Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
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Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:50 pm
as a noobie who is looking at his first tri I am wondering about transitions and it has dawned on me I might need a different pair of cycling shoes?
I currently have a pair of shimano r86's similar to these
http://www.this link is broken/shimano-r087-ro ... ing-shoes/
But should I get a pair like these with the velcro strap?
http://www.this link is broken/shimano-tr31-tr ... ing-shoes/
I guess I am wonedring what people's adivice is over transition in getting into your shoes and getting out of them. I did think I just put them on but I can imaging it would be a bit of a bugger running in them and you dont want to foul up the cleats.
Any advice on this from those more experinced to myself would be greatly appreciated
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Re: Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
Postby whitey » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:10 pm
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Re: Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:44 pm
Better people have a laugh at my dodgy running style in my shoes than me falling over at zero kph
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Re: Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
Postby SeditionTrial » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:50 pm
Re: tri shoe vs normal road shoe: I dont think they are any easier to walk / run in, just have a single velcro strap instead of a triple. That's cos the fast triathletes leave their shoes clipped into their pedals and run barefoot through transitions, and put their shoes on after they have mounted the bike outside of transitions. So in short, I don't think you need new shoes. I will be trying my next event in normal road shoes, but don't plan to leave them clipped on the bike into and out of transition.
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Re: Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
Postby Wayfarer » Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:10 pm
When you're riding, you should take one foot out and put it on the shoe, then do the same for the other, so your feet are on the shoes when you ride into the 'dismount' area. Then sprint to the bike rack and hang it up. There's more important things to worry about than some shoes banging about on the pedals!-Stefan- wrote:How do you run back into T2 with your shoes on the pedals? You don't struggle because the shoes are 'dangling' around on your bike?
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Re: Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
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Re: Regular Cycling Shoes Vs Tri-Cycling Shoes?
Postby johnnyc » Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:29 am
As already mention, you generally jog in your feet with the shoes on the bike.mark field wrote:sorry in advance for the thread hijack- so ,how does it work, ive got tri shoes as my regular, but im wondering do you get out from the swim leg and run to your bike and change your gear at your bike or run to your gear, get changed for the transition and leg it to your wheels and then head off? if you need to run in your shoes to the bike, cant you wear cleat savers and take them off when you get to your bike so you dont chew them up?
I recently tried running in my shoes (sans cleat savers) and went to turn into the transition area and axed myslef hard when my cleat slipped on the concrete. (ouchies).
Cleat savers would need to be removed prior to getting on the bike (as there is always a run bit) then sto9wed, then put back on for the run bit back to transition. Too much fiddling I think
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