These shoes are normally in the $100ish range and are quite difficult to locate, they aren’t the sort of shoes you would expect to find at Nordies or wherever. Additionally, they are fabulously hideous. No matter.

When at a track day over the weekend with some buddies – a friend of mine noticed that 3 of the people he was working a corner with were wearing the same Piloti shoes. The retold and dumbed-down conversation went something like this

Friend: Hey are all 3 of you color coordinating or something?
Dudes: No we all just wear Piloti shoes
Friend: Uhhh… that’s kinky
Dudes: Nah we got them at Ross for a smooth $20
Friend: HOT!

Now in discussion with said friend I realized that Ross carries items for a limited time and especially an item like this is sure to be a lucky, but rare find. Sunday he rolls into his local Ross and low and behold there are a pair in his size, orange no less.

So today after work I try my luck and I find that there are not one, but two Piloti shoes in varied forms of Lambo-Yellowness. I bought both. One of them is more leisure, and the other is race-ready complete with the padding on the right shoe capable of dealing with the complete flogging heel and toe requires.

Yes, I realize they are ugly. Thanks.