I like riding my early-50s Claud Butler during appropriate events. It took me round a >200km l’Eroica a few years back and did the Tom Simpson Memorial ride last Sunday.
I can sort out most of the worn-out stuff for a reliable and pleasurable ride but my feet are a significant issue. I used to race and do long brevets with Brancale cleated shoes and double straps but nowadays I can’t find any shoes that fit both me and the pedals.
https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m6b0s154p3382/EXUSTAR-Stelvio-SP-705 killed my Achilles tendons at l’Eroica which limited my riding for a couple of months (for sale, low mileage!).
http://www.rufflander.co.uk/shop/heritage-footwear/arturo-cycle-shoe/ Arturo shoes are nice to my Achilles but cramps my third and fourth toes and is a little too narrow across the ball of my foot. After 70km, I stopped by the side of road, took a shoe off and had to massage the foot, just to finish the ride. These shoes will be going to someone else after less than 200km of riding.
Time to stop nickle-and-diming myself. Where can I get some custom cycle shoes for toeclips? Failing that, a pair of size-45-ish cycling shoes designed for human-shaped feet, rather than something with winkle-picker toes?