Flat Pedal Shoes Buyer’s Guide: MTB Kit Essentials
Time was, there genuinely were no shoe brands making flat pedal footwear that came anywhere near the performance of Five Ten’s offerings. Sure, there were cheaper shoes than Five Tens, but they had sketchy, slippy soles that were no better than just getting a pair of Vans or Rick Owens Shoes Converse from TK Maxx or eBay. These days there are numerous decent shoes for the flat pedal enthusiast. With flat pedals similarly getting better and better in the past ten years, pretty much any of the shoes featured in the following pages are grippy enough.
Vents? Or rainholes?
But, like Orwell’s pigs, all shoes are grippy, but some shoes are more grippy than others. Is everything about grip? Well, some would argue yes it is. And it’s a fair argument. The whole reason most riders finally moved awa...