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Shimano SH-SD501 SPD Cycling Sandal $164.99 Delivered @ Pushys via Catch Marketplace

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Shimano SH-SD501 SPD Cycling Sandal $164.99 Delivered @ Pushys via Catch Marketplace
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Nuggets on 10/02/2021 - 11:38 catch.com.au (529 clicks)
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These SPD sandals are the perfect match for a hot weather rider, you can’t get more airflow than this and still stay firmly planted on the bike at all times. Featuring a glass fibre reinforced shank plate for optimum sole rigidity, none of that floppy sandal feel here! Get something a little different, and still absolutely functional!

Glass fiber reinforced shank plate for optimum sole rigidity.
Stable rubber outsole for comfortable riding and walking.
Smooth mesh and synthetic leather liner for barefoot riding comfort.
Classic dual strap and open toe design for an efficient and comfortable fit.

I'm looking for new cycling shoes and these popped up. The price is good relative to RRP, particularly if you use Catch egift cards to save up to 8% off the listed price.

Plenty of sizes available at time of posting, but these may go quickly.

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  • mctubster on 10/02/2021 - 11:40
    +2

    As my wife would say … very German. :) (apologies to any Germans on the forum here)

  • Grok on 10/02/2021 - 11:42
    +3

    I didn’t know these were a thing….

    • cynicalmike on 10/02/2021 - 12:04
      +4

      they're meant for bicycle touring in countries with hot and humid climates so when you want to hop off the bike for a pad thai or stir fry you don't need to change shoes or put cleat covers on.

      you can also pack less shoes (or make more room for your high heels, gender neutral comment) as these can double as 'walking around town' shoes, so less shoes = less weight and space consumed in your bags.

      i have a pair of the earlier model and they were much cheaper on sale, around $100, these are the new model but can't see any major changes. haven't use them yet, but when i do, i will be sure to wear them with socks just because it bugs people :)

  • Maxofdad on 10/02/2021 - 11:43
    +5

    good bye little toe..

    • GG57 on 10/02/2021 - 11:47
      +1

      I was thinking the same thing; no protection for the toes there.

  • Veni on 10/02/2021 - 11:46
    +2

    Now this is what I call fashion, 11/10.

    • Nuggets on 10/02/2021 - 12:08

      It's only 4 on the Shimano stiffness scale, unfortunately (scale goes up to 12).

    • inamberclad on 10/02/2021 - 12:12

      Is that before adding socks?

      • damion on 10/02/2021 - 14:38

        How much do you starch your socks?!

  • jv on 10/02/2021 - 11:47
    +6

    Any good deals on white socks?

    • banana365 on 10/02/2021 - 12:43
      +2

      Knee length of course.

      • brotherfranciz on 10/02/2021 - 12:56
        +1

        Nah, needs to be UCI sock height.

        • banana365 on 10/02/2021 - 13:03

          They can be both. Or do you have something against very short cyclists?

      • kingmoron on 12/02/2021 - 11:07

        Don't forget the shaving razors

  • Drakesy on 10/02/2021 - 11:51
    +3

    This kind of defeats the purpose of clip in shoes.
    Yes you get the stability of the clip ins but when the only thing holding your foot onto the shoe is a few straps you can be sure that it won't be beneficial enough to warrant buying.
    Either stick with sandals on flat pedals or get some clip ins.

    In seven years at a bike shop i sold 1 pair, to a German.

    I can assure you walking around with a glass fibre reinforced shank sole will not be the most comfortable experience.

    • cynicalmike on 10/02/2021 - 11:59
      +3

      cycle touring.

      hot climates you want to wear as little as possible with clip ins for pedalling efficiency.

      edit: ok, i read your post again, haven't tried mine but i'll see how i go with them. thing is, when on tour you're probably not going to carry two sets of pedals. but two sets of shoes are probably a better option. so these sandals for hot and humid climates with some pedal benefits to clip ins (if you can tighten the straps and they're comfortable), and then another set of winter shoes when crossing into cooler to cold climates.

      but yes, a lot of tourers just go with flat pedals, i have a set of one side cleats and one side flat to use so i guess you could just trade these for a pair of regular sandals and pedal with the flat side in summer.

      if it doesn't work out for me i'll write a scathing review of them someday and banish them to hell.

