Cycling shoes

citizen142

Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning cycling shoes.

The pair that I have are well over 25 years old - yes honestly. I don't wear
shoe plates and don't want too. Getting on a bit now so need some shoes that
are robust and comfortable to walk in up the 1 in 4's and 5's, 6, 7, 8 etc!
Would love to buy another pair of the ones that I have but I dare say the
company went out of business just as the last pyramid was being built! Can
you still get leather cycling shoes?

Cheers.

Richard Bates

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:12:08 -0000, "citizen142"
<citizen142@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning cycling shoes.
>
>The pair that I have are well over 25 years old - yes honestly. I don't wear
>shoe plates and don't want too. Getting on a bit now so need some shoes that
>are robust and comfortable to walk in up the 1 in 4's and 5's, 6, 7, 8 etc!
>Would love to buy another pair of the ones that I have but I dare say the
>company went out of business just as the last pyramid was being built! Can
>you still get leather cycling shoes?

I don't know. But - Modern shoes don't *need* shoeplates. You can
still use platform pedals with or without toe-clips/straps if you
like.

I guess mikedyason.com may have something such as you describe...


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"citizen142" <citizen142@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning cycling shoes.
>
> The pair that I have are well over 25 years old - yes honestly. I don't
> wear
> shoe plates and don't want too. Getting on a bit now so need some shoes
> that
> are robust and comfortable to walk in up the 1 in 4's and 5's, 6, 7, 8
> etc!
> Would love to buy another pair of the ones that I have but I dare say the
> company went out of business just as the last pyramid was being built! Can
> you still get leather cycling shoes?
>

Try these - from your description they should be similar to what you've been
using:

http://www.ariane-int.com/itmidx3.htm

They have synthetic soles, which your old ones may not have; leather soles
went out a good while ago!

HTH

Pete Biggs

citizen142 wrote:
> Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning cycling shoes.
>
> The pair that I have are well over 25 years old - yes honestly. I
> don't wear shoe plates and don't want too. Getting on a bit now so
> need some shoes that are robust and comfortable to walk in up the 1
> in 4's and 5's, 6, 7, 8 etc! Would love to buy another pair of the
> ones that I have but I dare say the company went out of business just
> as the last pyramid was being built! Can you still get leather
> cycling shoes?

www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?cat294.htm have a few traditional style
touring shoes in small sizes.

~PB

Tony Raven

citizen142 wrote:
> Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning cycling shoes.
>
> The pair that I have are well over 25 years old - yes honestly. I don't wear
> shoe plates and don't want too. Getting on a bit now so need some shoes that
> are robust and comfortable to walk in up the 1 in 4's and 5's, 6, 7, 8 etc!
> Would love to buy another pair of the ones that I have but I dare say the
> company went out of business just as the last pyramid was being built! Can
> you still get leather cycling shoes?
>

There is a company that still does leather cycling shoes - advertises in
the CTC magazine. If I remember the name or find a copy of the mag I'll
post it here

Tony

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers

>There is a company that still does leather cycling shoes - advertises in
>the CTC magazine.

Carnac do leather cycling shoes

http://www.ctcshop.com/product.jsp?style=29846

Considerably reduced in price in the CTC online shop.

Cheers, helen s


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Tony Raven

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
>>There is a company that still does leather cycling shoes - advertises in
>>the CTC magazine.
>
>
> Carnac do leather cycling shoes
>
> http://www.ctcshop.com/product.jsp?style=29846
>
> Considerably reduced in price in the CTC online shop.
>

Only in one size though. The ones I was thinking of were Reynolds Shoes
but I can't find an address or website for them. Sure somebody here
will have an address or you could try e-mailing the Mildenhall Cycle
Rally organisers (mark@burchett.org.uk) as they had a stand there.

Tony

James Thomson

"citizen142" <citizen142@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning cycling shoes.
>
> The pair that I have are well over 25 years old - yes honestly. I don't
> wear shoe plates and don't want too. Getting on a bit now so need
> some shoes that are robust and comfortable to walk in up the 1 in 4's
> and 5's, 6, 7, 8 etc! Would love to buy another pair of the ones that I
> have but I dare say the company went out of business just as the
> last pyramid was being built! Can you still get leather cycling shoes?

Reynolds Cycles in Bletchley have them made to order. Send an S.A.E. for
more information to:

Reynolds Cycles
5 Selbourne Avenue
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
MK3 5BX

or you could try

01908 647170

James Thomson

citizen142

Thanks to all that replied and gave me the clues to search the net.

The shoes I think that will suit me fine are Carnac Carlit 200. They are
made of leather, lace up and have a 'walking sole' - just the thing I need.
Think I will get them in the new year as there may be some price reductions
about - best price I could find on the net was £62.85 (size 45 = 9).

Once again many thanks.

Simon Brooke

in message <cq73rd$b6q$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, citizen142
('citizen142@NOSPAMhotmail.com') wrote:

> Thanks to all that replied and gave me the clues to search the net.
>
> The shoes I think that will suit me fine are Carnac Carlit 200. They
> are made of leather, lace up and have a 'walking sole' - just the
> thing I need.

Do try before you buy - some brands of cycling shoes are made on
infeasibly narrow lasts.

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David Martin

citizen142 wrote:
> Thanks to all that replied and gave me the clues to search the net.
>
> The shoes I think that will suit me fine are Carnac Carlit 200.
> (size 45 = 9).
>

Not on my planet. 9=43 (UK) or 41/42 (US)

Hope this helps avoiding you getting the wrong size.

...d

citizen142

Thanks for that. I checked on a comparison site - you are quite right.
Cheers.

Dave Larrington

Simon Brooke wrote:

> Do try before you buy - some brands of cycling shoes are made on
> infeasibly narrow lasts.

This is certainly true (can you say "Specialized"?) of some but Carnac seems
to be a name frequently mentioned when people enquire about wider shoes.
FWIW I've got two pairs and they are wide enough for my non-Shimano,
non-Specialized compatible plates.

They are, however, bloody freezing at the moment. Bah!

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