Cleated heels, via Bike Hugger:
- via Bike Hugger
I don’t wear heels normally, let alone to work out (um, NSFW?), but there’s something charmingly ridiculous about these shoes. I can’t tell if they’re a joke—I can’t find them for sale anywhere. They can’t possibly be efficient; your feet aren’t secure in the shoes, so they’d fly out with every pedal stroke. In essence, they are candy-colored frippery totally unsuitable for cycling. Still, I love the idea of seeing someone pumping up Pike Street in a pair of pink pumps.
they’d probably work, but just ok, in a flat city, and certainly european women would try them out – they’re smoking cigs and sitting kids on their handlebars as they tool around copenhagen.
You’ll have to readjust your seat height, of course.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THESE MY WHOLE LIFE.
cycling in heels is easy enough without cleats, though – they’ve got that built-in pedal-keeper hollow between the toes and the heel.
nevertheless – DAMN!!
Bad design. They need to take this whole show back to the drawing board.
I would have added ballet straps over the bridge that tied behind the ankle to keep it on her feet. And I would have made it an peek toe to make it more attractive. Because the heel is functionally useless anyway, why not thin it down? And why we’re making improvements, couldn’t they have largely hidden the clips inside a platform? And why pink? Ladies bike this year are coming out in colors like green and orange. I’d offer this shoe in tangerine, emerald, plum, and over course black to make it more modern.
If they made them in ruby with glitter, I’d even buy a pair.
Pine is a better route up Capitol Hill.
@6 – Now you’ve got me curious: what makes Pine better than Pike? I’ve been using Pike the whole 20+ years I’ve lived here without even questioning it.
More on topic: I’ve been thinking of disassembling my fairly worn out biking shoes and converting a pair of dress shoes for the purpose. Has anyone tried this? (The tricky part would probably be getting the recess right.) I’d happily buy a pair of biking shoes disguised as dress shoes, but no one seems to offer them.
I’ve been thinking of super-gluing a pair of Vibram FiveFingers to my beach-cruiser pedals.
@ 7 W hat makes Pine better than Pike? Avoiding Pike Street.
I’ve ridden my bike around town in heels, and I know quite a few other ladies who do, too. It’s not that hard, and you can do it without cleats if you just have regular flat pedals.
Whoa.
And.
Whyyyyyyyyy?
“Candy-Colored Frippery”
I love you for writing this and I don’t even know who you are. I’m stealing this phrase and telling everyone I know that I made it up.
@ 10
ditto!
the heel doesn’t really effect much, it’s the traction of the shoe on the ball/arch of your foot you have to watch out for.
Wedge heels are best for biking. Using the gap between heel and toe wears the shoe too much, IMO. Either way, straps are neccesary to keep the shoe in place (or wear boots).