  • Scrobo on 10/02/2021 - 11:53

    My toes would be mince within a day.

    • NigelTufnel on 10/02/2021 - 12:29
      +5

      How are you people riding your bikes that your toes are in such danger of being damaged?
      What are they hitting? Generally curious.

      • Fish and Grits on 10/02/2021 - 13:00

        More of a danger for mountain bikers that are in the thick of it with bushes and rocks.

        Not really an issue for cyclists on roads or bike paths.

        • NigelTufnel on 10/02/2021 - 13:29

          Yeah, that makes sense. Definitely wouldn't wear these mountain biking.
          I mean, I probably wouldn't wear them for anything, but not because of danger to my toes.

      • brotherfranciz on 10/02/2021 - 13:02

        I think everyone is worried if they get into a serious crash at speed? One of the comments above mentioned little toe, which I imagine would be the first to make contact with the ashpalt in a fall.

  • damion on 10/02/2021 - 11:54
    +5

    Is it a once-off payment of $164.99, or do they pay me that every time I wear them?

    • CJ31 on 10/02/2021 - 11:58

      I believe it is the increase in your monthly medical insurance bill.

  • 2ndeffort on 10/02/2021 - 11:58
    +1

    UCI officials have banned the Super Tuck and the forearms aero position, assuming sock length passed the commissionaires inspection would these be allowed? I mean socks and sandals?

  • igerstep on 10/02/2021 - 12:09

    Older version is $130 shipped @ Pushys in size 40 and 48:
    https://www.pushys.com.au/shimano-sd500-spd-cycling-sandals-…

  • bongom on 10/02/2021 - 12:12
    -3

    Stupid product , stupid post, Price Hipster says this is not a reduced price.

    • Nuggets on 10/02/2021 - 12:38
      +1

      Cheers for the vitriol.

  • Shard on 10/02/2021 - 12:15

    The Crocs of the cycling world.

  • kaitoivan on 10/02/2021 - 12:18

    99bikes has it for $149, https://www.99bikes.com.au/shimano-sd501-spd-sandals-black

    • igerstep on 10/02/2021 - 12:27

      Only 3 sizes available.

    • Nuggets on 10/02/2021 - 12:34

      I didn't post this one as there are very few sizes available.

  • z28 on 10/02/2021 - 12:19
    +1

    Do people buy these for cycling in hot/humid weather ? In Asia, people just wear thongs (flip-flops, not underpants but I think they do wear those as well) if hot and humid, sometime bare footed.

    These cost more than my bike.

    • cynicalmike on 10/02/2021 - 12:26
      -3

      only rich foreigners on bicycles that cost more than their scooters.

      also, asians typically don't wear thongs unless they're prostitutes.

      • jackspratt on 11/02/2021 - 03:28
        +1

        Dumb, ill-informed comment.

  • vxm on 10/02/2021 - 12:24

    Why do even people want to clip on the pedal? clipping increases efficiency just a bit (5%)?

    • NigelTufnel on 10/02/2021 - 12:32
      +1

      In my anecdotal experience it feels like more that 5%. You can get some power through the upstrokes instead of just the downstrokes, so I feel you can go faster with more ease.

    • inamberclad on 10/02/2021 - 12:34
      +1

      after re-learning how to ride with spds, i don't feel secure unless i'm clipped in. i feel you get more control of the rear at least with xc and non-suicide-type dh runs

    • Fish and Grits on 10/02/2021 - 13:04

      Theres studies that show its no more efficient, but mentally its easier to ride when your feet stay onto the pedal when you lay the power down or grind your way up a mountain.

    • brotherfranciz on 10/02/2021 - 13:20

      It helps with efficiency as your feet will be in the same position on the pedals all the time.

