Rich asked me earlier how I was getting on with my new shoes, my reply being that the weather hasn’t been nice enough to venture out in them. This seemed like a rubbish excuse so having finished various trips to the post office/pet shop/supermarket on the pompino I changed into my new shoes and headed out to get an ice cream :)
First impressions are good. Very comfortable, the ratchet is really nice to use and they have a lovely stiff sole. Obviously a quick ice cream ride isn’t a very thorough test of them so I will report back after I’ve done a few long rides in them.
Now you need to start shaving.
Err, no :)
See, now I just want a pair. They put my silver Nike’s to shame. :-)
And Tom, thanks for reminding me. I haven’t done them since before the accident. :-)
The white RXLs are a bit OTT for me, I’ll probably settle for silver RLs.
Tried a pair of Race ones on and didn’t like the fit at all, the instep arch was way too high. I came away with a pair of Northwave Typhoon SBS shoes instead.
Oh well, I guess everyone has different feet. I don’t find the instep arch too high at all, seems very similar to my Spesh Pro Carbon mtb shoes which feel super comfortable. Both much better than my Sidi road shoes which have a virtually flat instep.
You can get different insoles in the US to cope with different shaped feet, except they aren’t bringing them over here this year. Rumour has it they might bring them over next year though.