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Specialized
Team Mountain ATB Shoe
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Submitted by
Chris Smalley
a Cross Country Rider
from Coral Gables, FL
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Every trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Tech | | Strengths: | Comfortable, Looks good (yellow & black) | | Weaknesses: | The soles came off | | Similar Products Used: | Nike | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche, Rock Shox Psylo XC, Crank Bros eggbeaters | | Bottom Line: | I got them on sale. They are an older model. They have been comfortable and nice and stiff. I have been using them for two months on the road. Today I went off road with them and the left sole came away from the shoe. It slaps around like a flip-flop. The right one is coming apart too. I emailed Specialized today. I'll report on how they handle this.
25 bucks per month for shoes isn't going to cut it. My crappy low end Nikes lasted for six years. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
T-Bone
a Cross Country Rider
from Morro Bay
Date Reviewed: March 14, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | chumash trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$32.00 | | Purchased At: | www.specialized.com | | Strengths: | Price
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price | | Weaknesses: | seems better for narrower feet, clors a bit bright but match my lavender closeout riding trunks | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Sport, paid 8 dollars less for the Team Mountain, must be a recession or something | | Bike Setup: | GT I drive 3, loads of modifications daily | | Bottom Line: | Love the slick bottom, clips skid right into clicking not like my Sport models that had more rubber bottoms making it harder to find the click. Have to say like the extra stiffness and way lighter, but cleats a bit aggressive, otherwise for 8 dollars less than the sport models this shoe rocks, like the rubberised bumpers that keep the fabric from taking abuse on rocks bonks and skids, perfect foot would be narrower with a slightly wider heal, I'm happy ride on, love online deals! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cory
a Cross Country Rider
from Redwood City, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Specialized web site | | Strengths: | Good fit
Good looks
Stiffness | | Weaknesses: | Every single time my crnk turns,the top two straps rub against it. It is really annoying, but it doesnt detract from the performance. It is a little loose in the heel area for me. This may be because i have a narrow foot. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | 99 Specialized hardrock A1 Comp FS, stock with Eglund total air cartridges, BG comp saddle, etc | | Bottom Line: | Very nice shoe. Good quality, the only weakness i found is the loose fit in the heel, and the rubbing of the straps on the crank | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
aaron
a Racer
from michigan
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | stiff for the first 4 rides. | | Weaknesses: | loose their stiffness
crappy velcro that wears out after 6 months
ohh yeah ive broken the sole on two of them, hey but this time it only took 3 months. | | Similar Products Used: | nike inyo's | | Bike Setup: | schwinn homegrown, time pedals, 9.0 | | Bottom Line: | at first i really loved these shoes. they seemed really stiff and when i broke my first pair i said, hey maybe this one was just defective. they didnt last a year. it took 4 weeks for specialized to replace them so there i sat without shoes. fix your service policies specialized. i got them replaced and 4 months later the new ones broke just behind the cleats. the first time the heal broke off. maybe im just to heavy for these shoes, but i dont think thats the case. im 6'4" 190. these shoes suck. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bike Er
a Racer
from Vermont
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | stuff | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Climb High | | Strengths: | Pretty Cheap (I got a deal through my shop)
Fit okay.
Pretty Stiff | | Weaknesses: | They're ugly.
They fall apart.
| | Similar Products Used: | Other Specialized Shoes | | Bike Setup: | Voodoo bla bla bla | | Bottom Line: | While these shoes were holding together, they were pretty good. But after about a season of frequent racing, the stitching began to come undone, the knobs on the bottom started tearing off, and I've managed to crack (yes, crack) the sole of one of the shoes... they're not too stiff anymore! I think that if you're spending this kind of money on shoes, you might as well chip in some more and get something nice. You wouldn't buy a bike from a shoe company, so why would you buy a shoe from a bike company?
