These are my daily walkers, BMX riders, rainy day shoes, and mechanic work shoes. Left shoe not pictured, but I’m sure you get the idea…
Yes I do have a few much nicer pairs of shoes for nice or important occasions, but I’d rather fully wear out one pair of shoes at a time.
So, what’s your worn out shoes looking like?
As long as I can is how long I wear mine out. At least until they start to become a real problem, like starting to really fall apart. If possible, that is. I just enjoy wearing my shoes to the max to ensure I get the most out of them.
jfc, man. riding BMX in these? no wonder they’re shredded…
if you need durable all-purpose shoes that are still comfortable enough to wear all day, i recommend light patrol boots.
Meh, I don’t ride flatland nearly as often these days as I used to 10+ years ago, but yeah I still get out and practice once in a while for the exercise.
But yeah, not only flatland, but brakeless flatland, that’ll definitely tear some shoes up, especially with tricks such as footjam tailwhips…
Here’s the one on my right foot right now.
Holy shit dude, you’d be doing those shoes a favor by walking through a reasonably clean ditch or deep puddle LOL!
If I did that, the hole in the side would let my sock get all wet, lmao
Lots of paint, joint compound, and caulk made these shoes look this good XD
My fiance, like her dad, uses old shoes for when we go to her family’s farm and they have a bonfire. For kicking burning stuff back into the fire. Unlike her dad, she’s 5-ft tall. I’m 5’10" and I use a fucking shovel like a sane person for that job. Keeps me from melting my shoes and lowers my risk of dying horribly.
I wear them until I know when I’ve stepped in liquid.
My winter boots is during its 7th winter now. The last one.
Leather is still good, but upper part has not decent look. But the worst part is it not warm enough anymore for russian winter.
Laces was changed, heel counter was patched, sole was glued.
Ooo ooo I love good work boots!
I bought these in 2015 for work. I left that job in 2020, and I wore these like three times since. Pulled them out this winter for my son to wear as the fit him right now, (he’s growing and blowing through shoes).
How bloody happy I am that after ten years, they are still holding up! You can see some of the leather is wearing, but they’re soaked on the outside in these photos, bone dry in the inside.
Fuck inflation though, I paid $120 for these back then, the same boots, I looked them up, today, are $230. Wild. No way I can buy these kind ever again, I’m so happy they have lived so long my son is now getting life out of them! Will definitely be getting these repaired when the time comes!
Till a toe pokes out.
Well that toe done sailed…
At least I’m prepped with more new shoes.
If I can’t see the floor through them, I’ll keep wearing them.
Oh, so early?
Until they break, then they’re yard shoes
No shoe thrown away
Yard shoes?
I actually like that term, makes sense 👍
I call these my junker shoes, for general everyday use, as I hardly give a shit anymore, as I have other nicer shoes for more formal occasions.
Yeah my yard shoes are there to cut grass and turn green lol
Where it gets really crazy is where you have a few pairs that you rotate through for “daily wear”. A whole decade can slip by before you go “how long have I had these?”
I don’t care a whole lot about fashion so “until they stop working correctly” is about the best answer I can give.
Even crazier when you started working from home at least part time since pandemic, so the shoes you’d normally wear to work get little use.
I got divorced about five years ago and still have a closet full of shoes I apparently needed but they’re all unworn so I might have a lifetime supply
Upvote for extra shoes 👍
I wear leather boots, ankle high. The shoe store fixes em when the bottom wears out. Had em 11 years and they’re still fairly pristine. Just gotta oil em every winter. Probably should do that more often.
It was $600 and $50 or so every couple years. Figure I’ve gotten it amortized down.
Usually until I have a hole in the bottom or they start to stink that even washing them doesn’t help.
Wait, you wash your shoes?
I only do that when I stepped into a doggy landmine…
Edit: How do wash shoes without damaging them?
Yeah I do once a while which also gives them a week of rest before I go on with them. You just don’t dry them in the dryer, you air dry them.
Yeah ill do this only when I start noticing a smell that shouldn’t be there after only wearing them for a few hours. I know its time.
I guess I don’t have delicate shoes. I just throw them in the washing machine.
Not referring to the shoes I posted, but I’ve never found a pair of shoes that can be safely (or legally) thrown in a washing machine.
We don’t have our own washing or drying machines here at the apartment, we have to use laundromats elsewhere. You throw shoes or boots in there, you’ll get charged with sabotage… ☹️
Ahh damn that sucks. It makes it super easy for tennis shoes/sneakers.
Meh, nobody in their right mind would give me any sort of shoe warranty once they realize I ride brakeless BMX flatland…
This isn’t exactly the clip I was looking for, but what the fuck you expect a flatland rider to do with both wrists sprained?..
I’m pretty sure I would eat shit if I tried to learn any BMX stuff. Hope you enjoy it even though you mangled yourself lol.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DdHGMZe5nFo
As long as I stick to flatland, I’m good. If I fail, I just either walk or roll out of it. It’s like an 80% fail, 20% land the tricks for me.
The real trick is to practice without hurting yourself…
Advice: Don’t try BMX stunts at home, unless you got balls of crazy.
For me, in a strange way, it helps me understand complex mathematics. The less I think of how I’m riding, the more I understand what I’m actually doing.
Why is that picture of an almost new slipper? No duct tape ?!
LMFAO! The big toe area is totally busted out…
I wear them until they reach zero on the comfort scale:
- 10 - The most comfortable thing in the universe. You don’t even know you’re wearing them
- 0 - It actively hurts your feet
Is this scale measured in years, months, or hours?
Technically, if it’s measured in one, it’s also measured in the others.
Way before they reach that state.
I go barefoot whenever it’s feasible, so if I’m wearing shoes, they better do shoe things. They last a long time because I don’t wear them, which helps from a financial side .
