Submitted by
willdabeast
a Cross Country Rider
from NZ Date Reviewed: July 11, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Muddy ones
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$145.00
Purchased At:
R & R
Strengths:
Solid sole, comfortable, secure fastening, good grip.
Weaknesses:
Not very waterproof.
Similar Products Used:
Old Specilized Sport`s
Bike Setup:
Scott Genius 30
Bottom Line:
I would recommend these shoes to anybody who rides XC. They wouldn`t be a good shoe to do walking in. When on your feet they feel locked on, very secure. I love `em
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Submitted by
Julien
a Cross Country Rider
from Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: September 21, 2008
Favorite Trail:
single track
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At:
CyclePath
Strengths:
comfortable shoes, latches and straps work well and tighten easily
Weaknesses:
do not latch easily into the pedals
Bike Setup:
xc/freeride
Bottom Line:
the way the soles are designed, the rubber adjacent to the clips in the shoe is too high and when i was trying to lock in the pedal would touch the sole before the clips and prevent them from locking in. i had to grind the sole down to allow the pedal to go down farther. I'm using Shimano M505 pedals. other than the little glitch with the latching issue, I would recommend these shoes.
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Submitted by
Trail Bum
a Cross Country Rider
from up state ny Date Reviewed: June 26, 2008
Favorite Trail:
the ones not seen
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$90.00
Purchased At:
lbs
Strengths:
The shoe looks to be well made, well ventilated, toe clips and the fit feels great and snug. The stiff sole if good for pedaling.
Weaknesses:
The biggest problem I see is the sole. It is made of a very hard material and is very very slick on rocks or hard ground. I feel like I'm on skates when walking in them. I'm the type of rider that likes to do trail work and these shoes suck for that. I've got a pair of Lake MX165's on order (which have a Vibram sole), that should be a much better all around shoe for me.
Similar Products Used:
Diadoras, Answer's, Specilized and good old hiking boots.
Bike Setup:
Intense Tracer with Fox and Shimano stuff
Bottom Line:
If I was a racer and never got out of the pedals these would be good shoes. But they are horrible if you have to walk any where with them.
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Submitted by
Trail Bum
a Cross Country Rider
from up state ny Date Reviewed: June 26, 2008
Favorite Trail:
the ones not seen
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$90.00
Purchased At:
lbs
Strengths:
The shoe looks to be well made, well ventilated, toe clips and the fit feels great and snug. The stiff sole if good for pedaling.
Weaknesses:
The biggest problem I see is the sole. It is made of a very hard material and is very very slick on rocks or hard ground. I feel like I'm on skates when walking in them. I'm the type of rider that likes to do trail work and these shoes suck for that. I've got a pair of Lake MX165's on order (which have a Vibram sole), that should be a much better all around shoe for me.
Similar Products Used:
Diadoras, Answer's, Specilized and good old hiking boots.
Bike Setup:
Intense Tracer with Fox and Shimano stuff
Bottom Line:
If I was a racer and never got out of the pedals these would be good shoes. But they are horrible if you have to walk any where with them.
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Submitted by
Joshua Kebschull
a Racer
from Miami, FL. Date Reviewed: April 25, 2008
For the Review above, I can probably agree that the synthetic leather, vinals and plastics will take a lot of abuse in arizona. I have road in Arizona down in the Huachuca Mtns. and finding lines to ease your ride and keep you shoes from taking a lot of abuse might be hard. Might not be the best shoe for that riding. I think for shoes designed to take that specific abuse might be more or less real leather or have kevlar inserts.
I dont have the rocks of Arizona, but I do have mud (swamp), coral and roots. I have had these shoes for just under a year and had no problems with the shoes other than both screw in cleat (front not pedal cleat) came out so I filled them with the suppied cleats. They do an excellent job of shedding mud and breath very well. I live in miami and with the humidity that is very important. They have remained stiff on the sole and only very minor scuffs on the side. I hope they last as long as my Diadora Gobi's (bought in Arizona) which I had for nearly 8 years! Which HAD to get replaced b/c the soles was blown out. I have been very impressed with the helmet and shoes that I have from Louis Garneau thought there is no visor available for the Exo-Nerve. Regardless the quality is very good! I say unless you mtb in terrain like the rocks of arizona these shoes will work absolutely fine and should give years of reliability.
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Submitted by
Doug Gangi
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix, AZ Date Reviewed: May 28, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Any one I am riding on
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At:
Online
Strengths:
Comfortable fit, attractive, breathe well
Weaknesses:
Buckle is hard to release, durability
Similar Products Used:
Shimano, Northwave
Bike Setup:
Various MTBs -- Trek 8000 SS conversion, Giant NRS, Titus Motolite
Bottom Line:
At first I was in love with these shoes -- comfy, airy, and relatively stiff. However, after only a few rides the durability issues started to come up. The buckle is very difficult to release, especially after it gets a little bit of use/wear (there were times that I literally had to wedge my foot out of the shoe because the buckle would not release). And the rocks in AZ started to trash the soles.
After 6 months of hard use the shoes are completely done -- the rubber grippers have ripped off the bottom of both soles, there are numerous rips/tears in the webbing, and the buckles are both useless.
AZ is hard on shoes, but my last pair of shoes, Northwave Iguanas, lasted 3+ years before looking as ugly as the Luois Garneaus's did in 6 months.
Bottom line - these shoes are definitely comfortable and perform well, but look elsewhere if you want your shoes to last! Had durability not been an issue I would have given them a 4 chili rating...but given how poorly these shoes have lasted...2 chilis is all they get.
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