Hi! 😄

Try all make some shoes for bike trial. The sole of bike trials shoes
are very abrasive.

Yoggi made one model of the same shoe, but with a skateboard sole...
Some K1 riders use this shoes... but i never used one...!

But they are pretty expensive, I think they cost about 100 euros!

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For muni i wear light walking boots, the tread allows for good grip and
the stepped sole will keep the pedal more or less in place all by
itself. Skate shoes are designed for standing on a large, grippy,
perfectly flat surface (a skateboard) and therefore aren't particularly
good at standing on a small slippery surface (a metal pedal).

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i agree with kington. i too wear a light hiking shoe i got at gi joes
for $30. the sole is super grippy and with the pins on the pedals i get
great traction.

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I always wear skate shoes when I ride. So far the best ones I've found
for unicycling are the Osiris Private Reserve Clints. They are great.

In my opinion, these are things a good unicycling shoe should have:

1. a thick sole (saves the bottom of your feet from bruises.

2. Padded sides and top (important for just about everything,
specifically flatland though.

3. The sole should have tread that is fairly solid if you are using
pinned pedals and doing big drops (although anything above six feet or
so hurts regardless). I think that Vans tread sucks for drops because
since the pins go into the holes, you only really get a tiny bit of
rubber cushioning.

Other things that are nice but not necessary are:

Shoelace protector type thing (so that the laces don't get caught in
the wheel), and high or medium top shoes, for ankle protection.

I hope this helps a little,
Miles

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I like standard converse all stars for unicycling because the sole is so
flimsy that it can wrap around the pedal (to some degree), despite
this, the converse will fall apart FAST if you are a trials junkie

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lpounds said:

I like standard converse all stars for unicycling because the sole is so
flimsy that it can wrap around the pedal (to some degree), despite
this, the converse will fall apart FAST if you are a trials junkie

That is exactly why I don't like them haha. The sole is so thin I
bruise my feet.

Also, the converses have no padding on the sides.

Oh well, to each his own🙄

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i wear skate style shoes for almost everything now, i do occasionaly
wear walking boots for muni. i like my animal trainers because theyve
got a flat sole on them and theyre thick and really compfortable. what
ever you do though *tuck your laces in!!* it have ripped my shoes up
and my hands too from getting tied up to the pedal. it hurts!

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mornish said:

I always wear skate shoes when I ride. So far the best ones I've found
for unicycling are the Osiris Private Reserve Clints. They are great.

In my opinion, these are things a good unicycling shoe should have:

1. a thick sole (saves the bottom of your feet from bruises.

2. Padded sides and top (important for just about everything,
specifically flatland though.

3. The sole should have tread that is fairly solid if you are using
pinned pedals and doing big drops (although anything above six feet or
so hurts regardless). I think that Vans tread sucks for drops because
since the pins go into the holes, you only really get a tiny bit of
rubber cushioning.

Other things that are nice but not necessary are:

Shoelace protector type thing (so that the laces don't get caught in
the wheel), and high or medium top shoes, for ankle protection.

I hope this helps a little,
Miles

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also, to add to that, a gummy tread will grip the best, and you want a
fairly smooth sole. my personal preference would be for something like
a dc manteca, converse one star classics, etnies commuter, etc.
danscomp.com has a great selection of shoes.

my wife uses cross trainers w/ a nice smooth sole (the sole is the key)
but usually skate shoes have more protection on the top and sides of
the feet.

i muni in hiking shoes sometimes because they grip the trails well when
i have to dismount, but the tread can make them grab or slip depending
on how they contact the pedal.

but that's just my opinion 🙂

i also think it would make sense to wear a highly flexible shoe for
freestyle, or a lightweight, close-fitting shoe for racing, distance,
or commuting
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I wear my old running sneakers, and they work great for me. They grip
pretty well, they are comfortable, and they work well when hiking up.
They don't have the padding that skate shoes have, but I rarely ride
anythng other than MUni, so I don't find that I need it.

Seamus

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mornish said:

That is exactly why I don't like them haha. The sole is so thin I bruise
my feet.

