Re: [RBW] Re: Puma Palermo

[rltilley]

Those Prio’s look interesting. I’ve basically spent my  whole life in shoes. I decided that was likely not great for my feet so I went on an alternative footwear search. I hate flip flops or any other shoe that is loose on my feet. And I can’t stand anything that puts a strap between my toes. But, oddly enough, I settled on some minimalist sandals and clogs. I like the Bedrock Cairn EVO Pro sandals and their Mountain Clogs. But even better I think are the Luna sandals I have. My favorites are also the most minimalist. The Leadville Trail sandal. All of these work well with the flat pedals with pins I have on all of my main rides. In what passes as winter here I wear socks with both the sandals and clogs. I even have some split toe waterproof liners to wear with the sandals when needed. Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2026, at 4:19 AM, DJC <djcavana...@gmail.com> wrote: I transitioned to no-rise, minimalist footwear 5 years ago and it has made a world of difference in my foot / lower limb health and strength. My preferred cycling sneakers are the Xero Prio when the weather gets cooler, otherwise it's Xero sandals with big, grippy flats. On Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 10:30:09 AM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: There are discussions about our go-to UnRacer cycling footwear.  Mine is the Puma Palermo.  Through the 1980s and 1990s I wore Vans as my casual every day sneakers, was raised to call them "tennies", and found they worked well in my toe clips and straps.  In my early Rivendell years I used a few pair of Adidas Sambas, which worked well and I liked them, and I still have a pair of Velo Sambas.  Still endorse.  The Puma Palermo is my current go-to in that it's got a little more structure than my Sambas, and in my opinion a little more style.  I use them mostly with flats but they also are narrow enough to work with toe clips and straps.  My main attraction though is they come in lots of colors and that there are almost always unconventional colors at 40% to 60% off on the Puma app.  I'm running three pairs of them now, and they serve as my cycling shoes for flats and my casual fashion sneakers.  What are your cycling tennies? Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA  -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c078215c-1cbf-4d25-b642-bc84ef54571fn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/801C62CB-0735-43A6-A835-A7E0209DF96C%40gmail.com.