I've got my CBT tomorrow and I'm not sure what shoes...

[Quiiinny]

I've got my CBT tomorrow and I'm not sure what shoes I should wear, it says on the email wear tough leather shoes/boots which cover your ankles , however I do not own any tough leather shoes/boots. I only have trainers, will they still allow me to do my CBT if I wear firm trainers with good grip?

[NJD]

A CBT on a sunday?

You where emailed to wear sufficient safety gear well in advance I assume and therefore if they turn you away don't be surprised, wear what you've got as it's to late now.

[CaNsA]

[hellkat]

Of course you can wear trainers.
You certainly won't be the first and not the last, either.

You are unlikely to get sent away just because of that.
But they are likely to give a gentle lecture on the merits of wearing sturdier boots.
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[andym]

When I done my CBT (I believe that was on a Sunday too), we had about an 1 1/2 hours on the importance of wearing all the protective gear, but then told the only legal requirement is the crash helmet

[Quiiinny]

[Beehive Bedlam]

They won't care enough to turn down your money.

[HughiusMaximu...]

I did mine in trainers, I fully intended buying gear after but had nothing else at the time!

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Place I went to had boots, iirc.
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[andym]

[recman]

My religion forbids me from wearing things touched by the great unwashed so I bought everything beforehand, except during my Get On session where I wore a turban and welding gauntlets.
Everything but trousers were available at my training school though.

[Wonko The Sane]

I wore hiking boots for mine I think...
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[hellkat]

So how did ya get on, Quiiinny??
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[goto10]

[lihp]

What the hell is wrong with kids these days?

We had 1 the other week, wanting to know what was on the theory test, a couple of days after the post.

Now we have somebody who has booked a CBT, been emailed with what to wear, then at 9pm the evening before, hasn't sorted out footwear, and doesn't know what to use.

I fear for this planet
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[Doovy]

[chrisdubya]

[rubyhorse2]

what do you plan to wear once you get your CBT and a bike?

i bought all my gear prior to doing my CBT. I even bought my bike a week before i did my full test.

[P.addy]

[monkeybiker]

I crashed during my CBT in the car park area doing emergency stops so yes some protective clothing could be a good idea.

Could get some working boots for £30-40, would be better than trainers.

[Ariel Badger]

To be honest you could turn up wearing flippers and still be perfectly legal although you may have problems on a geared bike.
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[arry]

OP has flounced in the face of mild adversity.

Agree with the comments above - kids = mongoloid spaztards and meathead spunkbubbles these days

[grr666]

Flounced because these little miracles have their heads filled by all and sundry about what wonderful people they are
for their entire short lives. How they can accomplish anything, how they are so very special, how taking part is the
important thing, not winning. Must be quite a shock reaching semi-adulthood and suddenly finding out that
actually you are a brainless, useless, unemployable little mong who reveals their cataclysmic stupidity every
single time they open their spot encrusted little mouth. It all went wrong when they abolished the cane.
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[hellkat]

Or you get people like my daughter who thought that passing her CBT would be easy because "biking is in her blood"

And who was consequently quite frustrated to discover she couldn't work the gears immediately, so threw a tantrum (that would be her Italian heritage, not mine!), refused to suffer the ignominy of being put onto an automatic - and was back home before midday

I'd rather she didn't ride bikes anyway - far too dangerous for my little princess.

/hypocrite
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[recman]