Also, the converses have no padding on the sides.

Oh well, to each his own🙄

Actually mornish yeah, now that i think back to the days when I did
trials I would get some bad cuts and bruises there. They are basically
made of nothing so they provide little protection. Lovem for long
distance though.

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1-wheeled-grape said:

what ever you do though *tuck your laces in!!* it have ripped my shoes
up and my hands too from getting tied up to the pedal. it hurts!

Yeh try doing that on a 29er with 125s going top speed! I was lucky my
laces snapped before I faceplanted - but when you start to feel it pull
tighter and tighter, it really isn't a nice feeling.

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1-wheeled-grape said:

what ever you do though *tuck your laces in!!* it have ripped my shoes
up and my hands too from getting tied up to the pedal. it hurts!

Just yesterday i was riding down a rather steep hill pedaling as fast
as i could when my pants leg got caught in the spokes and stopped the
wheel from turning. I flew about five feet and skidded on gravel for
another ten. Not good 🙁

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5/10 impact high tops are the bomb. After getting used to the
stickiness nothing else will do!

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I'd say just a normal sneakers gives enough grip, but miune have got
kinda worn down since I started unicycling, they don't grip into the
pins as well as when I started.

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jamessd said:

Yeh try doing that on a 29er with 125s going top speed! I was lucky my
laces snapped before I faceplanted - but when you start to feel it pull
tighter and tighter, it really isn't a nice feeling.

I've tried it on a 36, mine didn't snap. That feeling of helplessly
falling and then being tied to a big wheel in the middle of the road is
not pleasant. Lucky there were no cars coming.

Anyway, I have 2 pairs of vans with the waffle soul. One are ordinary
vans and the others are high tops. Very grippy (but sometimes it is
difficult to ajust my feet if the peddal pins get stuck in the holes).

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Pin pedals are designed for skate shoes. Because of this, they work very
well with them.

Shoes with tread will work on some pedals, but they actually tend to
reduce grip, because you get some of the pins sitting in the tread and
not sticking in the rubber of the shoe. Whether the tread holds on is
very much a matter of tread shape and foot position. With skate shoes,
you're guaranteed consistent grip whatever the foot position.

I like vans personally. They have good padding but aren't too massive.

Converse I found made for tired feet and hurting my ankles every time I
fell off. They have zero protection for your feet.

I used to wear hiking boots or approach shoes (like cut down hiking
boots). They were alright, but had the problem of foot position being a
hassle, and don't grip anywhere near as well as skate shoes. They were
a bit nicer when you have to walk up an icy hill or when you dismount
on very slippery surfaces, but skate shoes being rubbish for walking
just encourages you to try riding as much as possible.

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I started off riding with Converse, as they were the sneakers I had at
the time. They had great feel of the pedal but no support for feet and
ankles -ended up with tired, aching feet and sprained ankle, and busted
the sides of the shoes out.

I then grabbed a pair of Adidas Open Court shoes as they were on
special at the sports store and looked ok:
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7365906/c/25238.html

Coming from the Converse it took some getting used to as the initially
it felt like a loss of feel, but I've been very happy with the Open
Court shoes since - the tread grips really well on pinned pedals, feel
stable, lots of ankle and foot support, stiff-ish sole. I'd rate them
way ahead of the Converse.

Only downside for me is the laces, but I lace them so they face away
from the uni, so far so good 🙂

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For MUni I've taken to using approach shoes; currently I'm using the La
Sportiva Cirque Pro. It has a sticker bottom than Vans, but the tread
depth is only 2mm so it's still not hard to move your foot around on
the pedal. There's good protection on the toe and heel cup. They're
stiffer than skate shoes, but you can still feel the pedal pretty well.

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What do people suggest for street and a little bit of trials riding? ...
this kinda stuff 😄 just finished making the vid :P
http://www.vimeo.com/923999 .... and my shoes are wearing out, although
they have been pretty good, they are converse all star's but a little
different ... see them on the vid 🙂

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