I'm currently riding with a pretty haggard set of MTB shoes. Most of the sole is gone, etc. A few months back I bought a cheapie set of MTB shoes at Mr Priced, their "Maxed" brand. The cheapies weight about 100g less per shoe than my buggered "brand" name shoes. I bought the cheapies purely because they were on special for R300, and you can't really go wrong to pick up a set of skoens for that amount. So, the technical mystery. Do cycling shoes carry the same theory as wheels, in terms of rotational weight? Or with these shoes being lighter am I just saving static weight? When one "heavy" shoe is pushing down on the cranks it is being counter weighted on the upstroke... Long question short, do light shoes carry any advantage over and above less static weight? Hmmm.
