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Submitted by
Ray
a Weekend Warrior
from Philadelphia
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | They've held up pretty well after many miles. They're also pretty comfortable. | | Weaknesses: | These babies are uuugly. Also, you have to come up with something to get the laces out of the way. I wrap them once under the soles before tying. | | Similar Products Used: | None. | | Bike Setup: | Use for both touring and road cycling. | | Bottom Line: | I have long feet and they're pretty narrow too, and these things look like skis. Maybe it's just the larger sizes. They've been solid shoes, otherwise - they're easy to walk in and are pretty comfortable. The sole is probably not as stiff as many shoes, and they're not light, but not too heavy either. But yeah, ugly. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris stark
a Cross Country Rider
from Westford, MA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Bear Mt. / Moose Lake NY | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Well...They have lasted me for over 5 1/2 years now and they are still going strong. Comfortable and can stand up to anything (even 2,500 miles of mud). | | Weaknesses: | No lace covers/straps, so tuck em in. Thats about it. | | Similar Products Used: | Time (old school) | | Bike Setup: | 2001 GT avalanche 1.0, I think every component has been changed and does not match but hey its a mountain bike not a Lexus. | | Bottom Line: | If you are able to buy these shoes still, get em! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim
a Cross Country Rider
from Ames, IA, UA
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | BicycleBuys.com | | Strengths: | Looks good, tough shoe, holds up well to most punishment. Good still sole. | | Weaknesses: | Wish there was something to hold the laces down, I have to tuck them into my shoe. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Tahoe ATB | | Bottom Line: | Great shoe for new SPD riders and a good value too. If you're really going to put the shoe to the test, buy more comfortable insoles. I used these for just about 2 months and they hurt my feet like crazy. I'll probably put a new insole in them and use them for a commuter shoe now, since they do look pretty good. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bernard
a
from Israel
Date Reviewed: February 6, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Strengths: | comfortable !
extremely good fit, great for walking, even on pavement, and of course for riding with and without cleats. | | Weaknesses: | No solution for tying shoelaces away from chain, need to be tied to cross laces or other original solutions. | | Bike Setup: | XC hardtail + wellgo SPD | | Bottom Line: | worth every $ | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Cross Country Rider
from SF, CA, US
Date Reviewed: November 4, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | skeggs | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | Nice styling for my taste. Not too garish, not too plain. Definitely a stealth bike shoe.
Stiff enough for hard riding but comfortable for all-day wear. | | Weaknesses: | Probably won't stand up to long-term XC abuse. I don't take mine offroad. | | Similar Products Used: | Look MTB shoes, olde Shimano | | Bike Setup: | purple & white fixed gear frankenbike baby!
also a Specialzed FSR for the trails. | | Bottom Line: | These are my commuter shoes. I've used them every workday for a year and I really like them. Usually I'll wear them all day at work, and only the clacking noise from walking on pavement gives them away as bike shoes.
Nashbar has 'em cheap I believe.
Side note: the multi-release Shimano SPD cleats that I bought for these are terrible for off-road riding! They release too easily. Having grown used to the original "single-release" cleat, I hate the multi-release. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hennie Lacock
a Cross Country Rider
from Bloemfontein South Africa
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Rhodes - South Africa | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclopede | | Strengths: | Looks very nice. Sole is pretty stiff enough. Fits my foot like a glove. Takes the punnishment I give it! | | Weaknesses: | Would have liked it if the shoe-lace was coverder or protected in a way, now I have to tuck it in next to my foot. | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX-890 Shimano Deore group-set. | | Bottom Line: | I use these shoes with Wellgo WPD-813 SPD's and I must tell you, the combination for me works like a bomb! I'm doing cross-country as well as road with these shoes and never had a complaint against them, for the relatively low price, you'd have to go far to beat them! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gordon Evans
a Cross-Country Rider
from St. Louis Mo
Date Reviewed: October 9, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
cheap
good fitting | | Weaknesses: |
doesn't hold up very good | | Bike Setup: |
Homegrown, sid sl
747's | | Bottom Line: | After undergoing surgery on my left foot in 1998, these were the only bike shoes I could stand to wear. They are not the best but the do work and the look pretty good. I've since had custom Shimano's made. I would recomend yhat over these shoes if you have an odd foot shape. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
apple
a Cross-Country Rider
from newark, DE
Date Reviewed: July 10, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
middle run | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
comfy for people with bizzare feet...and they look FINE too | | Weaknesses: |
they may not hold up to serious abuse | | Similar Products Used: |
none...this is my first set of clipless | | Bike Setup: |
smart wool or death...well maby just blisters | | Bottom Line: | i have strange feet, very narrow in the heel...vrey wide in the front, and these fit better than ANY shoe i have ever had. it's hard to say, however, weather the shoes will be able to stand up to the mutant foot abuse. judging by the looks of the overall construction i wouldn't bet on it. four stars just because i'm so tickled by how well they fit...five if they last for a year! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Cross-Country Rider
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: June 15, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Price, comfort, looks | | Bottom Line: | A sneaker-like 'croozer' shoe for motoring around town. Cleat pocket is pretty deep, no 'skritching' with SPUDs. Feel very nice, very laid back, cool style. | | Overall Rating: |
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