New Shoes - Recommendations or advice on Gaerne v Sidi

ALaPlage
ALaPlage Posts: 732
edited May 2010 in Road buying advice
I have a pair of Diadora carbon road shoes. They have been very good and I am thinking of replacing them with another pair. I have been recommended both Sidi and Gaerne particularly the Gaerne G Myst Carbon. Has anyone else had any experience of these shoes? The guy in the club who has them tells me they are so comfortable. Unfortunately despite his kind offer to let me try them he is a size smaller than me so I d not think I would get a true impression of the comfort! :lol:

So Gaerne, Sidi or stick with Diadora? Whats your advice?
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  • thel33ter
    thel33ter Posts: 2,684
    If you like the Diadoras, then you may as well stick with what you know.
    And now you know, and knowing is half the battle
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  • brin
    brin Posts: 1,122
    thel33ter wrote:
    If you like the Diadoras, then you may as well stick with what you know.
    +1 .........if it's not broke don't fix it, as they say :wink:
  • grahamcp
    grahamcp Posts: 323
    I like the look of the Gaernes, and have seen a couple of positive comments - plus for me, having G for Graham on them increases the appeal no end :oops:

    However, I just looked on the distributors website and discovered there are only 8 dealers in the UK!!! None of them are anywhere near me, so I'd be forced to take a punt and order from CRC and hope for the best. Not something I'd be too keen on, and I'm not sure if CRC would refund simply because they don't fit.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Grahamcp wrote:
    I like the look of the Gaernes, and have seen a couple of positive comments - plus for me, having G for Graham on them increases the appeal no end :oops:

    had the same idea, but they were too narrow for me :cry:
  • bexley5200
    bexley5200 Posts: 692
    sidi if you can aford them
    going downhill slowly
  • Limburger
    Limburger Posts: 346
    Sidi all the way.

    Not that I have tried Gaerne but my Sidis are bliss.
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    don't have to change them if they don't fit, some old mail order law?
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  • Lillywhite
    Lillywhite Posts: 742
    Limburger wrote:
    Sidi all the way.

    Not that I have tried Gaerne but my Sidis are bliss.
    I've owned Sidi and Gaerne shoes in the past and it's Sidi everytime for me now.
  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    Garry H wrote:
    Grahamcp wrote:
    I like the look of the Gaernes, and have seen a couple of positive comments - plus for me, having G for Graham on them increases the appeal no end :oops:

    had the same idea, but they were too narrow for me :cry:

    So did I but my Sidis are in too good a condition for the house financial director (aka wife) to approve.....God we're shallow :shock:

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