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One pair used all-wood-soled, Detto Pietro cycling shoes for sale: $50
obo includes shipping to you in lower 48. Description below taken from
discussion of the shoes on another mailing list:
--- Joe Starck <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> --- anonymous bikelist member wrote:
>
> > Joe inquired about his Detto wood soled track
> racing shoes...The all wood soled ones are pretty cool, some trackie may have a serious jones for 'em and be willing to spend all his lunch money for the week on 'em.
> >
> > I have a NOS pair of those same shoes in my hand
> > now, though the suede strip
> > on the back of mine is blue to match the blue in
> the
> > "DETTO" logos. Mine
> > have no labels or markings other than the "DETTO",
> > but I think these are one
> > of the variants of the Art.74. The uppers are
> > essentialls the same as the
> > NOS Detto Art 74's I listed for sale on the list a
> > few hours ago. Don't
> > laugh, but for a while I was collecting vintage
> NOS
> > cycling shoes, so I have
> > these same Detto's in the polished wood track
> racing
> > sole, the leather
> > outter sole w/ wood inner sole, full leather sole
> > and molded plastic sole.
> > They're actually quite comfortable, with the very
> > soft and thin leather
> > uppers conforming instantly to your foot.
>
> I tried them on last night and they do feel as you
> say
> above, and though I wrote last night below about the
> sad look of these shoes -- because the leather
> doesn't
> stand up sittin' in the closet -- once they were on
> my
> feet they came alive. Thanks for the info.
> -Joe Starck
>
> > Best to
> > not have wide feet
> > though, as these all run pretty narrow. My former
> > tandem stoker used a NOS
> > pair of the leather outter / wood inner soled
> track
> > shoes for many miles and
> > found them very comfortable -- though I did remove
> > the slotted cleat so she
> > could sort of walk around. IN NOS condition the
> > full polished wood soled
> > track shoes would probably fetch a good price on
> > eBay...
> > Joe Starck <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I couldn't find any pics of these shoes anywhere
> on
> > the net, and so I have no idea if these are
> > desirable
> > for collectors or not; maybe someone can post a
> pic
> > or
> > tell me what these shoes generally sell for. The
> > black leather, faded, and extra-faded where you'd
> > expect it, is all intact. The wood is dark-blonde
> > colored with detto #78 cleats; "Yellow Jersey" has
> > these same cleats pictured in their "classic
> cleats"
> > website section. Thin leather uppers with little
> > diamond perforations throughout. There's a
> one-inch
> > wide strip of grey leather up the heel backside.
> > The
> > leather on these shoes are of a thinnness such
> that
> > it
> > all pretty much lays down flat atop the soles, but
> > did
> > these uppers ever stand upright when new? (dunno,
> > myself) There's a 1.25in by 3.5in leather strip
> > "DETTO" logo sewn on one side of each shoe; these
> > letters are upper case, and the larger "D" and "O"
> > ahve centers colored in blue with a lowercase "dp"
> > centered in the "O" and a lowercase "dettopietro"
> > circling the inside of the "O" from six to noon.
> > These labels are scuffed. There's a small
> > green/white/red lowercase "detto" label tab near
> the
> > laces on each shoe. I've typed all this
> description
> > not because I'm trying to hype a sale here but so
> > that
> > maybe someone can recognize these shoes and tell
> me
> > what they are, maybe model no. and year of
> > manufacture
> > and whatnot. There's no size no. on them but they
> > fit
> > me, a 9ish, 42ish. So, if someone wants them make
> > me
> > an offer. The way the leather lays flat, and
> being
> > old and used, they have a pathetic look to them;
"I have a pair of these that I still wear. The limp condition of the
leather is an indication of excellent condition. Mine used to be this
way, but now they have dried out a bit and are a bit stiffer, and
almost retain their shape when removed." -anon. bikelist member
> but
> > on the foot, toeclips & straps do what the uppers
> > don't, right? Did roadies as well as trackies
> wear
> > these in their heyday?
