Giro Prolight - lace up release date?
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Im very keen to get a new pair of shoes. It suggesged on cyclingnews that Giro will release a lace up version of the prolights. Has anyone seem a release date?
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Haven't read anything about that, but you can lace up the current prolights - might be better to have the option of the velcro, rather than not at all? The three separate velcro straps do let you change tightness independently, so that's something you'd give up if moving to laces. I assume lacing them would give you a tighter fit overall though.campagowlo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:38 pmIm very keen to get a new pair of shoes. It suggesged on cyclingnews that Giro will release a lace up version of the prolights. Has anyone seem a release date?
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Can you post a link to the Cyclingnews article? Or was it user posted?campagowlo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:38 pmIm very keen to get a new pair of shoes. It suggesged on cyclingnews that Giro will release a lace up version of the prolights. Has anyone seem a release date?
That's a really good point. The techlace straps come across from the same side they are velcro'ed on. You can simply remove them and use normal laces, they have all of the holes on both sides. You'll still have the little bit of velcro on the side of the shoe, but functionally, everything should work fine. Other option would be to get a pair of Empire SLXs, but I do get how that 25g weight difference can be a problem.torob wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:41 pmHaven't read anything about that, but you can lace up the current prolights - might be better to have the option of the velcro, rather than not at all? The three separate velcro straps do let you change tightness independently, so that's something you'd give up if moving to laces. I assume lacing them would give you a tighter fit overall though.
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Prolight Techlace are as comfy as Empire SLX to me, perhaps even more so because the material is even thinner / more flexible. My only gripe besides the price is the rear lug is just glued on and the tongue seems to rough up my socks.
I absolutely love my techlace prolights.. I even wear them for Tri's.TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:58 amProlight Techlace are as comfy as Empire SLX to me, perhaps even more so because the material is even thinner / more flexible. My only gripe besides the price is the rear lug is just glued on and the tongue seems to rough up my socks.
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