Yes, I bet they'd look good with a old and battered Ventile jacket as well :)
Mark Lawrence Oxford United Kingdom
From: Neil Foddering [mailto:neilfoddering@hotmail.com] Sent: 05 August 2008 15:53 To: Mark Lawrence; Dr. Paul Williams; Classic Rendezvous Cc: letourneau.alain@gmail.com Subject: RE: [CR]Query on cycling shoes -Reynolds Shoes
I have two pairs of Reynolds, one of them a brown pair; I asked them if the y could make me a pair in brown, and they did so, at no extra cost. The br own shoes look better, in my opinion, with the brown whipcord touring short s I bought from Hebden Cord Co., and they also look right wiith my 1930's b ikes.
Incidentally, they charged me the same price as for the black ones.
Neil Foddering
Weymouth, Dorset, England
> From: mark.lawrence@firstreadthis.com
> To: castell5@sympatico.ca; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:43:45 +0100
> Subject: RE: [CR]Query on cycling shoes -Reynolds Shoes
> CC: letourneau.alain@gmail.com
>
> Hi Dr Paul,
>
> I bought a pair of Reynolds shoes a couple of months ago (www.reynoldssho
es
> .co.uk). I believe that they have updated the design considerably includi
n
> g padding and rubber treads.
>
> The main reason I bought them was because I wanted a pair of shoes that l
oo
> ked inconspicuous off the bike that had reasonably hard soles. The pictur
e
> on their website is unflattering, but not far off true life- they use mat
t
> leather and it's not particularly fine in terms of grain.
>
> They have what they describe as double leather soles. Actually, these are
> not true double leather (like the Tricker's shoes I normally wear for wor
k)
> , they only have a double thickness in the front area of the foot (not he
el
> and arch).
>
> The leather sole is also covered with a rubber tread which makes a good d
ea
> l of sense, since the metal of pedals eats leather soles pretty quickly.
U
> nless you are using plates, I wouldn't recommend using bare leather soles
(
> or carbon) soles with metal pedals.
>
> They are pretty good in terms of construction - I would have preferred a
tr
> aditional welted sole (again like the Tricker's shoes I normally wear for
w
> ork) as this makes sole replacement easier. Instead the Reynolds sole is
b
> onded with adhesives (like Carnac and Sidi shoes).
>
> I have a pair of Sidi Genius in Megawidth because my feet, like many in N
or
> thern Europe and the US, are significantly wider than Southern Europeans.
> The Sidi's are clipless and unbeatable for racing. The Reynolds are good,
> in fact they're 'double sole' design make them highly effective for touri
ng
> . The difference is that I wouldn't be seen dead walking around a church
o
> r an art gallery in Sidi's. At that point, the Reynolds shoes look just l
i
> ke any other pair of 'casual' shoe.
>
> Mark Lawrence
> Oxford
> United Kingdom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bo
un
> ces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Paul Williams
> Sent: 05 August 2008 10:52
> To: Classic Rendezvous
> Subject: [CR]Query on cycling shoes - from iBOB list
>
> For those who don't follow the iBOB list there is an interesting
> discussion of more traditional type touring shoes for clips and straps.
> Thoought a couple of the links might be of interest on CR too:
>
> http://www.albabici.com/
>
> (maybe not intended for clips but cool retro appearance and look like
> they will take a variety of other cleats - also available in silver!!!)
>
> http://reynoldsshoes.co.uk/
>
> (we all know these old standbys - didn't know they were still in
> operation)
>
>
>
>
> Paul B. Williams, BAH, MPhil, PhD
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> castell5@sympatico.ca
>
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