Try Sidi, Carnac, Gaerne or Lake. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary White
a Cross Country Rider
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Surgery, London, UK | | Strengths: | Well made, good quality materials | | Weaknesses: | Everything else - let down by very poor design | | Similar Products Used: | Big S e.g. M220 plus many others in the past | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight; Race Face chainset; XTR shifters, cassette, and mechs; Marzocchi X-Fly 100mm forks; Hope XC hubs and C2 disks and levers with Mavic X618 rims. | | Bottom Line: | Maybe it's just the way I cycle or my feet (!) but I really hate these shoes - they're the worst SPD shoes I've owned. I have persevered but have had to move on to Shimano M220s. The main problem is the awful design of the sole. It's a constant battle to engage cleanly with the cleats, with the result that the foot slips off the pedal 40% of the time. It seems to be that there is very poor clearance around the cleat area. Also, the middle of the sole area is very narrow and completely smooth - so this leads to the second problem - when you try to catch the pedal or just rest your foot there whilst waiting to move off (say at traffic lights), the foot slips off as soon as you apply power - it's very difficult to coast with your foot just resting on the top of the pedal.
Other problems include a very narrow toe and only two velcro securing straps - the shoe never feels that its tightened up evenly.
Now I use Shimano M220s - and I just forget that I have the shoes on, as it should be with good footwear.
Specialiazed are a brilliant company and most of their products kick - but this one's a real turkey. Sorry guys - back to the drawing board!
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Submitted by
Ethan
a Racer
from Steamboat Springs, CO
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | 18 road area in Fruita, CO | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Shop | | Strengths: | I have a sort of wide foot and the wide toe box of the shoe fit me great. The shoe has a nice stiff sole and the venting is great. | | Weaknesses: | Towards the end of the racing season a few of the velcro straps started to fail. After a few creek crossings this spring pretty much all of the straps were failing. | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Trek 8500, XT/XTR, SID XC, Time ATAC carbon pedals | | Bottom Line: | This shoe is a great shoe if you don't plan on having it for more than a year or there about. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Elkton, MD
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | local shop | | Strengths: | they're comfortable, mine have been very rugged so far. they match my frame (ok, so that's not really a quality issue), and they have a nice, stiff sole. nicely vented too. | | Weaknesses: | walking with the toe spikes is a bit annoying. i took mine out. there's been some fraying of the velcro, but its still intact after a year and a half. the liners also slip some nowadays. nice summer venting is a pain in the winter. | | Similar Products Used: | first set of spd shoes. i've liked them enough to stick with them... | | Bike Setup: | wellgo pedals (i haven't had much trouble with them either, but i clean them after every ride) | | Bottom Line: | i like the shoe. i'm not going to give it a perfect review because a lot of you say you've had bad experiences with them, and my velcro is starting to fray a little. but i won't rip them either. they fit my feet fine (maybe i have weird feet. hey, i dunno, its not something you like to think about) they have served me well, and i think i got my money out of them. i've raced in the shoes three tiems, ridden and crashed, mud soaked, rock marred, tore the soles up, and wore them all day on gravel before. they are still in one piece. so what if i'm a novice? i can still tell that my pair have been worth every cent. hope i have as much luck with the next pair i get. when i need to replace these. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Racer
from NS, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Wrandees | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Fit, Stiff, Light, Looks, Toe and heel bumpers, price | | Weaknesses: | Durability | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano M220, Specialized el gato comp | | Bottom Line: | These shoes fit great, and are very stiff. Toe and heel bumpers are well thought out. Too bad the retention system sucks. The first pair I got the velcro wore out within a month. I returned them. The replacement pair had one front velcro strap that didn't stick from day 1, but they fit so well that it didn't affect they way they stuck on my foot. But then 2 months later, when tightening up the straps, the metal loop that the strap goes through to fold back on itself snapped in two. I took this pair back and got a pair of Shimano M220s-the blue ones with a carbon sole. Now I'm very happy because the shimanos rock. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ed
