Quick Poll - heels or not?

system July 29, 2004, 6:18pm 1

That would be shoes with heels or flat soles?

Thanks a lot,

David

dubmuni2004 July 29, 2004, 6:24pm 2

flat

onewheeldave July 29, 2004, 6:34pm 3

Trainers; so ‘flat’.

daino149 July 29, 2004, 6:43pm 4

My vans are FLAT!

mgrant July 29, 2004, 6:51pm 5

Flat.

-mg

munimanpete July 29, 2004, 9:38pm 6

Is anybody actually going to say heels?

gerblefranklin July 29, 2004, 9:58pm 7

No

Flat all the way

john_childs July 29, 2004, 10:57pm 8

Flat.
Vans or 661 Dually

Good grippy pedals are important too

digitalattrition July 29, 2004, 11:05pm 9

flat heels…

o.O

andrew_carter July 30, 2004, 1:21am 10

Well I wear trainers/joggers/runners/whatever else you people call them. I feel much more secure with them because the pedal sits nice and snugly in the arch. Depends what your definition of ‘heels’ is. When I hear ‘heels’ I think high heels.

Andrew

munimanpete July 30, 2004, 1:28am 11

Yeah me too and i sure as hell can’t imagine unicycling in high heels!

bobgob July 30, 2004, 2:48am 12

lol yeah. so naturally i wil just have to be an idiot and go out in high heels riding my uni and take pics of it. mabye a dress too… nah dont think ill go that far;)

system July 30, 2004, 4:18am 13

Re: Quick Poll - heels or not?

I actually meant heels like in Blundstone boots.

David

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evil-nick July 30, 2004, 4:27am 14

Heels?

Heels… Brahma work “boots”, they look like sneakers, but they have a bit of heel to them, and steel toes… Good for muni I’ve found… When I wear my heel-less timberland sneakers I find I feel less in control…

Major_Clanger July 30, 2004, 4:30am 15

Has to be flat. I like to ride with the balls of my feet over the pedals, wearing heals would not help, in fact they would only hinder me when trying to adjust my foot position.

one_wheeled_stallion July 30, 2004, 7:54am 16

Flat, I feel quite disconnected wearing boots on a unicycle. I wear Etnies Lo-cuts and sometimes Adios.

Erin July 30, 2004, 8:09am 17

…flat …skateboard sneakers…yay, Vans all the way!

marty July 30, 2004, 9:11am 18

I wear work boots, they feel solid and protect my ankles.

one_wheeled_stallion July 30, 2004, 10:53am 19

I don’t think this has been clarified yet has it, but are we talking muni, trials, freestyle, distance, XC or unicycling in general? If someone mentioned this earlier, please accept my humble apology!

elmer July 30, 2004, 11:22am 20

heels!

I realise I’m in the minority, but I prefer a low-heeled, grippy-soled dress shoe for riding. I think looks is the main reason. I prefer to be well dressed while riding, so as to present the best possible face of unicycling to the community. This helps to counteract the effect most of us present. Plus, I like that the heel gives me a reference point for positioning my foot on the pedal. And I haven’t found any good use for having any part of my foot aft of the arch on the pedal at any time. The heel sometimes saves my foot from slipping off the front of the pedal.

I don’t like boots because of the loss of ankle flexibility. It tires and annoys me.

While riding the trails at NAUCC, I came across a couple of other old farts who have the same, or similar opinions. None of us are as good as most of the people we see riding with VANS, but putting us in VANS wouldn’t improve our riding that much, I think.