Exustar Clipless Sandal for Cycling with Closed Toe Design

I am 71 years old. I started riding a bicycle about 3 years ago. I ride for fun and for exercise. Speed is really unimportant to me. I ride in Florida and in Illinois. I usually ride 100 to 150 miles a week in Florida and 75 to 100 per week in Illinois. Occasionally I do a ride of 55-75 miles. I use flat pedals with posts. I wore running shoes until until I purchased these sandals. Several times I got a hot foot while wearing the running shoes. After RAGBRAI a few of my toes had numbness. I believe the running shoes were not wide enough and compressed my toes as well as were insufficiently ventilated. I decided to try sandals to solve the foot problems. I decided on these because there was a cover on the bottom and I use flat pedals. Size: I normally wear a size 11 M. I bought size 11-12 (US), 45-46 (European). These fit well. Width: I had purchased some 510's but returned them because I did not think they were wide enough. These sandals had the ample width. So Far: I have not done any long rides so I don't know about my hot foot. However, they have good width so my foot is not compressed and there is plenty of room around the toe so I hope this will solve my toe issues The bottom of the sandal does well because the posts grab well in the slots of the bottom of the shoe. However, I did ride when it was drizzling and the sandals slipped quite a bit. Overall these sandals were good for someone like me. They are comfortable and ventilated with sufficient width.

These are great for riding in hot humid conditions, especially without socks. But I look forward to trying them out with socks in cooler weather. They are built so that my Shimano cleats do not contact most floors when walking. Walking in these is actually comfortable even with stiff soles. They are high quality and built to last. I still love my Lake cycling shoes and boots but I will be wearing these in all but the coldest conditions. I am size 11.5 and the 45-46 fit perfectly, even without socks as the Velcro straps allow for perfect adjustments.

I bought the Exustar E-SS515 Clipless Sandal 45-46 Euro or 11-12 US, Black so I'd have something I could wear into a store or restaurant without the loud clacking noise that I get from my Shimano road shoes with the 2 screw SPD cleats when I ride in the summer. These do a very good job. They don't click on hardwood or flat floors. I do get a grinding sound when walking on less even cement with small rocks in it like in my driveway, though. Still a massive improvement. I normally wear a Men's 10 1/2 and go to a size 11 if the 10 1/2 isn't available. The 45-46 Euro size fits very good. Pros: SPD cleats do not click on smooth surfaces because the cleats are slightly recessed They are comfortable to wear You can't tell they are clipless biking sandals just by looking at them They work with my dual platform multi-use pedals that came stock on my Gary Fisher Mendota They guard your toes with the toe cap - I've ground up a bunch of nice flip flops when the toe area has hit the ground in the past. No hard scrapes on the toes, thankfully! Cons: They are a trickier (tighter fit) to clip in due to the narrow recessed cleat box, when compared to my Shimano road bike shoes The cleats makes a grinding sound on the pebbles in slighty bumpy pavement - (they are very shallowly recessed) Yeah, these area great for me. I would recommend them to a friend and also buy them again if anything happened to them. Hope this helps. Happy Ridin'!

i needed to replace my Keen bike sandals and these really fit the bill! They have a wide toe box and are a bit chunky-looking, but really comfortable and plenty lightweight for recreational road biking if you use clipless pedals. I have a Morton's neuroma in one foot and I've been afraid i would have to stop using clipless pedals entirely, since i can't wear the narrower, closed toe biking shoes. These great sandals are actually more comfortable than my old Keens. And easier to put on, because you just open and close the back strap. I wear a women's 7 1/2 size shoe and the Euro size 37-38 fits perfectly. Because the back strap is adjustable you don't have to worry about a 'perfect' size. TIP: buy new cleats at the same time - i transferred my old cleats over but they're pretty worn. Now I have to buy some new cleats as a separate order.

Even though I gave them a 4 for comfort and a 2 for light weight, I give them a 5 overall. How's that? I wear them barefoot, and find the little bumps in the insole are a little uncomfortable. These are unnoticeable if you wear socks, no matter how thin. In hot or warm weather these are great, and other than the little bumps they are comfortable on bare feet. All the straps are lined with fleece so they don't irritate my feet, and the toe caps have been fine for my toes. I didn't want bare toes like the Shimano sandals; these are great. Only a 2 for light weight, but that's not important to me. These are a little heavier than the MTB shoes they replace, but any cycling shoes that are stiff enough for cleats are going to be kind of heavy. They are fine for what I need.

Platform available to use clips if wanted. I rode across the country and loved these.

Comfortable and durable, but heavy for what they are.

Just unboxed and put on, so nothing to say about durability. Comfort will take a bit to assess; seem good enough at the moment. Light weight? Less than I'd anticipated, but they're not featherweight. Have only done Euro sizing a couple of times. These were 43/44 and seem to fit well. And I'm a D width, and these are quite good there. Had to loosen the straps a little, but everything goes well. Very reminiscent of a Keen sandal I've had for 10 years or so. Protected toe box, seemingly good tread, with removable area for clipless (Crank eggbeaters the pedal) clearly visible. Much better than the Keen cycle sandal from just after I got the ones described here, which were outrageously narrow, shaped from a last from hell. Got the gray with neon green straps. Not as clownish as I'd expected. But those non-cycle Keens? Those are a weird blue and gray, so I'm not quite doing a walkway--my toes aren't pretty.