I posted a topic last week where I broke my shoe, likely due to toe drag.  I certainly considered buying either Dexter Tank or SST 8, but my friend bought a pair of Pyramid shoes and they looked pretty good.  So, I decided to try another pair of Pyramid shoes called the Ra. 

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For $50 I expect they won't last forever, but I'm going to try the Velcro modification to see if that works.  In the near future I will ask Santa for some Dexter shoes.

I took close ups of a few quality spots on the shoe that I thought should be noted, but for $50 I think I can live with these cosmetic flaws.

Tried the Ra shoe for first time last night.  I stumbled and fell a couple of times on the first few frames.  I got them to slide pretty well by about the 8th frame of my first game.  I bowled pretty well after that.  I really need to try the Velcro on my drag toe because it gripped a good deal more than my old shoes and I felt like I was doing the splits a few times.  I'm excited to make that toe modification and get back to throw some more balls.

Hmmm... I hadn't considered that.

That same shoe is $39 now on bowlingball.com

Also the tpux pyramid shoes "HPX" are $92 which is probably an awesome bet too. I like the all black version myself, versus the Brunswick and Hammer variations!

That same shoe is $39 now on bowlingball.com

Also the tpux pyramid shoes "HPX" are $92 which is probably an awesome bet too. I like the all black version myself, versus the Brunswick and Hammer variations!

I saw that too and that's why I'm kind of leaning that way.  And I guess, for under $40, if they only last a year or two (but hopefully longer), it's still a good deal.