a
from brooklyn, ny
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | graham hills | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | loud color scheme gets you noticed,
no laces saves you time, not as pricey as sidi, hard sole saves you energy | | Weaknesses: | the velcro-only strap system actually prevents you from getting a tight fit around the heel. in other words, i can pull my heel off the floor of the shoe (that's not good) while fully strapped in to the point of cutting off circulation to my feet. i tried on their other mtb shoe - the mountain comp (which has a lace/velcro system, the same sole, and is $40 bux cheaper) and i actually think it's a superior shoe. unfortunately they didn't have my size (what's up w/ the no 1/2 sizes - 44, 45, 46) give a 10 1/2 guy a break! | | Bottom Line: | i'd go w/ the specialized mountain comp if i could do it all over again. it's got the same sole, same synthetic upper material (go vegan!!) one less velcro strap, a lace system, and you save $40 bux towards your next shoe purchase. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeff goodhand
a Racer
from roswell ga usa
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | mansell | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | i think they are comforatable and look cool | | Weaknesses: | nothin yet | | Bottom Line: | i think that look cool are pretty lite, and are perfect for the type of riding that i do. i would recomend them to any body so far. i have already put them through hell and back | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Patrick
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Rosa, CA
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dragon, Full XTR with Time Atac Carbon Pedals. | | Bottom Line: | I purchased a pair of the 2000 Specialized Team Mountain Shoes two weeks ago. After only 10 miles of relatively gentle trail use while riding with my wife, the sole broke almost in half near the heal of the shoe. I weigh 190#'s and I never even raced or cranked hard in them yet. Thank goodness I have an awesome LBS who just swapped them for a new pair. They are comfortable, fit great and have a great aggressive sole. A broken shoe sure makes you wonder if they're worth the $139.00 price tag though. I will ride them for a few months (if they last that long) and place another review. I'm hoping it's just a fluke thing that happened. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from Tucson
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Hard plastic uppers protect against foot injury. | | Weaknesses: | Hard plastic uppers make shoe very uncomfrotable. | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale dual purpose, Specialized El Gato, Answer Accelerator. | | Bike Setup: | Blue and Yellow...Sweeet..! | | Bottom Line: | Just to avoid any misunderstanding, this review is for the 1999 team shoe, bright yellow. I payed $110.00 six month's ago. They are currently on closeout for $69.98 at Price Point.
I found these shoes to be very painful, my toes grow numb after about half an hour, if you ride without stopping and after an hour the pain is unbearable! The soles are now comming apart after 6 months of hard abuse but they did not get exposed to the rainy season. Because they are the "Team" shoe i thought they would be better, not a good buy at over $100.00., would recomend them at $69.98 if you could try them on first, if not you will be in for some pain! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AL
a Cross Country Rider
from JERSEY
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | CHEAPER THAN SOME OTHERS | | Weaknesses: | CRAP QUALITY, IN-PROPER FOOT HOLD | | Bike Setup: | DOSE IT MATTER !?!?!? | | Bottom Line: | Let me steer anyone from buying these shoes. First of all you would think that a company as large as SPECIALIZED would be able to warranty against the type of injury I put on these shoes. I actually split the solid shank clean in half ! Not to mention the heel cup is tearing off the sole. And the velcro looses its hold easily.
Any way since I first purchased Them the fit has never been the greatest. It'svery hard to get the shoe to stay on properly, by using those velcro straps. I am able to pull the shoe off like a slipper, When upgrading to clipp-less you are looking for maximumm leverage. You can't possibly attain that when your heel is constantly lifting up.
GARBAGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sick Air
a Downhiller
from NY
Date Reviewed: July 1, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Killer Bees | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Uh....the color I guess. | | Weaknesses: |
Fall apart easily.
