what shoes do you wear?

I think the problem is in your pedals, not your footwear. Upgrade to
pedals with metal pins in them, they will grip anything. I have worn
everything from leather soled slippers (bad) to thick rubber soled work
boots (best grip I ever felt, and ankle support to boot!)

To answer your question, though, I normally wear sneakers without a
heel. When I was a novice I liked having a heel because my foot wouldn't
slip all the way off forwards, and also I could lock the pedal there.
But now with pinned pedals the grip is not a problem.

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TheObieOne3226 said:

*I think the problem is in your pedals, not your footwear.
*

Absolutely. But to protect my ankle bone, I like a padded hi-top. These
days I wear these (mostly because they were on sale).

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I wear Converse high tops and 661 Dually's for trials and muni because
they both offer ankle padding (especially to protect against the KH
protrusion on my trials). I also like them because the tread isn't over
aggressive.

For Coker I have been wearing my low top running shoes more often. I
don't need the ankle protection and flat soled sneakers aren't the best
for high speed run-outs.

Regarding PINS: If you use them they will bite you. Pinned pedals go
best with shin and calf protection. For freestyle there are non-pinned
pedals that offer plenty of grip.

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Quoted message said:

Absolutely. Must have pins.

That would be terrible for riding with your hands!:eek: Or even
barefoot.
I usually freestyle with some kind of hiking boot/sneaker cross, and
fairly smooth plastic pedals.

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I always wear skate shoes. I used to wear vans because they have that
gummy rubber stuff on the bottome but some of the designs they use for
the sole makes your feet slip off very easily. Right now I wear DC's.

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Memphis Mud said:

*Absolutely. Must have pins.*

Well, I guess we should ask what kind of riding you do.

I use pedals with pins for Coker, Trials, MUni, 29er XC. --No pins for
basketball, freestyle (both of which I do very infrequently). My giraffe
has no "pins" but metal teeth on its pedals (cheep Target pedals).

Regardless, I pretty much always wear those same shoes.

I don't like converse hi-tops because they don't really protect the
ankle bone. No padding, just canvas fabric. The sole is a bit flimsy for
me too. I know people who prefer them for freestyle (WW and such)
because of the flex. You feel the uni better. (So they tell me, I don't
do much freestyle).

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Memphis Mud said:

*I don't like converse hi-tops because they don't really protect the
ankle bone. No padding, just canvas fabric. *

My bad for not clarifying.

Converse Leather Hightops have plenty of padding.

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jsm said:

*That would be terrible for riding with your hands!:eek: Or even
barefoot.*

Nonsense, I ride my trials uni with metal pins barefoot all the time.
It's a little annoying at first, but you get used to it. And after you
finish riding you always have a nice six or eight little dot marks on
the sole of your foot. ( :
And also you ride freestyle, which generally uses plastic pedals. For
almost all other kinds of riding, metal pedals with pins are the way to
go.

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£6 trainers from tesco. I have a habit of growing my feet so shoes don't
last long.

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i always wear skate shoes

as theyr the only shoes i ever wear.

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