These are CLB Racer shoes from the 1970s - I have a CLB catalogue going up next week on Ebay that features them.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
Yannis Papaioannidis wrote:
> I' ve recently bought a set of Racer branded shoes, with spring loaded pads.
> The Racer logo is written the Mafac way but no Mafac on them.Just Racer,
> made in France, brevete (patent) and avant (front). They don't have the 4
> dots pattern but are finely grooved in this shape: XXXX
> I can send pics if you wish. The guy who sold them to me said they are the
> absolute Mafac shoes (effective and no squeaking).