Specialized Ember Shoe. The shoe has a fancy technology called BOA, "With the right gear everything just clicks." The lady sold me, butI think it's necessary to present to other bikers exactly when you entered into the biking arena with displays of updated equipment. No one buys new bikes shoes ever, so it will be very apparent that I started around 2011 for years to come. If I bought velcro shoes, I could easily be mistaken for a wise older person, but I have very limited biking information to offer so I don't want to confuse anyone.
Please see below evidence that I have tried my fancy biking pedals and shoes. Terrific Bruise evidence.
Actual size is 3 quarters and a couple dimes.To be honest, I am very pleased with my first attempt on the pedals. It wasn't as difficult as the many horror stories I've been told. That's another thing that biking community needs to work on - displacing the myth that biking shoes are a tragic accident waiting to happen! Anyway, perhaps it was my years of University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band training, but I felt the process to release my toe from the clips was elementary to say the least. For those of you that aren't familiar with road bikes, clips, and gears, these shoes are suppose to help with efficiency because you no longer need to waste energy keeping your feet in place. The odd part is you are clipped onto the pedals and to detach, you must "kick your heel out" to untwist the clip. As for my marching band training, a common move is the left and right hace or pivotal turn made in two motions while standing in one place. This marching band move requires the bando to kick their heel. Anyway, this made the pedal release so easy. It was my first time though, so I obviously stopped moving, while not being clipped in, and slammed my leg into my bike to result in this glorious bruise - at least, I didn't get more road rash!
Now, clipping into the bike was more than I could handle at points during my ride.
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