I also wasn't after expensive but as I am blessed with feet like a penguin, the only shoes I found to fit the feet were Boa type by Lake :-)
Alternatives to lace-up shoes...
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midlandsgrimpeur
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Not daft. Yes, you can back off the tension. Most people will pull the dial out and loosen the whole shoe but you don't need to do that.
midlandsgrimpeur
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I wear Lake's, best shoes I have ever had. Expensive as you say, but last for years. Found mine well worth the investment.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Same here. Velcro, ratchet and the newer BOA system. All good.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Psst, I can recommend Winter boots. So good I have 3 pairs of Shimano ones.
Definitely, I've got the Shimano mw502. The lace system on them is a kind of 'strangle toggle', which doesn't feel that reassuring to me.
Profpointy
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I have a pair of double monks, which are a little racy compared to my more respectable brogues or oxfords. Quite comfy and I only have to undo the one buckle
Are they cycling shoes?
Profpointy
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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At least you usually don't need the front velcro straps, I use just the ratchet. I had a lovely pair of Spesh Pro Road shoes, super stiff and comfy, but over the many years I had them, the plastic components where the ratchet attached disintegrated, and cracked. Shame, but I did get over 15 years out of them.
PS - Pricing for BOA - I picked up some Shimano XC3 MTB shoes, the lower model, with BOA, for about £60. They look like road shoes, but have the tread - handy on a 'road' bike. You can get BOA equipped shoes quite cheaply if you wait for sales. The 'expensive' BOA Shimano MW7's I have - I bought them used for about £100 - normal price is £200. Plenty of barely used shoes on ebay - a good wash in the washing machine, and they are like new. Very easy to check condition if the seller shows the pictures of the underside of the shoes.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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I have two MW7's and an RW5 - it's the outer layer/top velcro strap that secures the foot. My newer MW7 are BOA.
You reminded me of my dad. He had toe clips on his bike and would cycle to school (he was deputy head) in his suit and oxford brogues. Well when he didn't choose to walk to work (only 1.7 miles!)
straas
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I've got laced for my commuter and I hate them - faff to put on and off, can't tighten when riding, look rubbish and always have a low level concern of laces in the chain and a spectacular off. I'm not sure why I got them (must have been very cheap!)
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I spent some time recently looking for non lace up shoes that were SPD 2 bolt but not clumpy studded MTB ones. I didn't find any that I liked and stuck with Bontrager SSR multisport lace-ups.
I'd be interested in what relatively lightweight, walkable non-lace-up 2 bolt shoes people are using
I'd be interested in what relatively lightweight, walkable non-lace-up 2 bolt shoes people are using
presta
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I've never used cycling shoes in my life. I did decide to give them a try once, but I was losing the will to live searching for something suitable, so I gave up. The shoe in my photo above is a Stead & Simpsons Hobo, which were the best cycling shoes I ever had, and I never found anything anywhere near as good after they stopped selling them. (They made very good everyday work shoes as well.)
It's easy to avoid, but even if it happens the laces just snap before you've barely felt anything.
