Road cycling shoes NORTHWAVE Genetix TITANIUM Cipollini | VINTAGE RETRO CULT

LIST PRICE: 280EUR

• Enter the Genetix road shoe, with GMX technology. The "G" in GMX refers to the "Global" frame that surrounds the entire shoe. The Microtech closure system (the "M") is linked to the entire "X" frame, so the closure pulls evenly around the entire foot, rather than simply tightening down a narrow section of the upper.
• The super-strong rotating Microtech instep closure outdoes any buckle system and provides infinite adjustability. It incorporates an innovative rotating disc; turning it adjusts the pull over the top of the foot, while unscrewing it a bit and pulling it back releases it altogether.
• The Genetix also works with any pedal system without adapters, and it has the thinnest sole on the market. A thinner sole requires less energy to keep the foot over the pedal. Imagine trying to pedal in your daughter's platform shoes; to get it back over the pedal after the upstroke would be tough. Every bit of additional sole thickness saps energy and robs efficiency.
• The Genetix's 6.8-mm-thick sole is well over a millimeter thinner than any competitor's sole, and it is achieved by means of a super-strong titanium sole stiffener plate coupled with an adjustable titanium plate that acts as the cleat carrier. The material surrounding the plates is Du Pont Zytel nylon reinforced with carbon and
• fiberglass. "You can't get a strong sole this thin and stiff with just carbon," says marketing manager Francesco Boninsegna.
• The Genetix's sole has a standard three-hole mounting system as well as the slots and threaded holes for SPD and SPD-R pedals (separate Time and Speedplay mounts have been discontinued now that the new Time cleats will fit the three-hole system, as will Speedplay's new adapter).
• The materials in the shoe are, in typical Northwave fashion, superb. The upper is made of soft Lorica with the softest, most breathable mesh found in any cycling shoe. The insole is cork for comfort, coolness and vibration absorption. Cipollini has already scored a win this season on a pair of zebrastripe Genetixes to match his new Acqua e Sapone jersey. "He always wants something special," chuckles Boninsegna.