Shimano BOA routing

Dan Walton

I've just taken delivery of some Shimano RC7's, very pleased to have finally found a pair of shoes that fit!

Anyway, they have a BOA dial and in the box was a bit paper showing that you can route the cable two different ways, or at least I think it's saying it's an optional thing...

What's the point of having the extra loop exactly!?







Having the extra loop just looks a bit untidy to me and I can see it coming out whenever I take the shoes off and generally being a faff.

Anyone know what the benefit would be?

rieko

I have the same shoes and love them. I didn't even realise you could re-route the boa on them though! :oops:

Man Of Lard

Dan Walton wrote:

Anyone know what the benefit would be?

It will apply a different tension to the lower part of the lace. You may prefer that different tension, or you may not. Of course you might prefer the alternative tensioning arrangement but are so shallow that the aesthetic wins out over the comfort...

Matthewfalle

Ooooh - those are nice. What's the fitting like - I have narrow feet but like the look of them.

Dan Walton

rieko wrote:

I have the same shoes and love them. I didn't even realise you could re-route the boa on them though! :oops:

I had two slips of paper in the box with mine, one explains that about the BOA's cabling and another saying something about the inserts around the cleat fixings. I'll guess I'll figure out what that's all about when I try to copy my cleat position over later!

Man Of Lard wrote:

Dan Walton wrote:

Anyone know what the benefit would be?

It will apply a different tension to the lower part of the lace. You may prefer that different tension, or you may not. Of course you might prefer the alternative tensioning arrangement but are so shallow that the aesthetic wins out over the comfort...

I think I might just be that shallow...

Matthewfalle wrote:

Ooooh - those are nice. What's the fitting like - I have narrow feet but like the look of them.

Yes, I really like the look of them. Wanted something new with a BOA fixing for a while and these seem to have snuck into the shops without much fanfare, everyone seems to write about the S-Phyre's and not much else. I've bought them in a wide fitting, so probably not much use to you. But they come up ever so slightly bigger than my old Shimano R088's in the same size )45 wide even though I'm a UK9 all day long...).

I've tried loads of shoes now trying to find some that fit nicely. Old ones were ever so snug so I tried Bont, Pearl Izumi, sized up to a 46 in some Shimano R171's but they were too big. Thought I'd got lucky when I found these in half sizes on Athleteshop.co.uk and ordered some 45.5 wides for a good price... yeah, they were too big and cost almost £20 to post back to the Netherlands. Got these from Evans in the end and like I say, they seem to come up a tiny bit bigger than my old Shimano's.

chaymck

Very tempted to get a pair. I assume the pattern is just a transfer print or similar? I wonder how durable it is?

Dan Walton

chaymck wrote:

Very tempted to get a pair. I assume the pattern is just a transfer print or similar? I wonder how durable it is?

Yes, you can feel that it's just printed, time will tell how well they last!

LeeDa

I have these in the wide version and they have to be the comfiest shoes ive owned. I prefer the extra loop as it provides more even tension across the top of the foot. Without the loop i found they pinched a little at the top and if i had them looser they felt a little sloppy.

The printed pattern does seem to smudge quite easily. For a £150 shoe i find them really stiff too.