I was looking for a very light weight, stylish shoe for bike riding to replace the awfully heavy and hot sneakers I have been wearing.  Although designed for running, The Merrell Trail Glove Barefoot looked like a reasonable choice

When I got them, and first put them on, I was bummed - I wear a 12  street shoe and ordered the size 13 and they were clearly too small with my big toes bumping the end of the toe cap.  I wore them a bit thinking I might get used to them, but nothing doing.  No way these were going to work.

Worse, the material making up the instep of the right shoe was very abrasive and quite uncomfortable and irritating to the skin - felt like fiber bristles.  The left instep, however, was just fine.

Additionally, after wearing around the house a for few days (trying to convince myself that these were "great shoes" based on all of the 5 star reviews), the toe cap on both shoes developed an indentation for some unknown reason, sort of like a dent in your car door.

Believe it or not, I reordered a pair of size 14s and returned the 13s.  These shoes fit perfectly and do not have the defects mentioned above, but I'm still less than impressed with their comfort.

Most annoying is it seems (to me at least) that even the smallest grain of sand inside the shoe feels like walking on shards of glass.  I don't wear socks (hey, these are "Barefoot" shoes, right), so maybe that would help.  But that would defeat the whole light weight, breathable shoe thing I was looking for to begin with.

 I know these are running shoes, and if I were a runner, which I'm not, then maybe these shoes would feel terrific.  But for a casual -walking around - biking shoe, I'm sure there are better products I could have gotten (including Merrell products I suspect).

On a positive note, the Merrell Trail Gloves are very light (8 ounces each shoe), very breathable (they keep my feet so much cooler than my sneakers) and pretty cool looking.  I'm getting used to them, but knowing what I know now after trying two pairs, I'd opt for something different.