Hi Chaps,
Has anyone tried the new Maltese Falcons? I fancy some flat pedalling this winter, and they look less bulky than the Karvers and quite well thought out.
Cheers
Ricks
I can't tell whether this is some odd sort of sarcasm but nonetheless i'll bite, the Maltese Falcon is an SPD shoe...
Cheers Duncan,
Not sarcasm at all, I should have clarified, I'm after a flat pedal shoe - but with the option of running with clipless. With the blanking plate on the MF it looks like you'd be able to run them both clipless and flat.
I think.
Oh right, well in that case they're certainly sticky enough to ride flats, the only thing that really holds you back is the stiff sole. Even with the cleat in on the minnaars i've ridden a fair few flat pedals on friends' DH bikes etc and they do a much better job than your generic skate style shoe with regular rubber does. The cleat does give you a bit of a dead spot, but its usually only on a single pin or so. (not sure how they'd compare to a Shimano DX offering haven't tried them!)
rickon - Member
Cheers Duncan,Not sarcasm at all, I should have clarified, I'm after a flat pedal shoe - but with the option of running with clipless. With the blanking plate on the MF it looks like you'd be able to run them both clipless and flat.
I think
In theory, yeah. In practice, I wouldn't like to be removing and refitting cleat bolts very often
I ride flats simply with the cleats in the shoes.. it doesn't result in much grip loss!
I should post up a response to this...
I bought some Falcons last week, rode at Brefcha and Cwm Rhayder on Saturday - I used them as flat shoes on some Wellgo Mags.
They were great, sticky as Impacts - but the profile is much slimmer and more aimed at the XC market. I'm going to cut the cleat cover out, and use them with some CB Mallets next weekend - which I think will be a perfect combination.
They appear to dry pretty quickly too, I rode through some big puddles at Cwm R, although they did get wet they appeared to drain very well.