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IB16: Ergon fixes your feet, brings enduro packs back to USA & makes grips grippier

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ergon IP3 Solestar cycling shoe insoles

Now that they’ve got your hands and butt covered with their various grips and saddles, Ergon has turned to your feet. The new Ergon IP3 insoles borrow technology and expertise from Solestar, but manage to bring the price down quite a bit without diluting the benefits.

Solestar’s design creates a triangle of support under the mid foot, lowering the big bone directly behind your big toe while raising the outer edge slightly and bolstering the inside ankle bone. The idea is to create a solid, stable platform between your foot and the pedal so that all of your power translates into forward motion and isn’t wasted on sloppy biomechanics…

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The idea being that if you support the foot better, you increase power transfer. Solestar wanted to reach a larger audience, so the partnership was born. Their original insoles use a carbon fiber base and retail for about €180. These Ergon versions use a glass fiber composite base and will retail for $60. They have a layer of carbon infused fabric over a thin panel of closed-cell EVA foam on top of the firmer composite base.

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It offers a fair amount of inward Varus adjustment, which they say helps keep the knee in proper alignment. Claimed weight is 100g for the pair (size 42/43).

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New GE1 enduro grips (which just so happen to be favorites around Bikerumor’s office) get the factory compound from their DH grips, now offering the grippier rubber on the enduro grips, slim and regular. They’re a $5 upgrade, putting them at $40 a pair. Available this fall.

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There wasn’t much detail available yet, but word is the BE2 and BE3 enduro/gravity hydration packs will return to the U.S. next year. They use a split design to make it easier to carry your knee/elbow pads and full face up the mountain. They’ll use their quasi-swivel shoulder strap design with load-supporting waist belt to keep it moving with you and have a horizontally shaped reservoir to keep the water weight now.

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Charles Le Gall
7 years ago

Solestar carbon is at 150€ and normal version 99€. Good move from Ergon getting the price down 🙂

Frank
Frank
7 years ago

Do the insoles come in differing arch heights?

Ergon Bike
7 years ago
Reply to  Frank

No. The insole is not a filler. The IP3 is an ultra thin foot stabilizer. It keeps the foot from pronation and supination. The 3 key points of the insole keep the foot from collapsing on itself.

Adam
Adam
7 years ago

Varus adjustment of the foot can lead to increased knee pain for folks predisposed medial knee pain. Basically folks who are already experiencing pain due to varus misalignment will find these excruciating. Same “problem” with Speshy Body Geometry shoes.

Juan Pablo
Juan Pablo
7 years ago

You say the foot beds have “inward varus adjustment.” Is it a Varus wedge like Specialized BG? Varus tends to refer to outward (bow legged) knee alignment, and valgus refers to inward (knock knee’d) knee alignment.. So to add inward to varus is rather confusing…

Corski
Corski
7 years ago

Hope they are thinner than the sole star as they tend to reduce shoe volume

Tom
Tom
7 years ago
Reply to  Corski

I hope they aren’t thinner, since I have to use a thin, under-insole shim in every mtb shoe I own to get the fit right.

Ergon Bike
7 years ago
Reply to  Corski

The IP3 inslole are super thin, just as this as the standard insole that comes stock with most cycling shoes.

Robo
Robo
7 years ago

The thing everyone forgets about the Specialized shoes is that you can dial out the forefoot adjustment if needed with 1 yellow forefoot wedge. (granted, the wedges cost money but anyone with a good relationship with their LBS and their fitter probably won’t pay a dime for it) I really fail to understand what, exactly these do to actually help a rider. And at $60, they’re still double the price of a Specialized footbed (which has only arch support and a neutral forefoot.)

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