[briderdt]

“The mocs are strictly for comfort walking and normal street riding, where I have no intention of needing them for anything else.”

Yeah, I’m sure you’ll wear the race boots next time you “intend” to crash or get hit. ‘Cause we all know that those things only happen when railing it on the street or at the track.

[TrialsRider]

Worked out just fine for the last 24 years. I won’t apologize for not having a lot of crash experience on the street, but i did get rear ended at an intersection in 1987 while wearing them, was still upright post impact and the feet were just fine, only the frame and tail section were a write off and my upper body bruised.

[stu]

but those shoes in the pic have next to NO sole. Its one thing to get a platform SOLE so you stand higher flat footed, its another for a high heel. Thats what I was talking about, how practical is a high heel, you dont flat foot on your heels, its toes/ball/all foot first, not heels first.

[owlie]

Out of curiosity- how much time have you actually spent in high heels? When you are standing, your weight is still distributed between your ball and your heel. It isn’t like you are on your tip toes all the time. In a wider heel like shown on that boot, if you stumble, you still have plently of surface area so that you can post your foot down straight (though you have a longer lever to torque your ankle if you catch the heel).

A boot like that would provide plenty of confidence that you are firmly on the ground if you are comfortable in heels. For myself, I would be worried that it would change the dynamics of reaching the shifter and brakes too much for me to be comfortable. However, if that is what I rode in all the time, I’m sure it would be fine.

BTW- when I walk in heels, it is heel first then toe. Other women may walk differently.

[mhl]

Yep, that’s right, the heel is wide and comfortable and provides plenty of support. My wife’s able not just stand on it, but even catch a bike if it’s going to the side without any problems (well, until it’s gone far enough, of course).

Regarding the shifting – it’s not a problem for her now at all, though it took some time just to get used to the feeling. But you’d have to spent some time getting used to the new shoes anyway, I’ve been changing from Raytek Xenon to JR Streetburners to Sidi Vortice myself and had to spent a couple of rides breaking each of new shoes and getting used to shifting/stopping in them.

One thing about the Icon boots you have to keep in mind, though – they’re quite narrow in the ankle, so if you have wide feet it will take a while for you to break these boots in and start feeling comfortable. And they’ll restrict your movements during this time quite a lot, though after that the boots are just fine. To speed up the process you may just wear them around for some time, before getting on the bike, they’re comfortable as a general-purpose walk-around boots as well.

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