Boast about your latest purchases here...

[Meezo]

I got them last year when I still had some dealership accounts through my online store - happy that I bought when I got the chance.

 

Hanger Bike Co has some in stock, but as far as I know Pinned (online) has the best prices.

Thanks

If you want to get pair from CRC sale I'll bring them back at the end of the month for you. You can send to my bro's place in the UK and I'll grab from there. PM me if you want.

and thanks I'll check what they got

[Alouette3]

Also got some 5.10's on there way. My better half's mother is bringing them down from CRC. R800 was a steal... photos will sure follow here when they arrive.

 

Oh an Stoke has some brilliant Kore flat pedals going for about R1k if anyone is looking for flat pedal options

[Fruity]

Today's purchases from the local SPCA.

 

Some informative stuff here in these books - you're never too old or too experienced to learn.

 

The games? I just hope they run on Windows 7.

[Reme Le Hane]

They look soo out of place against the black and red frame, but was a pretty good ride. Hanger told me at least to start, put on a pair of trainers until I fully commit and then a pair of 5tens.

 

Fortunately I am a trail runner so have a pair of Saucony peregrines with a pretty broken body but dn tread left, so the useless for running but felt very stable on today's test ride.

 

Have already moved the clip-less pedals to my older hard tail.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

for a running shoe, that's an okay tread for flats. Generally you don't want much tread, or a very closely-spaced tread and constant, so that the pins can actually grip into the sole. 

[Reme Le Hane]

for a running shoe, that's an okay tread for flats. Generally you don't want much tread, or a very closely-spaced tread and constant, so that the pins can actually grip into the sole. 

 

Useful info, I don't expect these shoes to lat much longer anyway, they have 1000km of running on them already. They are also quite wide so there is a pretty decent overlap on the outside of the pedal.

 

I have a pair of Scott Metrix here as well, as far as I can tell if I take the cleat off they should also work, and they very comfortable.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Useful info, I don't expect these shoes to lat much longer anyway, they have 1000km of running on them already. They are also quite wide so there is a pretty decent overlap on the outside of the pedal.

 

I have a pair of Scott Metrix here as well, as far as I can tell if I take the cleat off they should also work, and they very comfortable.

Nope, don't do that. Too stiff for flats, and there's not enough meat around the mid-foot due to the cleat cavity. 

 

Instead of 5-10's (being pooooooes expensive) a pair of 2FO's or Ions will work. Or normal skate shoes. 

[ChrisF]

Nope, don't do that. Too stiff for flats, and there's not enough meat around the mid-foot due to the cleat cavity. 

 

Instead of 5-10's (being pooooooes expensive) a pair of 2FO's or Ions will work. Or normal skate shoes. 

 

What he said ^^^^

 

 

I tried a pair of Scott's .... down right dangerous !!  The front grips on the pedal, but there is "nothing" to the middle of the shoe to bite into the flat pedals.

 

I have a pair of Scotts with 20km on it that will be in the classifieds soon ...

[PhilipV]

Nope, don't do that. Too stiff for flats, and there's not enough meat around the mid-foot due to the cleat cavity.

 

Instead of 5-10's (being pooooooes expensive) a pair of 2FO's or Ions will work. Or normal skate shoes.

Pricing on ion shoes?

[PhilipV]

Pondering if I need to add shin guards to the knee guards order...

Skip the shiny guards, but for fast progression why not go all-in with skills classes?

Between that and the bunny-hop/Wheelie drills you plan to do you'll be flying down OG at Helderberg on Nov time.

[Rigardt@Scott]

Pricing on ion shoes?

From the prices of their clipless version they are priced even higher than Five Ten. I speak under correction though because I have not seen what their flats cost.

[Reme Le Hane]

From the prices of their clipless version they are priced even higher than Five Ten. I speak under correction though because I have not seen what their flats cost.

 

I googled upside down, with the exceptions of a few 510s on sale, the 2f0 and 5ten are pretty much the same price give or take.

 

I could only find 1 online store that listed Ion and they only carried the 1 clipless shoe.

[J∆kk∆ls]

Skater shoes work well too so if you have an old pair of vans or converse to use in the interim that would work better than stiff cycling shoes. 

[staritashane]

Skater shoes work well too so if you have an old pair of vans or converse to use in the interim that would work better than stiff cycling shoes. 

I second this, I use a pair of old DC shoes, the chunky skate ones and they work as well as 5Tens. Boardriders sells them here for around R 1200.00 new (half the price of 5Ten shoes)  

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

I second this, I use a pair of old DC shoes, the chunky skate ones and they work as well as 5Tens. Boardriders sells them here for around R 1200.00 new (half the price of 5Ten shoes)  

 

People who have never ridden a decent pair of flat shoes love saying this. It is just not true.

Try a proper 5/10 and then tell me it again. 

Trundle round the neighbourhood in skate shoes maybe but its day and night the grip levels between these shoes........

[Reme Le Hane]

People who have never ridden a decent pair of flat shoes love saying this. It is just not true.

Try a proper 5/10 and then tell me it again. 

Trundle round the neighbourhood in skate shoes maybe but its day and night the grip levels between these shoes........

 

At the end of the day, if you talking R1200 for a pair of skater shoes that "work well" then why not just bother spending the extra R800 on a pair of proper purpose designed shoes.

 

MTB shoes will be warrantied against MTB related issues, I ride them for a month and the soles gone they will give me a new pair, skate shop will tell me to f*ck off.

 

Sure, that is unlikely to happen, but I rather spend an extra R800 and know I am buying something for the correct purpose, will be covered if something does go wrong when used for the intended purpose than risk throwing away 1200 bucks on something apparently almost as good.

 

I spent 40k on a bike, pedals are over a grand, my saddle is also over a grand, why start counting pennies on the foot ware. You spend a small fortune getting your bike perfect for you and then all of a sudden the shoes are too expensive.

 

If you have shoes lying around that work, sure, but if you actively leave the house to go spend money then you may as well spend that money on the correct thing