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time to bury bicycle toe shoes

Bradford

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Originally Posted by TheHoff
Funny, the article I pulled it from said bicycle toed. I think I see the seam on the right one.

You could be right, it's hard to tell.

Can you give me a link to the article? To be honest, I kind of like this look.
 

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Originally Posted by Bradford
You could be right, it's hard to tell. Can you give me a link to the article? To be honest, I kind of like this look.
He looks put together but it is too much of a mix for me. Either nix the zip up (from Macy's) in this context or find a different collar, IMO. Here is the link.
 

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Now to be fair, it's not just KC and AE's R&D dept that are producing bicycle toes. Here are three Loakes:
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TheHoff

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Originally Posted by Jared
Now to be fair, it's not just KC and AE's R&D dept that are producing bicycle toes. Here are three Loakes:
The last shapes help those. And the unique perfs on the AE above are interesting. It is the abominations like these KCs that I see paired with suits in Vancouver a dozen times per day:
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All the young guys at work wear this sort of shoe. I pretend not to notice ...
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Originally Posted by TheHoff
The last shapes help those. And the unique perfs on the AE above are interesting. It is the abominations like these KCs that I see paired with suits in Vancouver a dozen times per day.
Exactly. KC would manage to make ugly shoes even if they didn't have bicycle toes. It seems to me that bicycle toes are only suited for a chisel-toe last, as the lines can elegantly meet the corners of the toe. KCs and AEs also often have raised or prominent stitching:
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...which, IMO, makes more classic designs like norwegians look just as bad:
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In theory, I believe bicycle toes should narrow and elongate the appearance of the foot. Here are some more non-strawman examples from Cheaney:
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These are probably the best I've seen, but they still aren't for me:
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Originally Posted by imageWIS
Oh, god...who the hell uses those?

Jon.


Lots of people who ride in the city. I use clipless (the kind with cleats) but toe clips are still safer if you're in heavy traffic, IMO.
 

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What's worse was those bicycle-slash-bowling shoes mutant abominations they were selling years ago.
 

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