The upper of the Crank Brothers Stamp Lace is dialled, but still needs the rubber to match if it wants to steal a bit of Five Ten’s flat-pedal thunder.
Crankbrothers unveils all-new Mallet, Mallet E and Stamp MTB shoes The US components brand aims to create the ultimate shoe connection for mountain bikers
December 14, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Getting the right shoe/pedal combo isn’t an easy task, especially when you consider how many potential options are currently on the market. Even when you settle on a pair, they might still require some subtle ‘altering’ to get them just right – we’ve all lengthened cleat slots or trimmed shoe outsoles for better pedal compatibility in the past. It’s not ideal, more of a necessary evil.
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But Crankbrothers is keen to eradicate these sorts of problems and has spent the past few years developing its new shoe line-up to do exactly that, with help from Fizik Research and Development designer Anthony Hope and rubber expert Vanni Scapin.