TECH SPECS: Northwave Veloce Extreme
Price: SRP €399.99
Sizes: EU36-48
Weight: 318g per shoe. – Size 43
Colours: Black / White
It’s part of our job on the Cyclingnews Tech Team to spot new tech and equipment being ridden by the pros, and we take it pretty seriously. We didn’t manage however to spot Filippo Ganna’s new Northwave shoes hiding in plain view in the peloton over the last few months.
When the new Northwave Veloce Extreme shoes arrived for me to test along with the attached press release recently I was easily able to find pictures of the Italian star and World Hour record holder racing in the Veloce Extremes this season. A shoe that the Ineos Grenadiers rider has apparently been instrumental in helping to develop along with other athletes this year, and one aimed squarely at the best cycling shoes segment of the market. Watch Ganna sprinting at the end of Milan San Remo this year and you start to get an idea of what his requirements for a cycling shoe might be.
The new Veloce Extremes sit at the pinnacle of Northwave’s road shoe collection, superseding the Extreme Pro 3 model as the brand’s top road model. The new shoes are built around a brand-new sole named the Powershape HT (high tail). This ultra-stiff sole and shoe is said to increase power output and stability as well as reduce perceived exertion levels compared to the existing powershape sole. These figures and claims are the product of a biomechanical study carried out by Northwave which we’ll look at in closer detail below.
I was ready to say goodbye to seeing white cycling shoes until the spring but a mild weather window has meant I’ve kept the overshoes off at times whilst testing the shoes outdoors lately. It became obvious almost from my first pedal stroke that these are shoes with pretty much a single purpose in mind.
Design and Aesthetics
The shoes are available in white and black colourways. The black version is just that, an all-black affair. The largely white option features a black tongue, Northwave logo and mid-foot upper section.
The shoes look clean and stylish; the only visible external stitching is where the black tongue piece joins the rest of the upper and at the heel. The are two ‘NW’ logos on each shoe, a small one at the toe box and a large one on the outside of each shoe. This…
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