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Re: shoes

To: Andre Rousseau <andrer@mac.com>
Subject: Re: shoes
From: "Dr. Faustus" <dr_faustus@pcisys.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:29:31 -0600 (MDT)
I find my old Converse Chuck Taylor Allstar HiTops work wonderfully.  No
lip on the sole to interfere with edges (Pedals or your other shoe).  They
also have the benefit of being very comfortable and cheap too boot.

Andy L.

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Andre Rousseau wrote:

> I'm this close to getting some racing shoes.
> My feet are  not too big , but last night I was wearing my work shoes 
> which are semi-dress.
> The soles are slightly wider than the actual leather shoe part and while 
> driving around with my wife last night I tried to take nice corner, it 
> would have turned out nice expect my feet got all stuck together. I 
> think at one point I might have managed to hit all 3 pedals at once.
> 
> It got to the point I pulled part of one sole away from the shoe and 
> just ended up driving on the highway to get home.
> I think 99% of the problem were the shoes too wide so for the time being 
> until I find a nice pair of black racing shoes I'm going to keep a set 
> of old wing tip deck shoes in the car.
> 
> I know this all sounds silly, but has anyone else consider buying racing 
> shoes to drive they LBC?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> a.
> 
> Andre Rousseau
> '68 GT6 Mk1
> Ottawa, Ontario
> http://www.gt6.n3.net/
> "You can't tailgate what you can't catch!"

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