{"id":3404,"date":"2011-04-30T23:25:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T03:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2011-04-30T23:25:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T03:25:04","slug":"clearance-bike-shoes-2010-specialized-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/30\/clearance-bike-shoes-2010-specialized-comp\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearance Bike Shoes (2010 Specialized Comp)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My current bike shoes are 2.5 years old and getting a bit stretched and beat up, so I’ve been thinking about replacing them with a pair of Specialized-brand shoes because I’ve heard good things from a number of friends about how well their Body Geometry<\/a> products fit. (I’ve also been very happy with their Phenom saddle<\/a>, another BG product.)<\/p>\n

On Friday I stopped into Fraser Bicycle and Fitness<\/a> to pick up another Feedback Sports RAKK<\/a> and while there I noticed that they had a number of last year’s shoes on clearance, including a pair of Specialized MTB shoes in my size for 50% off. Being ~$70 instead of ~$140 made it an easy choice. The shoes I ended up with are 2010 Comp MTB Shoe<\/a>, in brown, size 46. They can be seen above fitted with toe studs, brand new Crank Brothers Eggbeater cleats<\/a>, and Crank Brothers Shoe Shields<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of adjusting them I removed the toe studs and moved the cleats up about 10mm, roughly two marks on the bottoms of the shoes. While I like the idea of the toe studs they make walking prohibitively difficult and I don’t think I’m likely to find myself in a situation where they are needed. I might install them for a cyclocross race in the fall, but otherwise I think they’ll stay off the shoes.<\/p>\n

Hopefully I’ll have a chance to try them out for actual trail riding and see how they work. The uppers of these seem quite a bit stiffer than my previous shoes so hopefully that won’t be a bother. I don’t remember what the Sidis were like when I got them, but I don’t remember them being quite this stiff. Hopefully this won’t be a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My current bike shoes are 2.5 years old and getting a bit stretched and beat up, so I’ve been thinking about replacing them with a…<\/p>\n

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