OV9

No mention of boatshoes yet, wtf chaps?

Boatshoes are nothing, I'm being bullied by my swedish chum into barefoot shoes, she swears by them.

(basically very flexible upper, and thin lower sole - yer freets, and all that)

Beany's new shoes:

A bit simpler than that, methinks.

Christ, not that barefoot, I'm in Leeds/Bradford, I don't want to be collecting syringes in my feet.

I have some extremely thin soled FIA grade racing shoes. Utterly useless because you can’t even walk from the house to the car without dying from pain on the gravel driveway

Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 12:10 pm I was unaware we had such a large proportion of petite ballerinas on the forum

These are cheap (55 notes) and seem to be available upto UK size 14.5 (in black at least). With that sole thickness (lack thereof) they might be akin to Mito's FIA shoes though

mik wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 3:24 pm

Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 12:10 pm I was unaware we had such a large proportion of petite ballerinas on the forum

These are cheap (55 notes) and seem to be available upto UK size 14.5 (in black at least). With that sole thickness (lack thereof) they might be akin to Mito's FIA shoes though

Might be worthwhile checking out this guy and seeing what his prefered driving shoe is.

£71.50. All sizes from 7.5 to 12 available.

clik Adidas driving booties

Christ, that looks like my grannies kitchen tablecloth.

Beany wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:05 pm Christ, that looks like my grannies kitchen tablecloth.

your gran was known for her stylish, yet practical tablewear in motorsports circles.

Rich B wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 11:14 pm

Beany wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:05 pm Christ, that looks like my grannies kitchen tablecloth.

your gran was known for her stylish, yet practical tablewear in motorsports circles.

No, it was just plain blue and white tablecloth with an overlapping criss cross, two line pattern.

Although it was probably easier to wipe clean.

mik wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 9:52 pm £71.50. All sizes from 7.5 to 12 available.

clik Adidas driving booties

Do you have a link to the matching nomex race suit?

mik wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 9:52 am
I do still have my £55 in-the-sale Onitsuka Tiger EDR78

Been looking for some of these for a while at a decent price. Going rate seems to be £150.

240PP wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:01 pm
Been looking for some of these for a while at a decent price. Going rate seems to be £150.

I definitely got a bargain. It's worth subscribing to their newsletter (bottom of page) to receive any offers that come up.
https://www.onitsukatiger.com/gb/en-gb/

Done, ta

My Speedcats arrived today. They fit fine and they’re nice and light, with very soft leather uppers.

I showed my wife and she expressed some dismay. I said they were for driving and she said I’d have to get out of the car at the other end, and was I planning to change at that point. I said they were better than boat shoes and she said they aren’t.

So don’t wear them out and expect to pull

I had some speedcats back in the day.

I didn’t really like them. I didn’t think they offered any more feel than a nicely worn in set of skate style trainers and I felt like a plonker at petrol stations or wearing them anywhere where I had to get out of the car.

Probably just a me thing, but then I don’t have particularly big or wide feet so never struggled for pedal room even in small cars.

i’m not to bothered about feel or looks, more with not dying when i try to press one pedal at a time in the Elise and end up pressing the accelerator as well as the brake!