Lake Cycling Blog
Best Road Cycling Shoes: The Complete Lake Range
The Most Important Contact Point on Your Bike You have three contact points with your road bike: your hands, your saddle, and your feet. Only one of them transmits every watt you produce. Your road cycling shoes are the link...
Leather cycling shoes for hot weather
Helping your feet to breathe when cycling We’re in the middle of a climate change phenomenon, let’s not kid ourselves. Summer days seem to be getting hotter more frequently, and unless we all do something to help the planet, then...
How to choose cycling shoes for your own foot shape One size does not fit all in cycling shoes – nor in everyday shoes, I’m afraid. Did you know for instance that there are 10 main distinguishable foot shapes, and...
Best Mountain Bike Shoes: The Lake Range Explained
The Shoe Is Where Control Begins On a mountain bike, everything you ask of the bike passes through your feet first. The power you put into a climb, the precision you need to place a wheel on a wet root,...
BOA vs Laces: Cycling Shoe Closure Guide
The closure system on a cycling shoe is not a finishing detail. It determines how precisely you can dial in fit, how easy it is to make adjustments mid-ride, how the shoe performs and how long the whole system holds...
How the pro peloton influences cycling
Post Tour de France analysis of cycling bike fit and comfort As the greatest bike race of the year finishes and we head towards the final throes of summer, we’re able to look back, not only at Pogačar winning his fifth...
Pain from narrow and tight-fitting cycling shoes
Aesthetics aren’t the only design aspect consider in cycling shoes Let’s get this frequently misunderstood and quite frankly, unhealthy and incorrect idea out of the way before we go into detail about cycling shoe fit. Fundamentally, narrow cycling shoes do...
Cycling Shoe Stiffness Explained
Most riders assume that stiffer is always better when it comes to cycling shoe soles. The logic feels intuitive: a stiffer sole loses less energy to flex, so more of your effort reaches the pedal. Buy the stiffest shoe available...
Best Winter Cycling Shoes 2026: Expert Guide
Cold Feet Will End a Ride Faster Than Tired Legs Every winter cyclist knows the feeling. Twenty minutes from home, the temperature drops, and your toes start to go. First they sting, then they ache, then they disappear entirely. By...