Cycling manufacturer Fizik may consider impact testing in its investigation to determine if disc brakes can legitimately slice through its shoe products following a hotly-debated crash at the Abu Dhabi Tour.
Owain Doull sustained superficial wounds to his foot after his left R1B model shoe was cleanly sliced through in a stage one crash that involved Marcel Kittel, who was using disc brakes in the race.
Doull and his Sky teammates attributed the straight slit to the toe of the shoe to Kittel’s disc brakes. There has since been speculation, however, that the damage could have been caused by a race barrier.
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Fizik global sport marketing manager Nicolo Ildos has no first-hand evidence, but said it was possible disc brakes could have inflicted the damage.
“I’d like to see the outcome of the official investigation before providing final statements, but I’ve never seen such a cut on a Fizik shoe, and we do have more than 50 pro riders wearing our shoes, so unfortunately we have collected a lot of crashes over the years,” Ildos told Cyclingnews.
“This cut is different. It’s over clean, straight and deep so the most plausible cause is for sure a sharp edge, like a chain – but I haven’t seen any grease – the edge of the barriers, or maybe the disc.”
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