1) Lorica is NOT leather.
2) My Dominators came in red with silver mesh. I attacked them with a black Sharpie pen to make them wearable without embarrassment, once they started to pink-out.
3) The all-black all-Lorica Dominators are hot, because they lack ventilation holes.
----Original Message Follows---- From: MasiGC3V@aol.com To: stevens@veloworks.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Classic shoes? Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:29:18 EST
In a message dated 3/29/01 9:12:44 AM Central Standard Time, stevens@veloworks.com writes:
> On those rare occasions when the vintage classics that have been restored to > all their glory get ridden ... what shoes do you ride? > > All I'll say on the subject is that the SIDI Dominator MTB shoe is a classic black leather shoe which, at least to the untrained eye, looks very retro/authentic. Purists will declare it blasphemy, heresy and apostasy but its one accommodation that some folks make. Keeps clips and straps fresh for showing off. Keeps the straps from rubbing in the crankarms, as well.
Regards,
Carlo Carr
New Orleans