Italian shoe brand Northwave is not known for being subtle. Year after year its shoes, both high performance and budget oriented, come in loud and lairy colours. All of this yelling, of course, is backed up by high-quality shoes at all levels which offer fantastic performance and comfort. The Extreme XC is no exception.
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With a lightweight and surprisingly durable upper, stiff carbon sole and quick and accurate SWL2 dial closures the Extreme XC is a fantastic shoe for XC riding and cross racing. Aggressive trail riders will also find that with thermoweld protection surrounding almost the entire lower portion of the shoe these kicks can take some abuse.
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Having spent a couple of months riding and racing the Extreme XC shoes, we’ve taken them on everything from cannonball runs up the beach on CX bikes and all day trail adventures to ‘cross races and hike and bike excursions.
Without a doubt these shoes are stiff, but they're not the stiffest race shoe currently on the market. They do, however, still push a lot of power through the pedals, as you'd expect from a good performance shoe.
With that said, for those who are planning to spend just as much time running and hiking as they are pedaling, we’d say you’ll be more comfortable in something with a more flexible sole, but for quick sprints over barriers or walking the last bit of a technical climb that got the better of you, they do just fine.
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