A shop here in madison has the new pearl izumi tri shoe. It seems very nice and fits like a slipper with lots of ventilation. Anyone actually used it on the road. I'm not sure I want to plunt down the $115 to test it myself.

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Kyle Handley

Can you post a picture of the "finished" product from Pearl Izumi? After seeing some prototype pictures it'd be nice to see the "finished goods."

I put a pair on and did a lap of our (very small) store. I was like, "There is no way I could run in these- they are like thick socks...". They did have enough cushioning though and my feet rode low enough in the footbed to be very stable. I could easily do 10K in them. I'm ever once of 170 lbs dressed and kitted out in full regalia. A marathon? Hmmm... Stay tuned...

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

compared to Sidi's and Carnac's tri-shoe and road shoes in general. I think Steve Larsen rode the "Vaper" (why it is spelled with an "e," I have no idea) shoe in NZ, and I think he had some input in the design of the PI road shoes. I'd

Tom, have you been drinking?

Anyone know where one can find pictures of these shoes?

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American's are definately infekting the world with there English grammer.

I meant to say "I'm every ounce of 170 lbs while kitted out in full regalia" In other words, with all my running stuff on. I just like the way "full regalia" sounds- It's not like I'm running around in a kilt or anything.... Nope, I don't have any pictures of the shoes handy and don't know how you post the darn pictures on this forum anyway. Sorry.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

"It's not like I'm running around in a kilt or anything..."

Bummer, Tom!!!!! I run around in my kilt in St. Patrick's Day races, much to the chagrin of all of the people dressed in green.

"Full Regalia"- I usually just call it "kit" (even though I am a Yank), but full regalia works fine.

You ought to investigate getting a good tartan plaid for your running kit. I never did figure out which clan's pattern used flourescent colours...

Ahhh, what do you wear under those things?

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Usually, I wear a thong with the English flag printed on it. This could get the ire of the Scots up. But on some St. Patrick's Day races, I wear an orange G-string, which I flash to the wearers o' the green. This usually really gets the Irish going, and increases the times of the field. I have my best 5K times when I am being chased down by angry, Irish Catholics*.



*I am not referencing Catholics by any derrogotory means, but we all know that wearing orange on St. Pat's Day in Boston is pretty much a death wish.

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You ought to investigate getting a good tartan plaid for your running kit. I never did figure out which clan's pattern used flourescent colours...[/reply]

Well, Mr. Bunny and others, I got into a bit of a row with a woman in another forum over the whole "tartan," kilts, and plaids in general. While she's a Yank, she was married to a Scot for quite some time and had more than a layman's understanding of the whole mess. She eventually sent me to this website:

http://www.scotclans.com/

While I don't think there are any clans that use flourescent colors in thier tartans, you can find all the tartans of Scotland.

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