While the styling definitely won’t be to everyone’s taste, some of the Dirt team have been thrashing the Shimano shoes around the globe for a few years and swear by them. The new AM40’s are a flat pedal only shoe and offer a ‘sticky’ sole from Vibram, which performs much like the Five Ten Stealth rubber, we also like the Velcro flap which helps prevent water and mud from getting through the laced area of the shoe. Functionally this is the best flat pedal shoe on the market, but styling is questionable in a Marmite kind of way…
£79.99
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