\”Use It Up! Wear It Out! Make It Do! Do Without!\” was my mother\’s school. She was also very frugal, and saved just about everything. As result, I often have a hard time getting rid of things.

A couple of months ago, I replaced one of my pairs of cycling shoes with a new pair, to see whether it would help with the tendonitis in my foot. The old shoes didn\’t really seem all that worn to me, and I thought that maybe I could get further use out of them.

First I put in the original insoles from the new cycling shoes. I managed to get the cleats off of the old pair of shoes, and first tried wearing them for rides on the hybrid; going to the salvage store, for example. That worked well enough. Then I tried wearing them during the day for one day, and that didn\’t go as well.

That morning I wore the cleat-less cycling shoes and rode the hybrid to work, but didn\’t change out of the cycling shoes. By the end of the day, the problems with my left foot were starting to flare up. The shoes\’ soles seem to be too rigid for more than absolutely minimal walking. Besides all that, for non-riding purposes, the right one rubs on the big toe\’s bunion joint.

So, do I keep those shoes, or not? Keeping them does for a fact make for more clutter. On the other hand, well, Use it up, wear it out…