As a fan of 5.10 shoes, I’ve been looking at trying a pair of their SPD compatible shoes since they released the Hellcat. Sticky rubber soles plus SPD sounds like a winning combination. However, after checking out the Hellcat, I elected to hold off: the DH/BMX/ skate style clip-in shoe was simply too heavy. Not […]
Fresh Gear: Mamba X Shoes by DZR
DZR is a small SF-Based shoe company known for their uber-hip SPD compatible sneakers. If you were to imagine the classic profile of Chuck Taylors, re-visited in leather and herringbone, then add SPD-compatibility, you’d end up with the best looking riding shoes available. You also would have nailed the look of their Ovis and Strasse […]
Review: DZR Ovis SPD compatible cycling shoes
I didn’t realize how badly my cycling wardrobe actually needed kicks like these until these bad boys showed up at my doorstep. For some time I’ve been running a set of SPD pedals (on my city bike) with a platform pedal on the other side for getting around town and urban rides. It isn’t great […]