In the category of Best Cycling Shoes

Spoke to one of the guys in condor who sorted out my sidi dragons they have a box of spares stashed away so take cakes/biscuits.

Bit of a cross-post with "eBay bargains" potentially - does anyone have experience of DMT flyknits, or any knitted upper cycling shoes? Look like a good price, but not if your feet squirm about and your big toenial punches a hole in them!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155522814564

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I have good experiences with Giro Republic Knit. They're not as sock like as these though. The only issue for me is, if you ride a lot of dusty gravel roads, they get dirty fast, and you can't just wipe them down like you could solid uppers.

As for the toenail hole, I sometimes glue a small inner tube patch inside the shoe, where the toenail would contact the upper. I do this preventatively and it has definitely extended the life of my shoes (I've done it mainly to running shoes and canvas Vans).

Appreciate the feedback, thank you

How wide are DMT shoes? There are lots of tempting bargains on ebay.

There's a heel wedge type thing that came inside my lake cycling shoes under the stock insoles. I use g8 with insoles with form heel wedge on the right foot so not sure I need this lake thing but don't want to discard in case it's useful. It's made of a foam material and sits loose in the shoe. Does anyone know if it's useful? I've just left them on for now and don't seem to be having any issues.

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Anyone using Quoc escape MTB or gran tourer xc lace ?

Also interested in if QUOC 43 is a similar fit to Sidis

what's in the £100 white road shoes category?

Those dorica that wiggle did.

I've had the same pair of Sidi Dragons for years and years but they are finally starting to die. What I liked about them was that most of the parts were replaceable, especially the screw-on walking nobbles on the bottom.

Looking at the current range of Sidi mtb shoes, it seems like only the very expensive Drako and Tiger models have these replaceable soles. I don't really have £400 to spend on commuting shoes.

What's the go-to for long-lasting / replaceable bits / available in half sizes / very narrow-fit MTB commuter shoes these days?

SportsPursuit have Sidi on at the moment including about 50% off the more expensive models.
Like : https://www.sportpursuit.com/catalog/product/view/id/3864492

Cheers : )

Is that website legit though?
Prices seem a little tooooo good, and you have to sign-up before you're allowed to browse.

Trustpilot says they're fine but I'd still appreciate the reassurance of total strangers on here before I drop 170 big ones on a pair of weirdly coloured mtb shoes?!

Yeah it’s fine. They generally are buying terminal / last season stock direct from manufacturers at heavily discounted rate and selling D2C

Cool, thanks.
I'm excited - this is like when I discovered that Bike24 was real

Yep, as dariusss said, 100% legit, though I have had some longer shipping times (which is I think where they sell stock from remote warehouses). Nothing to worry about though,