Vans

Anyone know where to get the vans shoes with holes for cleats?

just keep walking in a pair for 6 months solid and two holes should appear right about where the cleats need to go

i would asume the best place to look would be bmx shops that stock bmx race stuff or mountain bike shops.

not vans... but these seem the best of the 'fashion' spds

http://www.danscomp.com/727010.php?cat=SHOESCLIPLESS

try a mtn bike shop. i had a set for years before i realised i hate vans.

not vans... but these seem the best of the 'fashion' spds

http://www.danscomp.com/727010.php?cat=SHOESCLIPLESS

They look like them shoes fat women from Stoke Newington wear in the vain hope of losing weight.

MA3K did a thread about converting skate shoes to spds by using an old sole from an old spd shoe as in insole. Have a search.

Originally Posted by pete
*not vans... but these seem the best of the 'fashion' spds

http://www.danscomp.com/727010.php?cat=SHOESCLIPLESS*

 They look like them shoes fat women from Stoke Newington wear in the vain hope of losing weight.

yeah i know vans aren't the most practical but i'd just like to have a look
and yeah 661s look shite

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    MA3K did a thread about converting skate shoes to spds by using an old sole from an old spd shoe as in insole. Have a search.

cheers tommy i've got loads of old skate shoes so that might save me £50 or more :)

The black 661's arent that bad actually I have some, however they are hot and heavy - better as dry winter shoes.

but i think that vans will be too flexible, as with the strains of being clipped in, especially if you are partial to the old skid, the material on the shoes will just eventually rip/fall apart.

i think you need more supported, less flexible shoes?

They look like them shoes fat women from Stoke Newington wear in the vain hope of losing weight.

+1 Dis-gus-tin'! :S

converting is pretty easy if a little time consuming.
you will need a sheet of hard plastic, a drill, a saw, a marker pen, and a sharpe knife.
pull the insole out of your shoe.
draw round it on the hard plastic and cut it out using the saw.
place in the bottom of the shoe.
figure out where you want the cleat to be and drill though the shoe base and plastic.
cut round the holes to make the cleat sit a bit futher into the shoe.

most cleats come with a plate that can then be put inside the shoe and used to bolt the cleat on with a backplate.

not the best though as the base of the show flexe's under the cleat without the solid base but then there not designed to race with.

+1 Dis-gus-tin'! :S

funny as you told me you thought they were 'cool' at South Drinks when I wore them a while back? ;-P

i think you need more supported, less flexible shoes?

yeah i think thats probably the best idea
i don't mind riding in flexy shoes now but they'll be bad for longer rides

In glasgow we just take a shiv to some seekers (Preferably some Stan smiths or your skate shoe of choice) and bash a bit of plywood with the cleats bolted to them under the insole.
drink a bottle of tonic and go start a fight, job done

coming soon Vans 'Fixed'

converting is pretty easy if a little time consuming.
you will need a sheet of hard plastic, a drill, a saw, a marker pen, and a sharpe knife.
pull the insole out of your shoe.
draw round it on the hard plastic and cut it out using the saw.
place in the bottom of the shoe.
figure out where you want the cleat to be and drill though the shoe base and plastic.
cut round the holes to make the cleat sit a bit futher into the shoe.

most cleats come with a plate that can then be put inside the shoe and used to bolt the cleat on with a backplate.

not the best though as the base of the show flexe's under the cleat without the solid base but then there not designed to race with.

Make sure it's not a brittle plastic though. I'm not up on what plastics do what but not something like acrylic.