      Obviously, you will adjust the cleats (i.e. the position of your feet on the pedals) to give you the most power transfer to the pedals.

      The setup is generally lighter as well, with cycling shoes and clip-in pedals being lighter than exercise shoes and traditional pedals.

      It's all about power and weight in road cycling (i.e. watts per kg).

      Edit: forgot to mention that cycling shoes have much stiffer soles as well, which again helps with the power transfer. You can also buy cycling shoes with dials rather than shoe laces, which helps with comfort as well as adjustability while on the bike.

    • 2ndeffort on 10/02/2021 - 13:43

      Every road and track racer in the world disagrees with you. I fell stupid riding a bike if I'm not clipped in. After spending hours working on my pedal stroke, I get much more than 5%, a year or 2 ago i went to a spin class and struggled to keep my feet on the pedals, I could only push down on them, feet kept coming off on the upstroke and push across the top.

    • inamberclad on 10/02/2021 - 13:43
      +1

      mentally its easier

      ^ what that guy said
      mentally easier -> more confidence -> more speed -> more fun

    • Tleyx on 10/02/2021 - 14:00

      i dont get it

      its more dangerous (see all vids peopple falling over clipped in) and the whole point of bicycling is exercise, so why make it more efficient

      • GG57 on 10/02/2021 - 14:20

        Different bike riders have different reasons for riding. Their views about clips is almost certainly aligned with those reasons and the type of riding they do.

        • Tleyx on 10/02/2021 - 16:02

          i think the safety aspect sill trumps a few percent gain. your life to lose

          • GG57 on 10/02/2021 - 16:07

            @Tleyx: Maybe I wasn't clear. Not everyone that rides a bike uses clips. Not everyone that rides a bike does it for exercise.

            The people that ride bikes who are interested in speed, and efficiency, etc., probably will use them.
            There is a trade-off, and those riders accept that.

            • Tleyx on 10/02/2021 - 16:18

              @GG57: A lot of riders seem to be not understanding the risk of clip ins and so think they are just as safe when they are not

              that was my point which you seem to have missed.

              We have had a big increase in fatalities from cyclists on Austalian roads we all need to decrease the risk so that we can all get home safely.

              • GG57 on 10/02/2021 - 16:21

                @Tleyx: I'm with you. And those riders that use clips probably take the most risks overall.

              • inamberclad on 10/02/2021 - 17:49
                +1

                @Tleyx: unfortunately the only way i've decreased risk to an acceptable level (road/commuting) is by stopping riding on roads

                having some drivers deliberately swerve into you while they overtake, some drivers not slowing down on approach to roundabouts, it's not worth my skin or blood

                with or without cleats

                • Tleyx on 10/02/2021 - 17:55

                  @inamberclad: You can't do anything about others behaviours you can only reduce your risk. If you do not have clips that's one less scenario that you can have that might be the one thatvsaves your life

                  Your life. Just warning others who don't know

      • wtfnodeal on 10/02/2021 - 14:24

        People trained to be ready to race and compete in future much like running or going to gym with different reasons and goals.

      • incipient on 10/02/2021 - 14:24

        SPD cleats are completely different to traditional road bike cleats (SPD was designed for mountain bike riding). These things are brilliant! Unless you're pulling straight up with your foot, they basically come out. If you lose balance, your instinct to put your foot to the side and brace yourself easily unclips the shoe.

        I highly recommend these - wait not these sandle things - I mean SPD cleats!

      • ruprectaus on 10/02/2021 - 15:41
        +2

        its more dangerous (see all vids peopple falling over clipped in)

        No it isn't. I fell over once, the second day I used them on grass decades ago, Unless you are a gummby (and then perhaps you shouldn't be riding) riding without them is more dangerous, witness several friends who have slid off their flat pedals, at speed, off road , giant chunks missing of their shins and feet getting caught under the peddles sending them crashing. They now use cleats.

        and the whole point of bicycling is exercise,

        No it isn't

        so why make it more efficient

        I ride for transport, I race my bike and I ride for fun, off road and road. Last time I drove a car was 2 months ago. I have never ridden for exercise, others might. Making it more efficient means I can go further, as well as faster but its also safer.

