Shoes for Toe Clips

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ron Linz said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup. I have been riding with gym shoes but want something with a
stiffer sole. Most of the shoes I see are for clipless setups. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Buy an SPD-style shoe for a clipless setup.

No, I'm not being a jerk: most (but not all) SPD shoes, especially the BMX/Freeride style, come with
the section of sole over the SPD plate left in. If you ignore the cleats and don't use a razor to
cut out this section, you just get a stiff-soled, normal-looking shoe.

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On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:28:29 -0600, Ron Linz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup.

You can still get old-fashioned leather cycling shoes, and they are still great. Failing that I have
seen several people using Sidi shoes with clips and straps.

Guy
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Ron Linz said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup. I have been riding with gym shoes but want something with a
stiffer sole. Most of the shoes I see are for clipless setups. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I've got a pair of Lake shoes that I use for touring with toe clips. Sorry, I don't see any model
number, etc. on them. As others have said, I simply didn't cut out the cleat "window" on the bottom.

These work well once I'm in the toe clips. The plastic lace eyelets at the front of the shoe
sometimes snag the toe strap on the way in. I keep meaning to fix that.

Also, I found it helpful to chamfer the front edge of the tread blocks (or whatever they're called)
on the sole, to slide in easier.

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup. I have been riding with gym shoes but want something with a
stiffer sole. Most of the shoes I see are for clipless setups. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I use a pair of cross-training shoes. They tend to have stiffer soles than running shoes or general-
purpose sneakers.

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"Ron Linz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup. I have been

riding

Quoted message said:

with gym shoes but want something with a stiffer sole. Most of the shoes I see are for clipless
setups. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The problem I see is most bike shoes nowadays come with velcro straps, which are not toe clip
friendly. Add to that the aggressive soles of MTB type shoes, and options are limited. I saw a
website where a guy bought Diadora Voyager touring shoes and had laces put in them. Seemed to work
well for him...

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 12:39:54 -0800, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In article said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup. I have been riding with gym shoes but want something with a
stiffer sole. Most of the shoes I see are for clipless setups. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Buy an SPD-style shoe for a clipless setup.

No, I'm not being a jerk: most (but not all) SPD shoes, especially the BMX/Freeride style, come
with the section of sole over the SPD plate left in. If you ignore the cleats and don't use a razor
to cut out this section, you just get a stiff-soled, normal-looking shoe.

Exactly. I recently bought the following Shimano shoes for just this purpose-

bike.shimano.comcomponenttemplate.aspOpen ↗

I wouldn't recommend or not recommend them. They were cheap and available and not too glaringly ugly
and they have worked just fine.

Just look for ones without a pre-cutout sole. Other companies offer similar things.

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 20:41:33 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"

from Disorganised said:

You can still get old-fashioned leather cycling shoes ....

Where? I'd dig grokking some.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Gooserider said:

"Ron Linz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup. I have been

riding

Quoted message said:

with gym shoes but want something with a stiffer sole. Most of the shoes I see are for clipless
setups. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The problem I see is most bike shoes nowadays come with velcro straps, which are not toe clip
friendly. Add to that the aggressive soles of MTB type shoes, and options are limited. I saw a
website where a guy bought Diadora Voyager touring shoes and had laces put in them. Seemed to work
well for him...

Just choose a better shoe:

bike.shimano.comcomponenttemplate.aspOpen ↗ rtnumber=SH-MP66

Or, if you prefer to look less like a warrior from the planet Peloton...

bike.shimano.comcomponenttemplate.aspOpen ↗ rtnumber=SH-M034

Look ma, no laces!

bike.shimano.comcomponenttemplate.aspOpen ↗ rtnumber=SH-MO21

Shimano is by no means the only maker of shoes with laces and no straps. But they have a good
website for showing off their shoes.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Dan Daniel said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have toe clips and wonder what
shoe would be best for this setup. I have been riding with gym shoes but want something with a
stiffer sole. Most of the shoes I see are for clipless setups. Does anyone have any
suggestions?

Buy an SPD-style shoe for a clipless setup.

