New shoes recomendation

merc-blue

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Im a flat pedal rider, I have ridden clips but prefer flats,
Up for some new shoes soon and want to get away from 5.10 impacts purely cause they are big heavy and hot,
getting into summer and doing decent trail/XC rides in Impacts sucks,
I have done some searching and cannot find any thing light stiff breathable and grippy, is anyone aware of a set of shoes to suit?
 

pink poodle

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I've got a pair of each of these:
- http://www.pushys.com.au/five-ten-spitfire-mtb-shoes-blue-lagoon.html
- http://www.pushys.com.au/five-ten-dirtbag-low-mtb-shoes-navy-grey.html
- http://www.pushys.com.au/teva-links-mid-mtb-shoes-black-2013.html (in low cut)

The 5:10s are nice enough, but I only brought them because they were so cheap. They are definitely a lot easier on the eye than the impacts are.

The Teva are by far one of the most comfortable pairs of shoes I currently own. Straight out of the box, no need to break them in etc. They are also very trippy on my spikey pedals with the added bonus of looking OK as casual knock abouts.
 

.dan.

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I've been riding a pair of Giro Jacket's for a few weeks now. I was a bit worried about how grippy they would be compared to my Impacts, but they really are a great set of riding shoes. I found the grip to be almost on par with my Impacts, but they would probably be closer to the Freerider's in terms of grip. The only time I noticed the difference in grip compared to my Impacts was when riding a really rough, steep section of a local dh track on my all mountain bike. But for trail and all mountain rides they have more grip than you need. They're also quite light, breath really well and the sole is almost as stiff as that of my impacts (not even noticeable when riding). I got mine for $99 from the Avanti Plus online store.
 

robbie b

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I have a pair of specialized 2FO flats after a pair of five ten impacts and I think the construction is much better, stiff, breathable, protective, fairly comfortable bar the toe area which is quite stiff and cuts in to the toe of your foot until they soften up, but on the flip side they are quite protective with toe strikes. they definitely aren't as grippy as my five tens prior but get grippier as they wear in and you get use to them, that also makes them easier to adjust when your foot does move, this is all whilst riding fairly ruff trails mostly downhill, I got them for about $120 on sale, they are fairly grippy for pushing back up steep trails and they look pretty good as far as riding shoes go, I do wish they were slightly grippier though
 
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