Mavic’s £900 Comete cycling shoes save 4.2 watts per pedal stroke

I didn't know Mavic was making shoes, now i do; very cheap and very good marketing indeed ...

Do they come as a four bolt version for my speedplay pedals?  Because if not then I don't think I will bother with them.

April 1st is next week. you can't save 4.2 watts per pedal stroke.

you might save 4.2 joules per pedal stroke. which would equate to 4.4.2 watts at a cadence of 60rpm

If you buy these, you are a mug.

I just want the inner sock bit to wear with my rapha smoking jacket and silk bianchi jimjams so i can feel like all pro whilst making my morning coffee with my Chris King branded espresso tamper. 

I humbly submit that to anyone prepared to spend 800 euros on a pair of Ti printed jockey wheels these must seem to be a bargain.  Someone might even notice you wearing these.

For the avoidance of doubt I think that the prices of the jockey wheels and these are both mental. 

However, SWMBO also thinks that £100 for a nylon t-shirt is daft,  even one with a zip and pockets.  So if you dump half a dozen of those on the floor and add arm warmers that don't fit, bib shorts and tights, baselayers, jackets and all the other stuff, not to mention n+x bikes and lights and little saddlebags that aren't right  and this that and the other, the cost of that small mountain of stuff is bonkers compared to the cost of the shoes, noting also that the mountain might just be topped off with three or four pairs of shoes, a few pairs of overshoes and toe covers and a pair of cleats whose wear indicators fell off after two days (£20 not well spent).

Now if only I could tell what was good before I bought it, wouldn't that be nice.  I suspect that the shoes won't make the Xmas list.  THe jockey wheels definitely won't.

£900 for a pair of cf gel shoes and some thick socks. Bargain.

Well at least you get a pair of them... and maybe the inner sock would make a nice pair of slippers too.

They even admit themselves that they aren't as comfortable, fine for use on the track maybe, but riding a few hours is kind of an important part of road cycling no?

Also they claim a 19% increase in range of ankle movement, is this a good thing? surely there comes a point where just because you can move a certain amount doesn't mean it's a good idea. There's so many things that just don't make sense, and the price isn't even the worst thing.

L O L

Ye Gods ... £900 ... !!!!!!!!! pass me my gtn spray - QUICK

I'm sure the staff of road.cc would be happy with a car costing £900, but not a bike. Ofcourse is you did buy a car for £900, you wouldn't be able to do much with it, until you paid the same amount again for insurance and VED (remember that VED is no longer transferable).

What does "4.2 Watt per stroke" actually mean? Watt is the unit for power, and it doesn't make any sense to calculate a power per stroke, it would have to energy per stroke.

I have no idea if this shoe does anything and I don't even own any normal cycling shoe, but as a physicist I was drawn to the headline, which confuses me greatly.

Still £800 cheaper than a pair of Adam Hansen's carbon racing clogs, so quite the bargain I'd say.

Wow, some serious claims, am sure the new intern will look forward to testing these so that we get a review that can ratify the performance gains.