Places to buy Tri Shoes in Jhb

[shawnvan]

Any recommnedations on which stores have a good range of models, prices, etc?

[davem]

Troisport (Sunninghil)

SBR Sport (Sunninghil)

Tribe Multisports (Bryanston)

 

Only three I know of who have stock. Google is your friend.

[shawnvan]

Yip tried google, but a lot of stores don't indicate what they stock.

 

Tribe is closed for the holidays already...

[davem]

Telephone call to Mike at SBR will help. He is very friendly and knows his oats.

[shawnvan]

Cool, thanks Dave.

[davem]

Not sure if you have used Tri shoes before, but two differences to a road shoe are the single closing flap and they have holes in the bottom for water drainage. (Makes them not very nice on a very cold winter morning)

 

The single closing flap on most, but not all, goes the opposite way to a road shoe (ie it hangs away from the bike frame / crankset). This is an advantage if you premount your shoes to the pedals and do the Flying Squirrel mount.

 

If you are a middle of the packer and have a good pair of road shoes, tri shoes don't have a major benefit.