Is this ridiculous or what?

I know a kid that is so proud of his shoes that he takes pics of them and puts them up online!!

I will spend $75 on a pair of tennis shoes and that is really stretching it.

I paid about $135.00 for a pair of Spira shoes with springs in the toe and heel.

You can get perfectly good sneakers for $15 or $20 at KMart. I wouldn't pay more than that. All you are doing is funding the managers and stockholders life style.

Disagree. SAS and Spira walking shoes are distinctly better for my feet than anything I've tried, and I've tried many. I do lots of walking, and do not like sore feet.

Whatever design, though, a good fit is more important than any design feature.

I've done a lot of walking in my KMart specials, up to six miles at a time on a daily basis. The terrain may have something to do with it, southern New England is fairly benign.

I just go with whatever gets me out of the bank, into the stolen car, and onto the interstate as quick as possible.

And so far that's been a vintage pair of Kangaroos.

My feet feel best in New Balance

The new Roos hurt my feet. Cute as hell....but painful.



These are the ones I have.

Can you tell me more, Roger?

I will be doing heaps of walking (to and from work) when I start my new job, and I need GOOD shoes.

Actually, I've been rocking these for four years. Two pairs. When I wear these out I'll go for a third.

That's the all black Puma Roma.

All I ever wear is sneaker. I pay up from $100 for my "good" work sneakers. Since Nike quit making Prestos (the most comfortable shoe in the universe) I now am stuck with Pumas.

My feet really take a beating at work and if I'm thinking about my feet my work suffers.

I will pay for comfort. (But probably not $250)

'Bout what, dlowan?

Fit? There seem to be two basic lasts out there. Doc Martin, Reebok and a few others give me a good fit in the toe area, but I feel like I'm stepping out of the heel area with every step. SAS and Nike are a perfect fit, with Spira being almost as good. If your toes are free to move, the heel fits, and the arch of the shoe matches the arch of your foot, it's probably a good fit.

I suppose you are walking on pavement. That's worth a more cushy insole. Replaceable insoles are a great innovation, but not always available by the time the originals wear out.

Look at an old pair of shoes. If the wear is heaviest on the outside of the heels, instead of the center, and the wear at the ball of the foot is directly behind the big toe instead of even across the width of the shoe, you might have a pronation problem, which I may be misspelling. Some shoes correct this.

Let's see:
"My feet really take a beating at work" to "heaps of walking" to "six miles at a time on a daily basis".....

Jeez, what the hell do you people do for a living....??

Why not just crack your ankles with a ball peen hammer and save yourself the trouble of going to work??

(tongue in cheek)

Wrong.



Correct.
But you also get a far superior product.
I never said long lasting and durable...but for the task, you can't beat a customized shoe.
I do draw the line at $100 bucks however.