Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
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Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby humanbeing » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:35 am
I know they're cheaper online but I want to try and buy shoes in Sydney so they fit.
I'm particularly interested in Sidi, but any other recommendations and where to go for a good range and reasonable price?
Budget around $300 or so. City, Inner West and East location.
Cheers,
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby humanbeing » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:57 pm
Sounds good, i really want to try a variety to see what the best fit is, and i have a wide foot.
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby dale79 » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:41 pm
they have the biggest range of shimano, sidi, DMT and a few other brands i have seen..humanbeing wrote:Cheers!
Sounds good, i really want to try a variety to see what the best fit is, and i have a wide foot.
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby goneriding » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:14 pm
Depends on who you talk to in there. I find Tank and John the best for advice.george-bob wrote:cell bikes in annandale has a decent range of shimano and sidi. the staff didnt seem to know a lot, but the kit was there if you know what you are after.
Have a look at Bicycle Garage and Ashfield Cycles as well.
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby humanbeing » Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:21 pm
Cell is not far from me so easy to check out.
Who stocks Bont? Research suggests they might be hard to come by in a LBS.
Anyone been to Wooly's Wheels in Paddington? Their site suggests a fair range of Sidi, including the Mega for wide feet at reasonable prices.
I might give them a bell.
Thanks again,
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby sparkyscott » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:46 pm
After having told the guy I was ready to drop $400+ on a pair of Sidis, he sat me down and I got my first pair to try. Took all of 30 seconds to see they didn't fit. Meanwhile, someone he knew walked in and he went for a chat - no prob, I will wait.
After the chat, he came back and gave me another pair to try. I was trying to explain what I wanted and for what use they'd be put. With him staring around the store, I was beginning to gather that there wasn't a whole lot of interest on his part.
Then after the third pair he left me to try (none of which corresponded to what I asked for - "just try them on for size"), he leaves me for a walk-in who wanted to know everything there was to know about frame pumps.
Twenty mins later (no exaggeration), the guy doesn't buy a pump and leaves, as he was not able to get one for "less than 10 bucks".
my friendly assistant sees me still patiently waiting, but decides to go to a far more interesting young group of three, who appear be his friends... Judging by their talk of what they were going to get up to that night.
At that point, I quietly take my things, still not managing to get his attention, I walked out - he didn't even notice - and there was a wasted trip and lesson learned never to set foot in there again.
I wanted to buy the damn shoes, had the cash and my old shoes with me, for comparison fit - and got stuff all for my trouble. I'm all for giving people a break and understanding they can all have "off days", however, i got the feeling that his heart just wasn't in it with me...
I don't want to buy them online, I want to try them on and don't mind paying a little more for "service".
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby humanbeing » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:52 am
But luckily the good out weighs the bad
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby jasonc » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:59 am
size 48 isn't big - it's normal isn't it? well i think sodale79 wrote:i have a big foot (size 48) and they had 15 pairs to try on. i settled on some DMT's!!
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby twizzle » Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:16 pm
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby humanbeing » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:24 pm
Wiggle have in stock my size (according to the Bont size chart) A1 shoes for $250.
Arrrgggh!
Cheers,
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby twizzle » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:38 pm
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby goneriding » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:52 pm
Just Sydney? I think you'd be able to expand that statement quite considerably!humanbeing wrote:Cheers, going to visit CBD bike stores Saturday. However Clarence St Cyclery has to be the most expensive bike shop in Sydney
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby humanbeing » Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:42 pm
I think you're right.goneriding wrote:Just Sydney? I think you'd be able to expand that statement quite considerably!humanbeing wrote:Cheers, going to visit CBD bike stores Saturday. However Clarence St Cyclery has to be the most expensive bike shop in Sydney
Continental GP4000s $90 each
Rent must be expensive.
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby herzog » Wed Dec 05, 2012 5:49 pm
The irony of all this is that Australians on average have wider feet than Europeans. The ski boot distributors realized this years ago and imported the wider fitting designs.twizzle wrote:I'm really pissed. I'm trying to find wide shoes, I really wanted to try out the Bont A3's, but the Australian distributor won't even respond to emails. I've managed to find some Shimano's in wide from the U.K., which I'll take a risk on, but it pisses me off that unless you are 'average', the retailers won't even try.
In bike shoes, Sidi's are a very narrow fit. They make a wider "Mega" range but its rare to find these in stock in a B&M store.
And they wonder why everyone's buying off c r c and Wiggle.
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby sparkyscott » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:16 pm
The way that some carried on, you really wouldn't know they were doing it tough in an uncertain retail environment.twizzle wrote:... but customer service is definitely not high on the list of priorities for retailers or distributors in Australia.
Fortunately, there are some good 'uns around, that keep us coming back.
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby Xplora » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:28 pm
It's feeling like there is likely 1-2 shops in Sydney that could realistically sell what you want if it's a 300+ item.
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Re: Road Shoes? Sydney shopping
Postby humanbeing » Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:33 am
Thanks for that, is a trip to the factory a realistic idea?Xplora wrote:I've spoken to GKA *Bont distro* a week or two ago, and they said that Renegade Cycles in Lane Cove and Cheeky Transport in Randwick were the ticket. They also suggested Clarence St Cyclery but a call to the store confirmed that they were getting out of them. Renegade said they had sizes 42 up? I think it's just about at a point where a trip to Kingsgrove to visit the Factory might be a better plan.
It's feeling like there is likely 1-2 shops in Sydney that could realistically sell what you want if it's a 300+ item.
Going to call, Cheeky Monkey in Randwick, Renegade and Bont.
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