At the Vibram Connection Days in Montebelluna, everyone riding MBTs with Ilaria Zampino and road bikes with Hervé Barmasse. Together with them we discover the latest Vibram news for cycling
Every pedal stroke is precious and special, and every biker’s goals are increasingly ambitious. In this regard, cyclists know how importantattention to detailand the security of having the best on the market in terms of clothing and technical equipment, both for getting on and off the bike: every aspect is essential to optimize performance and to give the best on board your bike, in different contexts.
He knows it well Vibram, leader in the production of high performance rubber soles, which has also been able to stand out in cycling, with extraordinary steps forward, managing to satisfy every need of bikers with innovative technologies and compounds. Ready to discover them?
VIBRAM COMPOUNDS FOR MBT
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If you are a mountain bike enthusiast, you know how important precision, resistance and control on terrain, especially extremely treacherous terrain, be it steep and demanding descents such as downhillor pedal uphill as inenduroor even more technical stunts in the trial. But how much does it affect the choice of a specific sole to practice these disciplines? He tells us about it Ilaria Zampino, MTB Team Vibram athlete.
The most common errors
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On the occasion of Vibram Connection Days in Montebellunathe 31-year-old Ligurian led a large group of off-road enthusiasts who took part in the MTB experience among the single tracks of Montello: “I teach enduro and downhill to kids and adults in various schools and camps in Italy and France, and when I interact with beginners on their first approach to the world of biking, they often show up to class with trail running shoes rather than trekking ones”. Among the most common errors, therefore, there is sometimes that of underestimate the importance of adequate footwear, which is absolutely necessary to express your full potential while riding the bike, as well as to prevent bruises and injuries caused by impacts against the frame itself.
Vibram XS Ride: grip, stability on the pedal and durability
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From Vibram’s expertise in climbing compounds comes the XS Ridedesigned to guarantee high and constant performance over time, and particularly high performance on flat pedalsi.e. flat and without attachment systems, offering impeccable grip thanks to the formulation of the rubber and the design. “The main characteristics of this compound are grip and stability on the pedal” Zampino explains to us. “For example, I find incredible benefits when I tackle a rock garden, I feel that my foot remains in exactly the ideal position on the pedal”. Vibram XS Ride also represents a long-term solution for bikers, as it is able to resist wear even with intensive use on rough terrain. The MTB biker, who has been in the Vibram community for over four years, confirms this: “this compound offers a unmatched durability and even after a long time it never seems to wear out. I’ve been using the shoes I wore for the experience for a long time, and the feeling of extreme grip they give me is the same as when I started using them.” And on the adventure in Montebelluna he adds: “we pushed at some points of the uphill route, to try passages again or review jumps, and the Vibram soles made the difference once again”.
Cyclist safety, not just in the saddle
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How many times have you gotten off your road bike to recharge your batteries, or inflate your tires, or fill your water bottle at a fountain, and have the fear of slipping or losing stability? Vibram has decided to meet precisely this type of need. And she succeeded. Word of Hervé Barmasse, a reference figure in mountaineering and today also in the bike world: “Vibram has created the new cleat for cycling XS Road Cleatto offer much more safety in all those situations in which you get off the bike and the ground is wet, for example, whether it is asphalt or the tiles of the bar when you go to drink a coffee during the breaks. The classic fall occurs precisely in these contextsbecause you slip and get injured.”
The characteristics of the XS Road Cleat Vibram
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What makes this product so innovative and unique? “The cleat is covered with rubber, which generates an increase in grip in contact with the groundthe absorption of vibrations and the reduction of the classic “tac tac” when the feet touch the ground” the Aosta Valley mountaineer tells us. The new Vibram product is compatible with the sistema Look Keothe French brand that invented the automatic pedal, following a great deal of R&D work and sharing of their respective know-how. Furthermore, thanks to an ergonomic design and a customizable adjustment system, the XS Road Cleat adds a touch of practicality and comfort in every moment of the experience, without ever compromising pedaling performance: “Compared to other cleats on the market, they guarantee on average one greater durability and at the same time, they don’t lose even a watt of power when riding.” At the Vibram Connection Days in Montebelluna, all those who participated in the cycling experience led by Hervé Barmassetested the novelty of the Albizzate brand on the road: “Vibram has managed to take a step forward, and anyone who loves cycling can benefit from this. I was lucky enough to try them for 6-7 months, and I thank the whole team because I immediately fell in love with them. And when an athlete falls in love with a product, it is representative of how effective and worthy it is.”
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Barmasse and the bike: an increasingly consolidated passion
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The “master of the peaks” tells us how in recent years cycling has become an even more central practice in his “sporting life”: “It has always been a means of training, especially for expeditions in the Himalayas, and in recent years it has also become a discipline”. In fact, last summer Barmasse completed the Supermarathon on the famous occasion Marathon dles Dolomitesin an unprecedented challenge: “I faced almost 8,300 meters of altitude difference in 15-16 hours, along a route of 287 km, trying to answer a question: Is it easier to climb an 8,000 meter mountain or tackle 8,000 meters of altitude difference on a bike? Hervé leaves us with an open and not obvious answer, but significant of a relationship with the two wheels in continuous evolution, which demonstrates how two apparently distant worlds, mountaineering and cycling, can share values and challenges: “they are two very similar.” The rest will be seen.
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