Another Cycling Sandal - Nashbar Ragster
Follow on 4/16/08 - Best Cleated Sandal Yet
Update 4/24/08 -It ha s been unseasonably warm this week and I have been wearing the Ragsters without socks. Not so good without socks, as expected the foot bed is pretty rough on bare feet. It is too bad that they couldn’t have made these sandals just a little better, but that seems to be typical of Nashbar clothing. These are still the only cleated sandal I can wear but I wouldn’t recommend riding with out socks.
I don’t wear anything but sandals even in the Winter in NH and have tried all kinds of sandals. So far I haven’t found a comfortable cycling sandal that accepts cycling cleats. The big disappointments have been the Shamino and Lake sandals. The both share the same problem, they do not allow the wearer to adjust the position of the foot front to back in the sandal. The result is that the toe ridge presses on a nerve in my foot making them unwearable for me. Both are nicely make, the Shimano looking particularity good.
I am now checking other brands’ last winter I bought a pair of Nashbar cycling sandals with provisions for cleats. These sandals are lowest priced scandals I have tried and like most Nashbar brand goods pretty shoddy looking, But surprisingly they do allow adjustment of the forward to aft foot position. They feel OK and offer some hope of finding a cleated cycling sandal I can wear.
I will do a follow up after some road testing. I am hopeful but suspect I will have to replace the foot pad to make them really usable.
The Nahbar Ragster Sandals are currently on sale at Nashbar for $49.99. N.B., these shoes run small and narrow, expect to order a size larger that your Birkenstock’s.
Filed under: Pedals and Shoes
I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about cycling sandals, so i bought a pair of these to try it out. I’ve actually been using them for a year now, nearly exclusively. They were cheaply made…the cleat rails didn’t match on the left and the right sandal, but after getting it set up, I love them.
I’ve been watching this thread to see if there’s something I should upgrade to, but most of the other sandals I’ve seen cover considerably more of the foot, which sorta goes against the whole “sandal” idea to my point of view.
What I want to do is figure out how to mount cleats on my Chaco’s, ’cause I’d wear those all the time.
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