My Timberland cycling shoes are SOLD ! On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 3:38:12 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote:
> I am tempted, except that it seems quite possible that I will never give > up my SPDs after all for the lovely XC Pro quills and the lovelier near-NOS > Duegis I got to use with them; if I ever did install the Suntours on a bike > I'd want a nice pair of "touring" shoes (ie, no cleats) to go with the > ensemble. Nice shoes. > > But Timberland. I used to own a couple of pairs of their slip-ons -- "boat > shoes." Hand made in New England somewhere by doughty, independent, laconic > Yankees who valued good work and materials above loquacity. And all leather > lined as well as leather uppers -- only plastic the Vibram soles -- with > ties that actually ran around the perimeter of the upper to snug up the fit > instead of being just tacked on as decoration. > > This is not an offer, just a thought-out-loud: if these were to sell for > $35 shipped to NM, I would probably buy them to stick on the shelf with all > my other unused bike shoes. > > Patrick "If it were an offer I fear it might be an insult" Moore, who > knows that sometimes people simply get tired of having things and want to > get rid of them, and who likes stiff-soled cycling shoes. > > Oh, speaking of stiff cycling soles: I'm pretty damned flexible and spry > for my 68 human years, but I very humorously discovered that stiff-soled > SPD shoes can make one act as if one's joints had calcified. Because I ride > my bikes to church, and because Orthodox (Christian, not Jewish) services > -- esp Slav-based -- are interminably long, I bought a pair of vaguely > Vans-like Specialized SPD shoes. They have a wide toe box, perfectly flat > sole, and are far more comfortable while standing through the typical 2+ > hour Sunday liturgy (oh, they get much longer than that!) than my otherwise > perfect 1980s-vintage Shimano SPDs. > > But in those Lenten ceremonies where you have to bob rapidly up and down > between standing and kneeling with forehead on floor in full prostrations, > I noticed that I was slow and awkward, and put it down simply to advancing > age and decrepitude -- until one evening I drove in wearing regular Vibram > slip ons and found that I was as spry as I had been in my salad-days-40s; > stiffness due almost entirely to the unbending SPD soles that required me > to carefully lift feet to perform the prostrations. > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 9:47 AM Kim Hetzel <krhe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a pair of Timberland cycling shoes for sale. They are a size 10.5 >> in black with a unique chain link patterned bottom sole. They are make of >> both leather and synthetic materials. They have had little use. I have >> taken very good care of them. I have used Obenauf's HP leather conditioner >> on them. >> > >> These are the most comfortable cycling shoes that I have ever worn. I >> love them dearly. Unfortunately, I am unable to wear them anymore. I wore >> them three times riding on my Clem. The stiffness of the soles of these >> shoes agitates the inner and outer muscles of my left knee. I have had no >> problem with riding in my Merrell Moab Rover shoes prior. >> >> I do not remember how much I paid for these new. I know that one does not >> see these shoes very much anymore. They have been long gone out of >> production decades ago; late 1990's ?. >> >> Make me an offer. >> >> More photos upon request. >> > >> Paypal payment >> Shipping in the CONUS only. >> >> Kim Hetzel >> Yelm, WA >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fa03826c-2ec3-43f3-88a7-c4a9f620850dn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fa03826c-2ec3-43f3-88a7-c4a9f620850dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3f6f7ef6-8c4b-45d2-a9ac-3a9620c5a2c2n%40googlegroups.com.
