Black or white

Brian1
Brian1 Posts: 595
edited April 2016 in Road buying advice
Gonna buy myself a new pair of shoes. I have settled on sidi ergo 4''s mega. Would you buy white or black?

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  • northpole
    northpole Posts: 1,499
    Black shoes every time unless you have a fettish for cleaning them! Same with handle bar tape!

    Peter
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,620
    Why not one of each?
  • thepeginator
    thepeginator Posts: 147
    Black if you want to look practical. White if you want to look pro.
  • jlloyd
    jlloyd Posts: 131
    White, but have the wet wipes ready when you get home.
  • fishybaldrick
    fishybaldrick Posts: 8
    White all day long, and socks to match
  • SCR Pedro
    SCR Pedro Posts: 912
    JLloyd wrote:
    White, but have the wet wipes ready when you get home.

    Either that, or a pair of light and/or breathable overshoes for when it's grimy outside. That's what I do.
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  • mattyoung1990
    mattyoung1990 Posts: 11
    I agree with Pedro.

    White shoes look smarter, overshoes help to remove the problems with getting them dirty in the wet.
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    Black for the winter, white for the summer.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,272
    drlodge wrote:
    Black for the winter, black for the summer.

    FTFY
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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    White if you don't ride a bike,
  • MikeWW
    MikeWW Posts: 723
    White everytime
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  • nickbotfield
    nickbotfield Posts: 68
    Black, with black socks.

    Having said that, I really like the look of the grey/reflective Giro Empires.

    Giro_S_EmpireACC_SilverReflective_34.jpg
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    White.
    If they get dirty, so what, at least they look like like you ride in them rather than just sitting at home polishing them.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Having just seen a picture of them I would now change that to neither, unless you can find foot doppell-ganger to run them in then grind that hideous spoiler off the back. Looks like the spoiler off of a mark three escort XR3i...

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