        • Tleyx on 10/02/2021 - 16:00

          so its more dangerous if you fell over nextto a truck and they ran you over you would be dead.

          how is faster safer, when you crash you are going faster and it hurts more

          • cynicalmike on 10/02/2021 - 17:18

            @Tleyx: ^^ another moron that is just looking vent his hatred for cyclists and is pathetic enough to pick a post about a cycling product to do it. aren't there dashcam facebook groups and isaac wankerfield videos you can do it on?

            Herp herp herp herp herp de derp

            • Tleyx on 10/02/2021 - 17:23
              +2

              @cynicalmike: I am a cyclist. I know the risks and am just warning others who don't understand the risk

              Cyclists should stick together and warn each other so we can all get home safely

              • inamberclad on 10/02/2021 - 17:44
                +1

                @Tleyx:

                so we can all get home safely

                +1

                i'm guessing others may have misread you, based on your blanket statements? this bit:

                its more dangerous (see all vids peopple falling over clipped in) and the whole point of bicycling is exercise, so why make it more efficient

              • cynicalmike on 10/02/2021 - 18:53
                +1

                @Tleyx: petrol bikes don't count.

                and LOL at 'not understanding the risk'. there's simply no risk. clip stacks are extremely rare and most that don't feel confident just don't use them. i've never had one and probably never will. even my 'almost' clip stacks (due to poor road condition or on dirt/grass) were never in a situation where a truck could run me over.

                of all cyclist deaths, probably clip stacks constitute 0.01% as the main cause, and even then, i'd bet half the idiots just didn't care to brake.

                i can't believe i'm wasting my time replying.

      • 2ndeffort on 10/02/2021 - 23:05
        +2

        You obviously don't ride much if that's your opinion. Of all the dangers and reasons for the increase in cycling deaths, clipless pedals would be negligible. Nobody needs to use clip in pedals but generally those people more interested in performance, speed and training almost certainly ride with clip in pedals. Those more concerned about being able to walk around after they get off their bike probably don't. A quick scroll through the comments section whenever the Herald Sun runs a clickbait story about an accident involving a cyclist will tell you all you need to know about the reasons for the increase in deaths.

        If the justification for clip in pedals was negligible I doubt that every rider in every professional road race would be using them.

        • Tleyx on 11/02/2021 - 10:48

          The fact that the comments section doesn't mention this crash scenario shows how little known it is. Well at least some more people know now.

          Its way more than 0.01 percent as that is 1 in 10000 and most people I know that use them say they have forgotten to unclipped at least once , and they haven't had 9999 other crashes.

          Its more like 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 which is significant
          People should be aware of the danger they are putting themselves in. If they cant unclip and fall into oncoming traffic it could be fatal. Easily preventable death

          I don't appreciate the comment that I mustn't ride. I ride nearly every day.

          • GG57 on 11/02/2021 - 11:31

            @Tleyx: I get what you are saying, but in my experience from a past life, you become very accustomed to unclipping (a bit like taking off your seatbelt before exiting a car).
            I'm not saying it doesn't happen; like anything, it can.

            Falling whilst clipped-in is a different scenario.

            • Tleyx on 11/02/2021 - 11:54

              @GG57: You are conceding it does happen, then it's an unnecessary risk for marginal benefit for me. So thats why I am warning other riders who don't know that it can happen so that each rider can decide whether the benefit is worth risking their life, leaving it up to them. No one is forcing people not to use clips or calling for laws against them, it's simply knowledge

              Why is more information for riders about risk get shouted down by other cyclists? It's like being shouted down for saying you should have a helmet for reduced risk because a helmet makes you less aerodynamic and therefore less efficient . It's anti cyclist to want other riders to take more risk as that will drive up the fatality rates which means cyclists dying and less people riding

              • Shard on 11/02/2021 - 12:08
                +1

                @Tleyx: Jesus Christ, this is like not driving because you might miss the brake pedal. Or not driving because one day you might randomly forget how to shift the stick.

