Do team cars carry shoes?

When it appeared that Lance was having pedal difficulty, I was wondering - "what if his cleat is
screwed up?"

I recall seeing someone changing shoes in a race not too long ago ... or maybe the mechanic fixed
his cleat and gave his shoe back.

jw milwaukee

"KBH" <kbh9@hollasch.com> wrote in message news:gVaTa.108093$OZ2.21070@rwcrnsc54...
> When it appeared that Lance was having pedal difficulty, I was
wondering -
> "what if his cleat is screwed up?"

Sometimes, esp. the shoes of team leaders. Olano broke a shoe or cleat in the Dauphine Libere one
year and got a spare out of the car.

JT

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I would say that they would take a bike off the car before they tried to fix the pedal. Shoes would
be different story. Greg lemond burn up his favorite shoes at hotel (put them in a oven to dry out).
He had them remade ,instead of getting new ones. Shoes could really affect a rider mentally for the
rest of the race or stage. It also matter whether the rider is the main guy or a minor player.