Price Paid:
$150.00
at Bothell Ski & Bike Favorite Ride:
Tour de Lacs Bike Setup:
Davidson Impulse, but something in carbon is just around the corner. Summary:
Finally got around to upgrading my road shoes as it was long overdue, my Carnacs were just worn out. All my friends said give the Shimano's a shot so I did. I went out and got a pair of the new Shimano R131S and was ver pleasently suprised, it is a nice shiny silver color with some black mesh in the toe area and heel. The nice thing is it is very comfortable in the toe area and the heel is very sucure once your top strap is tightened. Two velcro straps on the toe and the top strap is the ratcheting type and is easy to use and well built. Sole is a silver grey carbon and it is stiff, much more stiff than my Carnac's were and it leads to much better power transfer to the pedals when sprinting or climbing, it just feels very solid and comfortable. Yes, I did look at the R200 and R300, but they are white which looks great brand new, but gets dirty pretty fast and the custom molded insole padding for themis nice if you have to have it, I don't and I didn't want to spent the extra 90 or 150 dollars. I think you will have a very hard time finding a better peforming road shoe in the under 200 range, I look at a lot of them and the Shimano R131S had it all, best bang for the buck IMO. Strengths:
Very solid and comfortable shoe, looks fast and will make you pedal even faster. Price is right in the middle of the road shoe range and in this case you get even more than you pay for. Weaknesses:
None that I can think of unless you think 150 is too much for a decent pair of road shoes. Similar Products Used:
Carnac, Sidi 
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