Bicycle toes, do you like them?

[SK8]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

They always remind me of cheap Kenneth Cole type shoes.
+1

 

[JLibourel]

I don't like bicycle toe shoes either, for reasons others have mentioned. That said, I did buy the A-E Mapleton because I wanted some more casual shoes for walking my dog. For walking the dog they were fine (I don't have a dog now, my last dog having been put down for cancer in January), and they are okay for working in the yard and that sort of thing. However, I would not care to wear them in any situation where a dressier appearance than one suitable for walking the dog around the neighborhood or puttering in the yard was wanted.

I have thought that bicycle toe shoes are more popular with the younger set. My stepson's favorite dress shoes are his A-E Hillcrests in merlot.

 

[coconut]

The style can look good on boots with zippers down the sides. The lines groove with each other. For dress shoes, I never deviate from the standard wing-, cap-, medallion-, moc- designs.

 

[aportnoy]

They make the Shoe Fairy weep.

 

[itsstillmatt]

I want to like them, so as to be different, but I cannot.

 

[polar-lemon]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I want to like them, so as to be different, but I cannot.

+1, they just never look right to me; I've been seeing a lot of AE Hillcrests around discount stores, and man they are ugly. I agree with LK in that the uglies KC-esque shoes I see are always bicycle toes.

 

[yfyf]

I didn't realize there was a name for this style abomination. The lines remind me of a loaf of bread. I love wearing whole wheat on my feet.

 

[LabelKing]

I wonder whose unfortunate design idea it was to think of bicycle toes.

 

[mishon]

I own a pair of Gravatis and like them quite a bit.

 

[alliswell]

I thought these were nice once. I was wrong. The fact that I still own these shoes saddens me. They're like pretty girls sticking their tongues out.

 

[Bird's One View]

I like them fine for riding my bike. Is this how the name came about, or was it all a horrible accident?

 

[wgiceman]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

I have one pair: AE Concords

A mistake that I won't make again. Rarely wear them.

MANY better less formal styles, IMO.


I made the same mistake and I also seldom wear mine. I try justify them as rainy day shoes.

 

[Dragon]

I don`t like bicycle toes and split toes (or whatever you call them). Even the names sound ugly

 

[satorstyle]

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I own these and they seem to get a lot of attention and complements.

 

[kwilkinson]

My golf shoes are bicycle toed, but nothing that I wear for work or casual.