No, I'm not being a jerk: most (but not all) SPD shoes, especially the BMX/Freeride style, come
with the section of sole over the SPD plate left in. If you ignore the cleats and don't use a
razor to cut out this section, you just get a stiff-soled, normal-looking shoe.

Exactly. I recently bought the following Shimano shoes for just this purpose-

bike.shimano.comcomponenttemplate.aspOpen ↗ ber=SH-M034

I wouldn't recommend or not recommend them. They were cheap and available and not too glaringly
ugly and they have worked just fine.

Freeride/street-oriented companies like Answer also offer normal-looking shoes with bike-
stiff soles.

Quoted message said:

Just look for ones without a pre-cutout sole. Other companies offer similar things.

There is, however, one other issue:

Clipless pedals are really, really nice. On a conventional SPD shoe, adding a cleat will cost
virtually nothing in walkability, at least until the sole wears down.

With decent VP and Wellgo knockoff-SPD pedals available for about $20/pair, including cleats, the
expensive part of a conversion to clipless is buying the shoes.

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Kevan Smith said:

Quoted message said:

You can still get old-fashioned leather cycling shoes ....

Quoted message said:

Where? I'd dig grokking some.

There's an ad in the most issues of Cycle, the magazine of the (UK) Cyclists' Touring Club.
Reynolds, 5 Selbourne Avenue, Bletchley, MK3 5BX, UK. It's a "send s.a.e. for details" job - very
old fashioned indeed!

The CTC shop (www.ctcshop.co.uk) also stock Carnac leather cycling shoes.

Guy
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Quoted message said:

Ron Linz said:

I'm looking for some shoes to wear when I ride my Trek 7300fx. I have

toe

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

clips and wonder what shoe would be best for this setup. I have been

riding

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

with gym shoes but want something with a stiffer sole. Most of the shoes

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

see are for clipless setups. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I've got a pair of Lake shoes that I use for touring with toe clips. Sorry, I don't see any
model number, etc. on them. As others have said, I simply didn't cut out the cleat "window" on
the bottom.

These work well once I'm in the toe clips. The plastic lace eyelets at the front of the shoe
sometimes snag the toe strap on the way in. I keep meaning to fix that.

Also, I found it helpful to chamfer the front edge of the tread blocks (or whatever they're
called) on the sole, to slide in easier.

Or you use a nice SPD-compatible touring shoe like the one's offered by Shimano. Nothing to trim.

Robin Hubert

Robin Hubert said:

Or you use a nice SPD-compatible touring shoe like the one's offered by Shimano. Nothing to trim.

You have to be careful to avoid ones with velcro over the arch of the foot, though, as these
interfere with getting in and out of clips with straps. I keep one old pair of trad. leather shoes
for when I ride bikes with clips.

Guy
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On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 13:40:13 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"

from Disorganised said:

Kevan Smith said:

Quoted message said:

You can still get old-fashioned leather cycling shoes ....

Quoted message said:

Where? I'd dig grokking some.

There's an ad in the most issues of Cycle, the magazine of the (UK) Cyclists' Touring Club.
Reynolds, 5 Selbourne Avenue, Bletchley, MK3 5BX, UK. It's a "send s.a.e. for details" job - very
old fashioned indeed!

The CTC shop (www.ctcshop.co.uk) also stock Carnac leather cycling shoes.

Gracias!

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Kevan Smith said:

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 20:41:33 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> from

Disorganised said:

You can still get old-fashioned leather cycling shoes ....

Where? I'd dig grokking some.

Does "grok" really work as a synonym for "acquire"? It's been a few years since the last time I read
the book...
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On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 15:58:30 -0500, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]> from The

Esoteric c0wz Society said:

Kevan Smith said:

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 20:41:33 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> from

Disorganised said:

You can still get old-fashioned leather cycling shoes ....

Where? I'd dig grokking some.

Does "grok" really work as a synonym for "acquire"? It's been a few years since the last time I
read the book...

I didn't mean acquire. I just wanted to look at some to empathize with them. 🙂

I can't afford squat right now.

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