Shyheels

I could be wrong but I would imagine their assumption is that men are buying the shoes as gifts for their wives, girlfriends etc.

Captain Peachfuzz

Frankfurter

Mustard

Snarl

I have actually seen some mid-height heels with clips - not photoshopped but for real.

I know clipless are meant to be very effcient, but as a tourer - and in the past in some really remote places, solo, with much water and supplies on board - that kind  of racer efficiency was never a concern. Same as I never worried about shaving bike weight. When you have 80lbs of gear, much of it water, on a lonely desert crossing who cares about saving a few grams on your rear sprocket? 

I never tightened up my Christophe clips. Again, not concerned with speed or efficiency to that degree. No need fir power on the upstroke. The toe clips were mainly to prevent foot slippage in rainy weather, or with muddy shoes, and partly because I grew up with toe clips and they were just part of the deal.

I always travelled with street clothes, never wore Lycra, so I could always look presentable on or off the bike. Much more diplomatic in remote corners of the world. Never occured to me to pack heels!

What kind of pedals are you using? Certainly not clipless - in heels. (That said I have seen high heeled cycling shoes for clipless pedals) All it would take is for your feet to shift on the pedal (assuming no toe clips) and you could send a slender heel into the chain or drivetrain. It wouldn't be that hard.

I have never been a fan of clipless myself. All my bicycles - tourers - have flat pedals so I can wear whatever footwear I please. Much easier that way on long tours so you don't have to pack street shoes as well as wearing your dedicated cycling shoes. Would never really have occured to me to wear heels, although as I say I have seen a few women do so, elegantly, on Dutch commuter bikes in London

Heart

Pain

12 hours ago, Rockpup said:

Shyheels: some sites will list a heel height for a specific size, so in those cases I would expect a '5 inch heel' to have the same angle on the foot across the size range

 

I guess it is the angle and proportionality that matters. I just wondered when I saw that the same models of shoes and boots could have different heel heights across a range of sizes - how buyers or people discussing heels could keep straight what they were talking about. 

Rictus

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Manx

Empire State

I have a question based on these heel height variations. Suppose a shoe or boot was designed and marketed as, say, a five inch heel, based on, say, a size 40. If the heel heights vary slightly according to size, in order to maintain proportionality and the artistry of the design, would someone who wore a size 35 or 45 still describe their shoes or boots as being five inch heels since that is the standard (and marketed) height and proportion or would someone wearing those particular shoes in a size 35 say they had four and a half inch heels, while someone in a size 45 describes that same model as having five and a half inch heels? Or are they just described as having five inches heels since that is the heel height on which that model is based? 

Island

With any kind of footwear - hiking boots or heels - quality has a huge impact on comfort and wearability. So does having the good sense to break in a shoe or boot before wearing them out somewhere. 

Not to worry. Heels and hemlines seem to go on an endless sine curve, up and down, up and down...

Nobody could ever accuse guys who wear heels of being slaves to fashion...

I miss Sydney...

Hops

Bitter

Vitruvian

And I'd be willing to bet your feet don't end the day bloodied and you crippled with pain...

Renaissance