I bought a pair of Bedrocks at the beginning of the warm weather this year in the Hudson Valley. Previously I had a pair from Merrell that I liked a lot, but they both broke in the same place (a plastic loop that the heel strap goes through) and after the second time, I never sent them back.
I like the Bedrocks--I have the Cairn 3d -- but on longer rides I was having numbness issues and fatigue. I repaired the Merrells with Duct Tape and use those for longer rides, such as my recently completed D2R2. Out of curiousity-- I'm generally not interested in weight-- I threw each pair on the kitchen scale. The Bedrocks were about a half pound heavier for the set. I'm thinking maybe the weight plus the thong have something to do with it. But I'm continuing to break them in and I am inching up the mileage, because I do like them. A friend bought the non-molded ones at the same time and he says he had some kind of allergic reaction to the material, so I may be able to compare the thin vs thick soon. The only drawback with the BR is, no socks. The Merrells have two over the foot straps and a heel strap, so I can wear those into the colder months. On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 7:08:45 PM UTC-4, Leaf Slayer wrote: > > I've never been a fan of flip flops because of the toe piece. It bothered > me at first on the BR but really, that lasted for about 5 minutes into my > first 15 minute walk in them. I just did a 40 mile ride in them today and > yet again they were perfect. I will now where them to go get coffee and run > some errands. > > Not to derail things but just want to put in a plug for MUSA shorts. I > have 2 pair that are both about 10yrs old and they remain the most > comfortable cycling shorts I own. I want to like my cut off Ben's but they > just don't cut it for anything over 10 miles. > > --mike > > On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 1:08:41 PM UTC-7, Neil Doran wrote: >> >> Has anybody tried the Bedrocks and found that the toe strap configuration >> bothers their feet? That is the problem with my current set of Chacos, I >> find the 'toe noose' very uncomfortable. I love the thick sole of the >> Chacos for riding, but a lighter sandal also sounds quite nice. Just don't >> know if I would be equally bothered by the Bedrock retention system. >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d1780164-b374-47a4-a061-3a72c1d44b9d%40googlegroups.com.
