Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

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chez_jay in reply to @French_Touch

The X5 (and the X3 which I have) has that stupidly hard spiky sole tread (TPU?) that wears down about 5mm per ride if you ever put your feet down on gravel/tarmac/terracotta tiled cafe.

The X4 uses Velcro for the main strap, and it's 2021.

Buying Shimano next time.

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efb in reply to @chez_jay

There appears to be no replacement for the touring range, particularly the RT5s. Found some 43s, have hoarded!

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chez_jay in reply to @efb

Those are touring shoes. This is about GRAVEL shoes.
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chez_jay in reply to @efb

But pretty much any road shoe can be converted to SPD with a Shimano SM-SH41 SPD Cleat Stabilising Adaptor. Not to be confused with previous SM-SH40 which fell apart by all accounts. Here they are on another pair of Fiziks:

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