Eat your heart out, Sarah Jessica Parker. Now, these are shoes to die for.
My new Sidi Genius 4 Lorica cycling shoes are the closest thing I can imagine to a glove for your feet. Well, a glove with a really hard bottom surface, but the fit around the top and sides of my feet is absolutely perfect. I have high arches, but the compression strap running across the top allowed me to lock them down just right. I attempted to convince myself that a cheaper pair of shoes I tried on were good enough, but it was like comparing mittens to gloves. Okay, so maybe these shoes don’t have separate toe sleeves, as one might expect for a “foot glove”. Forget the analogy. They fit real good. Nuff said.
The only downside is I have SPD pedals, the Sidi G4s come only with Look adapters, and the store was out of SPD adapters. Hey, but that’s what next day delivery is for.
To all my cycling buddies, your main view of these shoes will be the backs of the heels moving quickly away from you as you follow me up the Col du Pinehurst. More realistically, though, you’ll probably see them on my feet while I’m standing on the side of the road trying to retain my lunch after racing up hills at a pace that far exceeds my fitness level. At least my feet will be looking marvelous.
Robert,
I just got a pair of Genius 4’s and also ride with SPDs. Did you have any problems with the cleats not mounting far enoug back? My old Carnac Ellipse shoes allowed me to move the cleat above 1/4″ further back than the Genius’s. It’s causing me some foot discomfort with the Sidi’s. If I can’t find another solution I’m planning on making the mounting slots on the SPD adapter plate longer with my Dremel. Any other ideas? Thanks for any fedback
I just compared the location of the mounting slots on the Genius 4’s to those on a pair of Shimano mountain bike shoes I have that are roughly the same size. It looks like the slots on the Shimanos allow the cleats to be placed at least a 1/4″ farther back than the Sidis. Fortunately for me, my foot is shaped such that I don’t even have to put the cleats all the way back on the Sidis in order to be comfortable. I think your plan to lengthen the slots a bit with a Dremel is your best bet.