Rider's shoe

A cyclist shoe especially for use with bicycles characterized by the absence of shoe pedal clips comprising a contoured inner sole and a thicker lower sole of high strength material provided with a transverse cyclindrical bore having such interior dimension as to accommodate the pedal shaft or axis which is connected to the crank gear, said lower sole having transverse cut-out portions to reduce the total weight of the shoe, the bottom of the lower sole being provided between bore and cut-out portions with a ridge or back-bone area to enable the cyclist to walk on the shoe after disengagement from the bicycle.

A rider's shoe comprising a relatively thick, light-weight, lower sole of high strength material provided with a completely cylindrical transverse bore which passes through both sides of said lower sole, said bore being tapered on the side nearest to the arch of the rider and said bore having such interior dimension as to accommodate a shaft.