My first real shoes were a pair of Dutch made Medalists, flat black, flat steel leather covered soles and flat out the most comfortable riding shoes I ever had. I used a pair of TA short nail on cleats, and luckily I had an Italian cobbler in the neighborhood who knew what the shoes were and how the cleats were to be attached. I continually tried other touring and racing shoes available then (Dettos, Sidi, Batas, ad infinitum) but nothing let me ride as long and with less foot numbness than those Medalists. Eventually they stopped making them, the tops rotted out on my pair and I gave them up. I believe I got them through the Palo Alto cycling catalog. Wish I had bought 10 pairs. Anyone got a pair in 46?
Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
REClassicBikes@aol.com wrote:
My first real cycling shoes were Vittorias and they came in the same box as the pair on ebay that Lynne was looking at.
I so loved cycling then, that i could just sit and stare at the box lid, whilst polishing the shoes. Complete bliss. When ever I think of cyclist climbing that is the picture in my mind.
The shoes i had were wooden soled witha cork insert. I once rode into the back of a parked car during a race. i snapped the sole of that wooden shoe clean in half and it must have been half an inch thick. hate to think what would have happened to my foot without the shoe.
I glued it back together. i think i still have them some where.
Martin Coopland, Scotland, BatesBicycles.com
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