Mountain bike shoes have a major influence. With a mountain bike shoe that does not fit properly, you will not only suffer from blisters, chafing and cold feet, but it will also prevent you from optimal power transmission to your pedals. Here are a few tips that you should pay attention to when purchasing a cycling shoe. With mountain biking you often ride in the woods and in different weather conditions, which is why you need a different shoe than with racing cycling.
A mountain bike shoe with a click system is also called an SPD shoe: SPD stands forShimano Pedaling Dynamics. It is important that you always choose a size larger with SPD shoes because they always run too small. The difference between mountain bike shoes and racing bike shoes is that mountain bike shoes do not have a smooth sole and a racing bike shoe does. During mountain biking it happens that you have to get off the bike for a while, which is why the MTB shoe has a coarse profile. Especially because the bicycle plate is incorporated between the profile, you can walk with it easily.
The length of your MTB shoe is especially important, it is very different from normal shoes. For example, the big toe in a racing shoe only needs 1 to 2 millimeters of extra space. This is to mount the bicycle plate in the right place so that you make optimal use of the power transfer to the pedals.
The most important thing about a mountain bike shoe is that they are of course comfortable. The shoe should not pinch anywhere because that can give a 'dead' feeling in the foot after a while. This dead feeling is because the foot is too tight in the shoe, which pinches the blood vessels. Sidi and Shimano have a wide choice of MTB shoes.
