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    • CommentAuthortwitch
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2007
     
    Ideas? Bare in mind I'm vegan. Looking for something a little stiffer than chucks, wanna try this out after having not ridden a bike with clips n straps properly since summer 05
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      CommentAuthorEye Man
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2007
     
    Anything as long as it's leather.
    • CommentAuthortwitch
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2007
     
    Har fucking har
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      CommentAuthorEye Man
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2007 edited
     
    sorry, but i couldn't resist. i dont wear leather shoes myself but i dont use toe clips either so i cant help you, sorry. i think most of shimano's shoes are fake leather but they only do spd shoes dont they, apart from their 'skate' type shoes, which actually have pretty flexible soles, and look crap, plus theyre too chunky for toeclips. so i dunno.
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    Cons?
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      CommentAuthorEye Man
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2007
     
    i thought cons and chucks were the same thing...
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    Are they?

    Don't speckelized make an all synth lace-up?

    I think your options are pretty limited. Shitmano made a lorica upper, plastic sole but it's spd. No good.

    Why don't you just stick with spuds? Lot less hassle than clips, specially if your achilles get sore when you ride with 'normal' shoes. That's what happens to me when I ride soft soles for any amount of time.

    What does little Scot ride?
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      CommentAuthorEye Man
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2007
     
    i think so... converse chuck taylor innit
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      CommentAuthorPapa44
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2007
     
    birkinstocks
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    Scot does NOT wear birkies! That is a gross slur on his credibility, and I DEMAND that you retract it at once!

    Seriously, all birkies have some leather don't they?
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      CommentAuthorPapa44
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2007 edited
     
    nah, they're classic vegan nutter footwear made of some non dead animal business. fuck it, just eat meat and wear leather, its the only way to ride

    • CommentAuthorwookie
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2007
     
    hell yeeeee.leather trousers and jacket.why tha fook not
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2007
     
    shell toes all the way innit

    @bill- i went back to straps after getting tendonitis in both achilles [stretching- what the fuck's that?], i find it far more comfy. further more walking across marble floors in worn out sidis is far more dangerous than the roads.
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      CommentAuthorBuffalo Bill
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2007 edited
     
    Yeah, I don't know, I guess it's personal. You get achilles problems with clipless, I get them without...

    Obviously, I started BEFORE clipless, so had been using clips and straps because of necessity not choice.

    When spds came along nearly everyone switched from clips and straps. So it's wierd to see people switching back. IYSWIM.
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      CommentAuthorPapa44
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2007
     
    i cut my achilles heel in half once with bear-trap pedals, the tendon hanging out looked a bit like chicken. i ended up with blood poisoning which led to a good kidney infection. ahh... those were the days. i ride spd's now and just deal with the knee problems.
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      CommentAuthornv55
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2007
     
    Adidas gazelles are good for getting in and out of clips and straps.
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2007 edited
     
    bill didn't you start before pneumatics? :wink:

    i guess it's just part of the retro thing, albeit a part with some practicality.

    @p44- OUCH!!! sounds fucking excruciating, 6 weeks in plaster?
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    Listen, when I started, we all had square wheels.
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      CommentAuthorPapa44
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2007
     
    it's true:

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      CommentAuthorPapa44
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2007
     
    @ sleepy: nah they wouldn't plaster it "because it would lead to infection", which i got anyway. i just had all these weird bandages with exciting names like zetrahydropoxical surgeon masking band. think i'll stick to trepanning in the future.
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      CommentAuthorBuffalo Bill
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2007 edited
     
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      CommentAuthorEye Man
    • CommentTimeOct 9th 2007 edited
     
    Here you go chap - plenty of vegan Odessa shoes here: Kateskates

    I just ordered a pair of these



    There are plenty of more colourful / patterned ones on there too
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2007
     
    fuck veganism, i want some of these:



    no idea what they're like for getting into clips n straps but they can't be any worse than those odessas that look more than a little wide [that's generally a bad thing btw]. they'd look wicked with my new tyres :bigsmile:
    • CommentAuthorlurkette
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2007
     
    but your tyres LOOK SHIT WITH YOUR BIKE. biter. like father, like son. biter of banana baby's goodness. hmpf. :fierce:
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2007
     
    technically, i introduced you to the wonder of riding a bicycle equipped with yellow tyres. so there :fingersear:
    • CommentAuthorlurkette
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2007
     
    introduced, for sure - look where your xmas gifts get you. however, you seem to missing the point. it's not about who had them first or what have you, because clearly i'd lose. the point is that i have a yellow bicycle NOW, therefore you (and anyone else i know) can NOT. :middlefinger:
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      CommentAuthorfromemory
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2008
     
    It's true, Adidas Gazelles slip into clips so nicely. I swear by em.

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