Avia Peter, size 13E, at Wal-Mart. I'm on my 3rd pair. I get about 1500 miles on each pair before the spikes wear the soles down to the point that my fit is altered. Other people may be able to get more mileage out off them that don't weigh 260 and climb out of the saddle frequently.
I will reiterate my prior guidance that these shoes are not comfortable for walking around in, so caveat emptor. I don't make a habit of shopping at Wal-Mart, but my wife likes to go there so one day I wandered over into the shoe department. I first tried the $13.99 Starter shoes but those were chewed up by the spikes in the thin gripsters very quickly. So after that I tried these Avias because they felt like they had a stiffer sole and they have worked out. If these Avias are too lowbrow for some folks, I have an alternate suggestion. I did once ride a 200k on borrowed New Balance cross trainers a few years back. I had left my SPD shoes at home, which was 110 miles away from the ride start. The only shoes I had for the trip were sandals that I was not comfortable using on the bike. The New Balance shoes were very comfortable both on and off the bike. Also used plastic department store pedals for that 200k haha. I had an extra pair of them in my bag just in case. Oh the things you get into riding your Rivendell... :-D On Jul 2, 2014 1:16 AM, "lungimsam" <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim, > 1. Where do you get those Avids for $20? > Which model? Their website shows a lot of cross trainer models. > 2. Also, did you find you had to make an adjustment to your seatpost after > installing thin gripsters? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
