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I read somewhere (can't find it now!) - where someone had their AM45 spd shoes converted to flat professionally?
Ideas/where? (cost-effective though?)
soul or sole? do shoes have a soul?
Try here.
http://www.feetfirst.resoles.co.uk/mtb-cycling-shoe-repairs/
You should be able to get 5:10 rubber put on the bottom of them.
but wouldn't the sole/soul be too stiff?
don't listen to me, i'm an idiot, but i guess they'd be rubbish.
(if i had a pair of knackered old AM45's, and i could get them re-soled cheaply, i'd give it a go, but i wouldn't expect them to work very well...)
Or buy my part used AM40's I keep meaning to sell, size 47 😀
AM41's?
Bigjim pics/info pls markhoracekuk@ yah.o..ocom
Don't 5 Ten re-sole shoes?
I've had boots resoled at feetfirst with their dotty stealth rubber. It will stiffen them up considerably, its very stiff which is a good thing imo
£45+2.50 post is too much to spend resoling a shoe that costs £55 new. Cheers bigjim- I've just checked my AM45's (they are 46's so yours would be a smidge too big).
Interesting. I recently tried my old black/white AM's on flats (1st gen 5050's) with not much luck. Partly due to being used to being slipped in and partly skill. I was losing my feet quite easily on easy terrain. I put it down to a combination of the stiff, non-sticky sole and short pins on the pedals. Undecided if I will save for 5 10's and decent pedals.
How much of an improvement can be had?
This is the thing- before I went to spds 5/6yrs ago I only ever used V8/V12's with Teva (before Teva went into bike specific shoes)- never had an issue at all.
OK, I really should put them up on teh classifieds some time.