The website in the US and UK use standard shoe sizing, and there's a steep upturn to the toe that meant I had to go up in sizing a bit. The brand isn't acting like a cycling company with The Road Cycling Shoes. Moulding the front and rear traction pad as part of the base also helps with both price and sustainability.Īdidas might have history but that's long gone. Carbon is difficult to recycle while Nylon, another name for polyamide, has a path to recyclability. Like the upper, this is a sustainability play. This does save money but the reasons go beyond that. Instead, Adidas specs a fibreglass-reinforced polyamide plate. You'll also find the same coating used for the three stripes on the side, although in that case it's highly reflective for a bit of extra visibility in low light.Īt the base of The Road Cycling Shoes, you won't find carbon fibre. Both the toe and the heel use a coating that, as mentioned, visually mirrors the 1978 shoes but also protects in the two vulnerable areas so that walking down stairs or accidently hitting your front tyre won't immediately spoil them. Like all knit shoes, these aren't going to be easy to clean.Īdidas does have some protection built into the design though. If you prefer less noticeable texture, stick to white or black but you'll also want to consider the knit nature in that decision. The effect is most noticeable in the green as there is more contrast that plays off the black secondary colour.

When Adidas is ready to put the trademarked yarn to use, the brand knits it into an alternating pattern of positive and negative sections. If you're looking for more details, keep reading to see if it's worth riding in the iconic three-stripe design. Either way, I've spent plenty of time with a pair of the new version, and already added them to the list of the best cycling shoes.

Sometimes you'll find this version referred to as the Adidas The Road Cycling Shoe 2.0, but it's also known by the same name as the first generation. There's a new version of The Road Cycling Shoe that keeps much of what riders liked in the first version, but also updates a few things. Instead of shooting for the high-end, Adidas was trading on nostalgia and looking to capture fitness riders who valued style and cared about sustainability. The shoe looked a lot like the 1978 Eddy Merckx Competition, but with a focus on a new kind of buyer. Colours: US - Core Black / Cloud White / Lucid Lemon, UK - Core Black / Cloud WhiteĪfter 15-years Adidas released a shoe called The Road Cycling Shoe and buyers went crazy for it.

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