Shamelessly plugging: I have a pair of very little used Pearl Izumi road shoes, size 45, for sale cheap: make me an offer.
https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/ForSale# On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:30 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Those look very nice and if I were in the market for another SPD pair > for road use I'd consider them. As it is, I have put a few hundred > miles on the half-that-price Exustar touring shoe (I got mine from VO > that no longer carries them, but here you go: > > http://www.wabicycles.com/exustar_spd_shoes.html) > > and those are nice shoes: perhaps (to judge as far as one can just > from the Vittoria's photos) a bit more rugged but still leather, SPD > compatible and modest in their aesthetics. I wish I'd bought 45s > instead of 44s, but the leather has stretched a bit and doubtless will > continue to as long as the top of my left big toe continues mildly to > complain. > > And of course there are Dromarti and Quoc Pham. > > I agree with the observation, "carbon disasters." I was interested to > note that the Exustar Touring Shoe above does not weigh all that much > more than some of Exustar's SR 243 cycling shoe at $230, carbon fiber > soles and 578 grams versus the tourer's 655 grams and $100 cost. (But > doubtless the 243 is more laterally stiff and vertically compliant > and, truth be told, it doesn't look all *that* bad.) > > Now these interest me, for the Keo Maxes on my Riv fixie gofast: > > http://www.wabicycles.com/exustar_track_shoes.html > > Speaking of the Wabi website en haute: is that our very own Harth > Huffman of Wabi Woolens, or is someone sharing the name? > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Kris <kkjellqu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Any opinions on these shoes? I have no desire to give up clipless >> pedals, but I am also finding cycling shoes more and more obnoxious. >> They are either a $350 carbon disaster or a massive "touring" shoe >> that seems more suited for hiking. >> >> I love the look of these Vittoria shoes and the SPD compatibility. >> The price seems excessive. >> >> http://publicbikes.com/p/Vittoria-1976-Mens-Cycling-Shoe >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW > patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com > > A billion stars go spinning through the night > Blazing high above your head; > But in you is the Presence that will be > When all the stars are dead. > (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
