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Cycling Shoe Reviews, Features, Product reviews, Shimano, Tech - October 29, 2020

Shimano S-Phyre SH-RC902 road shoe review: Messing with success

Shimano’s latest flagship road shoe doesn’t really look all that different from the previous model. However, there are some very substantive changes underneath the surface, and while the move will undoubtedly be welcomed by some, long-time fans of that characteristic Shimano fit might want to stock up on older models before they’re all gone. Evolution, …

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Specialized Recon 2.0 gravel shoe review: S-Works on a budget? Not quite

Specialized says its Recon 2.0 XC/gravel shoe is “inspired by S-Works Recon”, which suggests a fair bit of that flagship model’s DNA is included here, despite costing a fraction of the price. It looks the part and sounds good on paper, but if you’re hoping for a similar fit to the S-Works Recon, just with …

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The $200 cycling clothing challenge

Let’s face it: cycling kit can be stupidly expensive. Like really, really bloody expensive. The top-end kit is nice (most of the time), but if you’re planning on kitting yourself out each season with the latest and greatest clothing, you would need to be thinking about either selling kidneys or sending your kids out to …

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Vittoria Tierra gravel shoe review: OMG, that purple!

Vittoria — the shoe company, not the tire people — has been diligently making cycling shoes in Italy since 1974, with a modest, though seemingly loyal, following. Even brands with the longest of pedigrees need to adapt to modern times, though, and so it is that Vittoria has entered the red-hot gravel market with the …

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Rapha Pro Team road shoe review: Nailed it

Rapha’s new Pro Team road shoes debuted less than a year after the company’s gravel-specific Explore model, yet despite supposedly falling from the same tree, the two apples could hardly be more different in terms of fit, feel, and refinement. As you’d expect from Rapha, the Pro Team shoes are also elegantly stylish — and …

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Shimano S-Phyre SH-RC902 road shoe review: Messing with success

Specialized Recon 2.0 gravel shoe review: S-Works on a budget? Not quite

The $200 cycling clothing challenge

Vittoria Tierra gravel shoe review: OMG, that purple!

Rapha Pro Team road shoe review: Nailed it

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