Wednesday 1 December 2010

Carpetburn

Travis from the excellent 747Rider blog asked about carpet shoes in the Vegas post below. I first heard about them when I interviewed Craig Randall about his incredible life for Sideburn #3. This brilliant shot of Craig in his carpet shoe is taken from his old photo album on page 77 of that issue.Then I remembered a post from the Timomium Cow Palace flat track that illustrated carpet shoes just dandy.Photo: Tim White

UPDATE:
continuing our fetish in the same arena, but examples of plastic stacks instead of fluffy ones...
Out-takes from Gary's The Great Indoors II story in SB#2.
kneeslider screwed to Timberland boots
White nylon - the same stuff as used for chain-guides on MX bikes. This was actually off-cuts from uPVC double-glazed windows.Best not use transparent plastic, you'll just look like a total slut. BP

1 comment:

747 said...

Mighty swell! straight up carpet and duct tape. i love it, i am starting to get more excited than a dog in a hub cap factory! cant wait.