> >
> > Joe Starck
> > Madison, WI
obo includes shipping to you in lower 48. Description below taken from
discussion of the shoes on another mailing list:
--- Joe Starck <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> --- anonymous bikelist member wrote:
>
> > Joe inquired about his Detto wood soled track
> racing shoes...The all wood soled ones are pretty cool, some trackie may have a serious jones for 'em and be willing to spend all his lunch money for the week on 'em.
> >
> > I have a NOS pair of those same shoes in my hand
> > now, though the suede strip
> > on the back of mine is blue to match the blue in
> the
> > "DETTO" logos. Mine
> > have no labels or markings other than the "DETTO",
> > but I think these are one
> > of the variants of the Art.74. The uppers are
> > essentialls the same as the
> > NOS Detto Art 74's I listed for sale on the list a
> > few hours ago. Don't
> > laugh, but for a while I was collecting vintage
> NOS
> > cycling shoes, so I have
> > these same Detto's in the polished wood track
> racing
> > sole, the leather
> > outter sole w/ wood inner sole, full leather sole
> > and molded plastic sole.
> > They're actually quite comfortable, with the very
> > soft and thin leather
> > uppers conforming instantly to your foot.
>
> I tried them on last night and they do feel as you
> say
> above, and though I wrote last night below about the
> sad look of these shoes -- because the leather
> doesn't
> stand up sittin' in the closet -- once they were on
> my
> feet they came alive. Thanks for the info.
> -Joe Starck
>
> > Best to
> > not have wide feet
> > though, as these all run pretty narrow. My former
> > tandem stoker used a NOS
> > pair of the leather outter / wood inner soled
> track
> > shoes for many miles and
> > found them very comfortable -- though I did remove
> > the slotted cleat so she
> > could sort of walk around. IN NOS condition the
> > full polished wood soled
> > track shoes would probably fetch a good price on
> > eBay...
> > Joe Starck <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I couldn't find any pics of these shoes anywhere
> on
> > the net, and so I have no idea if these are
> > desirable
> > for collectors or not; maybe someone can post a
> pic
> > or
> > tell me what these shoes generally sell for. The
> > black leather, faded, and extra-faded where you'd
> > expect it, is all intact. The wood is dark-blonde
> > colored with detto #78 cleats; "Yellow Jersey" has
> > these same cleats pictured in their "classic
> cleats"
> > website section. Thin leather uppers with little
> > diamond perforations throughout. There's a
> one-inch
> > wide strip of grey leather up the heel backside.
> > The
> > leather on these shoes are of a thinnness such
> that
> > it
> > all pretty much lays down flat atop the soles, but
> > did
> > these uppers ever stand upright when new? (dunno,
> > myself) There's a 1.25in by 3.5in leather strip
> > "DETTO" logo sewn on one side of each shoe; these
> > letters are upper case, and the larger "D" and "O"
> > ahve centers colored in blue with a lowercase "dp"
> > centered in the "O" and a lowercase "dettopietro"
> > circling the inside of the "O" from six to noon.
> > These labels are scuffed. There's a small
> > green/white/red lowercase "detto" label tab near
> the
> > laces on each shoe. I've typed all this
> description
> > not because I'm trying to hype a sale here but so
> > that
> > maybe someone can recognize these shoes and tell
> me
> > what they are, maybe model no. and year of
> > manufacture
> > and whatnot. There's no size no. on them but they
> > fit
> > me, a 9ish, 42ish. So, if someone wants them make
> > me
> > an offer. The way the leather lays flat, and
> being
> > old and used, they have a pathetic look to them;
"I have a pair of these that I still wear. The limp condition of the
leather is an indication of excellent condition. Mine used to be this
way, but now they have dried out a bit and are a bit stiffer, and
almost retain their shape when removed." -anon. bikelist member
> but
> > on the foot, toeclips & straps do what the uppers
> > don't, right? Did roadies as well as trackies
> wear
> > these in their heyday?
> >
> > Joe Starck
> > Madison, WI
