Shoe Evaluation: Biking is about pushing and pulling pedals for hours. So UDOG designed and developed the primary ever biking shoe that follows your ft when pulling up. TENSIONE is the primary ever shoe that wraps your ft from the underside to the highest.
Sure, laces!
Alastair Hamilton PEZ sez: My first biking footwear had been all leather-based, you needed to nail the cleats on to the only real and so they had laces. Since then biking footwear have modified rather a lot, clipless pedals in all probability pressured lots of the improvements. Laces had been changed by velcro straps, then ratchet buckles and BOA dials. However, now now we have come full circle and again to laces.
As soon as they had been on, no adjustment was wanted
I admit I used to be sceptical about laces. I all the time discover I’ve to tighten the BOA’s after about 20 minutes right into a journey and whether it is scorching, I often have loosen them once more after an hour or so. I couldn’t see how this might be doable with the UDOG Tensione footwear. Nicely, I can say it wasn’t an issue, as soon as the footwear had been on and the laces had been comfortably tied up, I didn’t want to regulate them. There’s additionally a pouch for the laces on the prime of the tongue to maintain them out of the way in which.
Lot of toe room and safety
I usually put on 41.5, however UDOG don’t make half sizes, however I discovered the 41 had been snug. Speaking of consolation, the primary time I wore them was a shocking pleasure… they’re very nice. No pinching or squeezing and in addition no motion on the heel and with sufficient toe room on the entrance.
The 2 straps go bellow the in-sole for wrap-around foot grip
This consolation and feeling of ‘grip’ across the foot comes from the ‘Pressure Wrap System’. The 2 black straps you’ll be able to see on the edges of the footwear, go beneath the in-sole and maintain the foot in place. Additionally, contained in the heel there are rubberised grippers to cease the foot lifting out of the shoe.
Grippy heel
The carbon sole is alleged to have an index of seven, it feels stiff and the in-sole stored me snug with none flex. There’s an ‘in’ air vent on the entrance and an ‘out’ vent on the again/center. The temperatures have been within the 30’s ºC right here and there was no foot overheating. The heel pad isn’t replaceable, however I’ve by no means needed to exchange one, so…
Stiff carbon sole
The UDOG Tensione footwear are properly made and look as if they may final a very long time. There are strengthening/safety patches on the toe, heel, sides and on the lace holes, plus there may be an inside toe cap, so the shoe will maintain its form, no toe pinching, in-fact you’ve got room to wiggle these toes.
Nicely made and look good
To say I used to be pleasantly stunned can be an understatement, particularly on the value. I’ve worn footwear that price twice as a lot because the UDOG’s and in some circumstances, I might say, the UDOG Tensioni’s are extra snug. I now don’t have anything in opposition to laces, they’re as straightforward to get out and in of as BOA’s or every other fastening system. I might go so far as saying the UDOG’s have turn out to be my first alternative of shoe when going for a journey.
Good in-sole
Tech Particulars:
Consolation & Higher
The shoe has been developed with consolation in thoughts. The design is consciously minimal, eliminating all {hardware}, plastic and metallic components, that create strain factors. The advanced lace-up closure system permits UDOG to make use of higher supplies which might be softer and extra snug when in comparison with commonplace biking footwear minimizing stitching. The higher is fabricated from revolutionary 3D technical mesh, the fabric is gentle, mushy and breathable.
Turning into the primary alternative shoe
TWS
Pressure Wrap System. A cushty and supportive shoe is a basis of a superb journey. Udog designed TENSIONE creating 18 factors of contact between the higher and your ft. Introducing Pressure Wrap System, a metatarsal dynamic system that hugs the metatarsal space of your ft from the instep to the bridge for an optimum match. Pressure Wrap System allows a extra managed switch of energy to the pedal. It holds your foot for full consolation throughout all the pedal stroke. Be at one along with your shoe.
Gentle sufficient
Outsole
Extra from Udog: “At our footwear basis we’ve designed and developed an outsole of composite carbon and nylon with a directed air flow channel, built-in rubber heel and toe caps for added sturdiness. A big metatarsal platform for simple cleat engagement. A high-performance stiff outsole engineered for constant stiffness alongside the foot; making certain optimum energy switch bonded to a breathable, mushy, and comfy higher. Stiffness index 7.0.”
Comfy, stiff, look good and never costly
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