Northwave Teases Michelin Collaboration, Wild Grip’r Shoes Stepping Out?

Fat bike shoe. Maybe a gravel-specific boot.

I remember something similar years ago.
Hermida glued green Wildgripper threads on his road shoe soles for easy courses where walking was unlikely and the extra stifness of road shoes was a good addition.
Though I think those shoes were Sidi instead of Northwave…

I had a pair of B.U.M. shoes in the early 90’s that had a sole cut from a used car tire. I loved those shoes, got 45,000+ miles out of them.

I really hope this is the start of a trend that eliminates plastic lugs on mountain bike shoes. Plastic lugs are pretty much useless anywhere you actually need to walk with them.

if you don’t want slippery plastic on the bottom of your mtn bike shoes, check out the Giro Terraduro and Specialized Rime – 2 great shoes with grippy durable Vibram rubber soles – they’ve both been available for a while.