Retro footwear

Ian Raleigh · Sep 26, 2012

ScillySuffolk":1roy1jza said:
if only I didn't have Sasquatch sized feet...

What style of shoe are you looking for ? Velcro? Lace up? Stiff plastic sole? Leather sole?

What size are you ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vittoria-Nero ... 029wt_1037

bugloss · Sep 27, 2012

ScillySuffolk":3medf7ph said:
So does anyone still make shoes to use with toeclips?

I bought some new Detto Pietro wooden sole shoes the other day from a guy on LFGSS

€100.00 posted lovely shoes.

Old Ned · Sep 27, 2012

Ian Raleigh":16b5c5a9 said:
ScillySuffolk":16b5c5a9 said:

So does anyone still make shoes to use with toeclips?

Click to expand...

This guy on ebay sells some nice retro shoes, He is in France though.......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Cycling-/7294 ... hoes&rt=nc

That's a good find. I used to like the Rivat CX boots, especially for winter.

bugloss · Sep 27, 2012

Here's the link

http://www.lfgss.com/thread82010.html

burrotaxi · Sep 27, 2012

Nike Roubaix

I considered a number of options including the Quoc Pham but in the end bought a pair of Nike Roubaix, seem OK, they have a velcro fixing, the fit is on the small side but they slide into conventional quills and toe clips nicely and as they are all black leather look the part with an old steel bike if you don't look too closely.

Old Ned · Sep 27, 2012

bugloss":9qznj4pv said:
Here's the link

http://www.lfgss.com/thread82010.html

Must be a later model, the ones I had in the 80's had black soles with no trace of graining. I must admit they were a super shoe BITD, stiff and great for distance riding.

burrotaxi · Sep 27, 2012

Nike Roubaix

I considered a number of options including the Quoc Pham but in the end bought a pair of Nike Roubaix, seem OK, they have a velcro fixing, the fit is on the small side but they slide into conventional quills and toe clips nicely and as they are all black leather look the part with an old steel bike if you don't look too closely.

ScillySuffolk · Sep 27, 2012

Bugloss how did you find them size-wise?

Are they smaller than the labelled size, as you'd expect with Italian shoes?

rusty bodie · Sep 28, 2012

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-VINTAGE-A ... _803wt_954

these old adidas eddy merckx were the business - i remember trying them for the first time and being AMAZED at how easily those weird looking cleats slotted into the back of the pedal and i was OFF!!

simple pleasures back in those days....

fiks · Sep 28, 2012

I used to wear Arturo shoes when I started cycling, and amazingly they're still available:

http://www.williamlennon.co.uk/footwear ... -shoe.html

although I remember mine were more sleek looking, the pic on their website looks quite clunky. Another actual (not "retro") traditional touring shoe is:

http://reynoldsshoes.co.uk/

Both are not racing shoes, they go better with plus fours and woolly jumpers.

rusty bodie":39xjtcv0 said:
sidi cyclesport with white tennis socks over the top - that gave the kind of cool look like you were a top amateur in the manchester wheelers or EVEN a PRO like phil!!!

They look like bootees. Of the top of my head, I think Anderson used to wear Le Coq Sportif shoes, which had a white triangle by the ankle.

Here's a pic of Hinault with the 'white socks over shoes' look.

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