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Do you want tri shoes or road shoes?

Sidi T1 (from 1998)

I know someone who still wears those shoes..... Can there be two of you? Do I know you?

I can't recommend the DMT KR1 highly enough from a comfort perspective. I've worn top of the line Sidi, Shimano, Bont and Gaerne and these are the most comfortable shoe I have ever worn especially without socks in a triathlon. You will have to put them on in transition but they feel so good to ride in. Note they are very airy so wouldn't be a great winter shoe without an overshoe.

https://www.dmtcycling.com/en/road/dmt-kr1

21 years! That's awesome. My SIDI road shoes are 9 years old and still going strong. I liked them so much I got a pair of SIDI tri shoes a couple years ago. Neither are the top of the line model, but the quality is still outstanding.

I am finally replacing mine after 21 years!

Good grief!

Not for triathlon unless modifications made - my shoes for the last 4 years have been the Giro Empire ACC and then SLX. I only ride a road bike these days. Had the ACC for two years - now they are my indoor trainer shoes, and use the SLX's outdoors. I tend to replace my cycling shoes every 2 - 3 years.

If you want a shoe for both tri and road - I would look to one of the boa closure road models, that you can get on and off on the fly easily. Note not all of them you can.

General advice on cycling shoes - like saddles it's very individual what fits/works for YOU. That being said - this is an area, as well as the whole shoe, cleat, pedal complex, that I would not go cheap on or at least take the time to get things right. Don't forget - this is where all of YOUR energy and effort is transferred TO the bike!!

I ride with Speedplay too.

My food with is between regular and wide, so I'm sensitive to narrow shoes. I've gone through these shoes:

- Bontrager Hilo (3-bolt, tri straps): Narrow and hurt on long rides, to the point that during an IM I pulled over to take them off for a few minutes. Full disclosure, I may have had a size too small. Liked them otherwise because they were light and well vented.
- Louis Garneau Tri-300 (3-bolt; tri straps): wider and incredibly comfortable. Never had numbness or pain with these during ironman races. Well vented, but a bit bulkier and taller stack because of the sole ventilation.
- Bont Zero+ (speedplay sole; single BOA): I got the wide, which fit perfectly. They look aero but also bulky because the sole wraps around the foot. Not nearly as comfortable as the LG above, even after several molding tries and several different insoles (LG and Bontrager inForm). No easy way to do a flying mount with these but I wouldn't want to wear them without socks for 5 hours anyway.
- Gaerne G.Kona (speedplay sole; tri straps): Comfort similar to LG but slightly narrower. Even less stack than the Bont speedplay sole, light, and atractively small form factor. Not much visible ventilation but they don't feel hot. Looking forward to leaving the shoes on my bike for T1 again.

The Louis Garneau and Gaerne's have been my favorites.

...21 years!

Good grief- 21 years! The velcro fails on mine after 5 years or so.