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Evaluate: UDOG TENSIONE Arctic White Biking Footwear


Shoe Evaluate: 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.

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Sure, laces!

Alastair Hamilton PEZ sez: My first biking footwear have been all leather-based, you needed to nail the cleats on to the only real they usually had laces. Since then biking footwear have modified rather a lot, clipless pedals in all probability compelled lots of the improvements. Laces have been changed by velcro straps, then ratchet buckles and BOA dials. However, now we’ve got come full circle and again to laces.

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As soon as they have 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 potential with the UDOG Tensione footwear. Properly, I can say it wasn’t an issue, as soon as the footwear have been on and the laces have been comfortably tied up, I didn’t want to regulate them. There may be additionally a pouch for the laces on the high of the tongue to maintain them out of the way in which.

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Lot of toe room and safety

I usually put on 41.5, however UDOG don’t make half sizes, however I discovered the 41 have been snug. Speaking of consolation, the primary time I wore them was a stunning pleasure… they’re very nice. No pinching or squeezing and likewise no motion on the heel and with sufficient toe room on the entrance.

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The 2 straps cross bellow the in-sole for wrap-around foot grip

This consolation and feeling of ‘grip’ across the foot comes from the ‘Stress Wrap System’. The 2 black straps you’ll be able to see on the edges of the footwear, cross 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.

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Grippy heel

The carbon sole is alleged to have an index of seven, it feels stiff and the in-sole saved me snug with none flex. There may be 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 change one, so…

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Stiff carbon sole

The UDOG Tensione footwear are effectively 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 preserve its form, no toe pinching, in-fact you’ve gotten room to wiggle these toes.

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Properly made and look good

To say I used to be pleasantly shocked can be an understatement, particularly on the worth. I’ve worn footwear that value twice as a lot because the UDOG’s and in some instances, I might say, the UDOG Tensioni’s are extra snug. I now don’t have anything towards 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 selection of shoe when going for a journey.

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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 elements, that create strain factors. The complicated lace-up closure system permits UDOG to make use of higher supplies which can 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 mild, tender and breathable.

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Turning into the primary selection shoe

TWS
Stress Wrap System. A snug 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 Stress Wrap System, a metatarsal dynamic system that hugs the metatarsal space of your ft from the instep to the bridge for an optimum match. Stress 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 together with your shoe.

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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 straightforward cleat engagement. A high-performance stiff outsole engineered for constant stiffness alongside the foot; guaranteeing optimum energy switch bonded to a breathable, tender, and cozy higher. Stiffness index 7.0.”

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Snug, stiff, look good and never costly


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