Terrible for wide feet and high instep. | | Similar Products Used: |
Shimano Rokosakis
Answer Flatfoots
Diadora Chilis | | Bike Setup: |
Klein Mantra Race
Z1 Bam
XTR | | Bottom Line: | These shoes were replacements for my Rokosakis which fell apart. I thought they felt good in the store, but after the first ride the archs on my feet were killing me. Even with the wide toe box they arent great. And to top it all off, the bottom strip of yellow on the left shoe fell off and the other side is ripping. I got a pair of Answer Flatfoots for $39 bucks from Supergo after that. They fit WAY better and have survived the strom so far. These shoes suck. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
richard chittick
a Racer
from littleton co
Date Reviewed: July 1, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
lynn trail, harrisonburg, va | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
first off, the improvements: having ridden 98 spec shoes and now 99's, there's a few things to be said:
size: they've improved the sizing on these shoes to actually translate into real european shoe sizes. when it says 43, you can trust it means 43.
toe box: it's bigger now, but not huge. the shoe is actually working better for folks with a a wider foot, but my standard width feet aren't sliding around much. liking it alot.
soles: the bottom is now made out of some high-falootin' rubber instead of plastic, making them grip terrain much better. good stuff.
heel: exlusive to the team shoe (as far as i know), the heel _really_ holds on to your feet. not that it didn't last year, but they were hard to get into last year, and that's not really the case anymore. | | Weaknesses: |
you have to pay careful attention to the shoelaces. though they do a good job of snugging the shoe over your arch, they can sneak out and catch a chainring when you're not looking. | | Similar Products Used: |
'98 el gato comps
'98 rockhoppers
an old ragged out pair of shimanos | | Bike Setup: |
specialized stumpy with 747's on an lx crank. | | Bottom Line: | specialized was making a good shoe before, and now they're making a really good shoe. i can't say it's great after only one month, but they're a far sight better than last year's. and like a said, if you're dealing with a wider foot, check these out. very spacious. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Porter
a Racer
from Mexico DF
Date Reviewed: June 23, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Salazar,Mex | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Light, comfortable, strong, reliable, helps improve your pedaling efficiency | | Weaknesses: |
Sometimes it is difficult to guide the sole to cleat as fast as with other shoes, (too narrow??). A bit hard to put them on. | | Similar Products Used: |
Shimano, Scott | | Bike Setup: |
Time Pedals, Fisher Supercaliber 98 | | Bottom Line: | My left foot used to ache while pedaling and my toes went numb. Also I felt pain in the arch of my feet. ALL THAT IS GONE WITH THE SPECIALIZED SHOES. I feel I am pedaling faster thanks to the lack of pain and sole rigidity. Great racing mtb shoes. I hope they last at least two racing seassons.... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Cross-Country Rider
from Danville CA
Date Reviewed: April 6, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
I'd tell but then I'd have to kill ya! | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Price-- Closeout special on last year's model, swear to gawd only $19.99. | | Weaknesses: |
They seem kinda narrow but that's cool because I have narrow feet. | | Similar Products Used: |
I have the 98' Answer Accelerators and like them a lot. | | Bottom Line: | I tried these same shoes on last fall when they were on sale for $90. and almost bought them then but at $19.99 they are a friggen steal. I haven't even ridden with them yet. I was checking to see what other riders had to say about them. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MCA
a Weekend Warrior
from Clarkston, MI
Date Reviewed: March 15, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
erforated synthetic leather upper for breathability & durability. Straps over laces to keep them out of harms way and a neoprene inner liner that fits like a glove. Stiff sole is great. | | Weaknesses: |
They are supposed to have gip on all surfaces. I'd have to disagree because the tiles on my basement floor are like ice when I'm wearing these shoes. | | Bottom Line: | A roomy toe box ffor people who don't like there feet to be jammed into a shoe. The neopre liner is nice and provides some protection from the laces. The Padded toungue than covers the laces are covered by two straps that really make the shoe fit well. They are durablke and scratch resistant and can be hosed off and cleaned right up. They material is synthetic so it doesn't stretch. The Bright yellow with red and black accents make it a kick ass looking shoe. Alitle hard for pedal engagemnt till they get broken in and you get used to them. Ihad to actually carve away a bit of the tread to make peadal engagement easier - minus 1 chillie for that. Overall a great shoe. | | Overall Rating: |
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