Shimano 2005 Sandals (SD60)

[mtbdarby]

And if you have big feet, here's a steal at $56! :

http://www.piermontbike.com/istar.asp?a=6&id=SH-SD60!SHI&csurl=/istar.asp?a%3D3%26dept%3DCLOSEO%26class%3DSHOES%26sortby%3DPRICE%26numperpage%3D20%26pos%3D0


I'm spending too much time shopping again...

[Nanci]

I wore my new sandals on their first century (third ride ever!) Saturday: 3-State 3-Mountain. Since it was in the 50's when I started, and I knew there was going to be a fast descent in the first 20 miles, I wanted to wear my Calientoes toe warmers, but they wouldn't fit over the sandals. I improvised, and wore them over my socks inside the sandals, and they worked just fine.

This is the first Century where I wasn't dying to take off my shoes and walk around barefoot starting at 60 miles. No hot spots, barely any intermittent tingling...It's going to be hard to go back to shoes ever! My feet felt great for the entire ride.

Nanci

[Barb]

Oh great, now I gotta get some! I wonder if I return all the bottles and cash in my change............

[Nanci]

They are _so_ worth it. I would recommend them to BF, who is always in bike shoe agony, but if he can't figure out that when they say you need "stiff" shoes, it means the soles, not the uppers (hence his disdain for the Sidi Genius I bought him, and returned!!) then he for sure isn't going to go for sandals...

Relatively speaking, anyway, the sandals are cheap, too!!

Nanci

[Lise]

I got my sandals! You should've seen my face when I figured out that I needed to put cleats in them...and then when I remembered that I have a spare pair of cleats! Tonight I managed to pry off the rubber cover (harder than it looks), and put on the cleats. Unfortunately, it's 41 degrees and raining here, so I won't be wearing them on the bike just yet. They feel good just walking around the house though. Thanks again for your help, Nanci.

L.

[Nanci]

That was lucky you had cleats! I had a spare set too that I found when I found all the stuff when I was searching for my shock pump. Found a brand new set of cleats, a brand new pair of gel gloves, and a brand new set of XT skewers (that I can really use on my spare MTB, since one of its skewer's springs got killed, and it has crap skewers, anyway).

It _is_ hard to get the rubber off the sandals, I was sure I was going to stab myself. Usually it's not that bad.

I'm wearing mine on a sunny/85F 200k tomorrow. Maybe I'll even get to take my socks off! It's supposed to be 60 when I start!

[Lise]

It _is_ hard to get the rubber off the sandals, I was sure I was going to stab myself. Usually it's not that bad.

I'm wearing mine on a sunny/85F 200k tomorrow. Maybe I'll even get to take my socks off! It's supposed to be 60 when I start!

I know, I am famous for stabbing or cutting my own hands while doing simple tasks around the house. Since I USE my hands to deliver babies and do pap smears and stuff, and wash them about 5,000 times a day, this is a bit of a problem! So I was very, very careful, and managed to injure neither myself nor the sandals.

Have a great time on the ride. It is so cold and gross here, you can't even believe it. And I've lived here, or further north, all my life. ARGH! L.

[LauraPaura]

YEEEHAAA!!!
i'm finally getting my pair on Friday! The downside is that it's now below 10 degrees celcius here and it will rain as well on Friday..

Oh well, I'll just wear them inside then

[Nanci]

Someone told me to make sure to put sunscreen on my feet, even though all I ever wear is sandals or barefoot. Boy, I should have listened...

Nanci