Northwave Aerlite S.B.S MTB Shoes

The heavily lugged outsole offers a secure and stable grip on avariety of surfaces and even sheds mud pretty well optional toespikes can be fitted if things get ugly. Although the carbon-reinforcednylon sole to which its all attached isnoticeably softer than full-carbon units, its still stiff overall andthe modicum of extra flex was nice to have when running the barriers incrossor when longer days on the mountain bike involved more time exploringon foot.

However, two major flaws mar the otherwise spotless performance. First,the shoes are rather heavy at 844g per pair (size 43.5) and finickyracer-types will undoubtedlybalk at the extra mass. Even Shimanoscomparably robust SH-M225 shoes which are no featherweightsthemselves are a bitlighter.