Is anyone else getting the adverts for weird shoes?

Giraffoto
Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
edited February 2012 in The bottom bracket
I'd be very worried if this is based on my browsing history and they think I'm a likely customer - the banner advert at the top of my Bike Radar page is for "Vibram Fivefinger" shoes (and the name sounds like something even weirder, by the way) which come with individual toe slots. Can anyone envisage a good reason for getting these things, other than maybe picking up coins in the street with your toes?

http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/outpdir.jsp?search=vibram+fivefingers&adpt=786354897&search=dynamic_product_728x90_h51363&adpr=786914698&m=4966305492402964922
Specialized Roubaix Elite 2015
XM-057 rigid 29er

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  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    Lovely! :shock: Can't even imagine a "distressed kangaroo" buying them.
  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    they are for minimalist running (basically like barefoot running but with a bit of protection for your feet)

    supposedly quite effective if you are into that sort of thing
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    Omar Little wrote:
    they are for minimalist running

    But not so minimalist that you just wear a pair of cheap shoes . . .
    Specialized Roubaix Elite 2015
    XM-057 rigid 29er
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Think this might help - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdb7ZDJKS4

    Might not explain fully but should give you a sense of what your up against!
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    They're for athletes foot.


    Wear these for a while and you're sure to get it.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • sandyballs
    sandyballs Posts: 577
    They are developing a Vibram Sixfinger for the Cornish.

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