Diadora have been manufacturing their famous road bike cycling shoes now since the second world war, and are seen as one of the world leaders.  Their technology is second to none, from breathable uppers made of topgrade materials, even on their cheapest models, to solid soles, important for any cyclist.

The soles of a Diaroda cycling shoe are important because of the way in which power is transferred from the cyclist through to the pedal, and down through the cranks into forward motion.  If you don’t cycle regularly at speed then this won’t be of much interest to you, but if you do then, like me, you will know that once you get past about 20mph it all gets very keen with being as efficient as possible at transferring very ounce of wattage generated by your legs into the bike.  And this is where these shoes excel.

If you wear a regular training shoe on a bike then you probably aren’t aware of how much energy you are actually wasting.  It only takes a moments thought though to see what actually might be going on.  A regular walking shoe of any sort is built to conform to the shape of you foot as you walk – in other words it bends.  If it didn’t you would feel pretty darn uncomfortable.

But a proper road cycling shoe, such as in the Diadora range, doesn’t bend, or at least it bends very little. (In fact in some of the top carbon models, bend and sole flex is almost zero!)

You are attached by cleats – little bits of metal – to your pedals and as you exert power you don’t lose it through either the flex of the on your shoe, or through the flex of your foot since all the energy is equally distributed to the sole of the shoe, and then focused down into the crank shaft.

So why buy diadora cycling shoes?  Simple, it does the job of converting leg power into forward motion efficiently, with good quality materials, at a reasonable price.  Well worth checking out.

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