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Agree - there seem to me to be at least three different “niches” caught up in the barefoot ideology: wide toe box, zero drop, zero cushioning.
I want a wide toe box, I don’t know whether I care about zero drop, but I definitely don’t want zero cushioning.
I’m heavy and not interested in the soles of my feet getting pounded, but I do want my toes to have wriggle room.
t.o.
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I think
what’sone of the things putting me off most of the wide toe box shoes is that there seems to be an assumption that if you want toe room, you must also want a fuck all sole.The sandals I’ve been wearing (Teva and some cheapo Quechua) both have fairly substantial some so they’re good for spiky flat pedals and rough, stony walking.
The mountain clogs also look like they have a fairly substantial sole.