                Takes what, a few days for clipping to become second nature?

                Source: been using SPD pedals for ~15 years. Fell down coming to a stop at lights once in the first week while learning, never again.

                • Tleyx on 11/02/2021 - 12:33

                  @Shard: You could have fallen into traffic on that first day.

                  Those people that happened to aren't here to share their story.

                  I still am not hearing why more information is bad . It's just anti cyclist to keep information from people

                  • Shard on 11/02/2021 - 13:55
                    +1

                    @Tleyx: Ain't no traffic at a red stop light. Cleats don't just come undone while riding unless you set them up extremely loose.

                    Better not walk outside chief, you might forget which leg goes in front of the other, trip and fall down a sinkhole.

                    It's just anti cyclist to

                    Oh. You're one of those people pretending to give a crap. Disengaging.

                  • 2ndeffort on 12/02/2021 - 12:34

                    @Tleyx: How many people has this happened to? Give me some statistics? You are massively overstating the risk. The number of deaths attributable to cleats is probably similar to the number of deaths attributable to being hit by icicles falling off the wings of an overflying plane!

                    • Tleyx on 12/02/2021 - 13:18

                      @2ndeffort: The police can't ask a dead person if "they couldn't unclip" was the reason they fell over can they. It would just be put down as "crashed"

                      Look its everyone's decision whether to accept the risk, but knowledge is power. Cyclists should have the knowledge to make informed decisions for themselves.

                      • 2ndeffort on 12/02/2021 - 13:35

                        @Tleyx: So an enormous list of potential risks could be attached. I hope to see risk warnings for every cycling bargain. Warnings lie:
                        - a Garmin might detach from its mount and hit you in the face whilst riding causing you to swerve into oncoming traffic and be killed,
                        - a warning that a tyre might explode causing you to swerve and crash,
                        - a warning that tyre lever might fall out of a saddle bag, get caught in your spokes and cause you to crash,
                        - a warning that a loose chinstrap from a helmet might cause the helmet to slip and get snagged on a passing branch causing you to be garroted,
                        - a warning for flat pedals that your foot is not secured and might slip off causing you to overbalance and fall into the path of traffic.

                        As you say, police cant ask a dead person if their foot slipped off a flat pedal causing them to crash, better to warn everyone that they should ride bikes without either flat or clip in pedals.

                        • Tleyx on 12/02/2021 - 14:19

                          @2ndeffort: Agreed, but none of the above risks are products that are the bargain are they.

                          People should also decide about the risks above as well, i just think they are less relevant than clips as they are not the bargain.

                          If you want to warn people of the risks of flats that's up to you. Happy to hear the risk so we can make informed decisions

                    • inamberclad on 12/02/2021 - 13:19
                      +2

                      @2ndeffort: Nine News: in breaking news tonight, a man was killed in Sydney earlier today after being hit by an icicle which fell off the wing of an overpassing plane. The man initially recovered but through a tragic set of events, he was unable to unclip from his overtightened road spdsl and fell head first onto the concrete. Witnesses say the impact of the fall broke the man's helmet into 2 pieces, but after getting to his feet, was hit by a passing vehicle. This collision threw the man onto a road marker where he was impaled. Emergency crews were unable to revive him…

                      • 2ndeffort on 12/02/2021 - 13:38
                        +1

                        @inamberclad: If only he had been warned in advance via the comments section of Ozbargain!

                      • Tleyx on 12/02/2021 - 14:21

                        @inamberclad: These are the same ridiculous arguments you heard when helmets were introduced. Why wear a helmet when an icicle could fall on you,.. its just nonsense

                        A number of riders here have described how they fell over as they couldn't unclip. If they did this as a truck was passing this would result in a fatality. And the stat's would never show it, it would just be marked as another tragedy

    • incipient on 10/02/2021 - 14:20

      It's a massive power boost if you're hardcore enough to pull up with the foot on the upcycle.

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