Rocky M wrote:
I used them some years ago & they fell apart on the bottom rubber front part of the carbon. It was like a rubber strip along the sole of the shoes, front half of the shoes on the underside where the upper meets the sole. I was hoping the lightness and stiffness would be an improvement for my cycling and did the custom stuff as prescribed in the order process. What I found was they were way too stiff and hurt my feet. The above part dried out and crumbled. I'm sure they're still usable, and just need that walking tread replaced. I asked a guy I saw with a Rocket 7 shirt & asked him about it. Apparently he was the owner and they are still in business. He said to send them back. Honestly, I find the Specialized Tri Vent shoes I have (red and black), to be infinitly more comfortable at a fraction of the cost, and notice my cycling is as good as any other shoes I've worn. I've found Shimano shoes to feel a bit too "flexy" in the sole.
Do you want a pair of Rocket 7's size 11 (narrow B width) for SUPER cheap? Used 1 season and they sat in the garage ever since. They have Speedplay slots on the bottom only. Heck, I'll sell them super cheap to ya...
I used to have a pair from them about 15 years ago. I'd say I got a solid four years of riding out of them before they started to fail in similar ways to what you describe.
I'm not interested in them for light weight etc, rather because almost every shoe out there is painful for me to wear. I have a very wide mid-foot. Only shoes that have felt OK over the past few years are an old worn in pair of Shimano TR-60's. I've tried various Bont shoes, but even in their wide models I just find them uncomfortable in general. Specialized are too narrow in mid-foot just like almost every other shoe I've tried. I think the Shimano TR9's are close to being OK, but the toe box height is lower than the TR-60's and my big toe rubs the top pretty hard in them :(
As I was typing the above, the owner of R7 messaged me online and just spoke to him on the phone, that's pretty good service. :)
Just need to decide if 'semi-custom' will be good enough to solve my foot issues, it is a crush box and tracing, rather than the cast molding of the full custom.
Cheers