This morning element22 and I got a chance to speak with the folks at Time and saw some pretty cool mountain bike shoes and pedals.
The MXS Carbon shoe features a thermoformable external membrane that allows you to get a custom fit for your foot shape. The cool thing? You can mold the shoe yourself at home using a hair dryer! We’re told the toe box is a touch wider and taller than a typical MTB shoe which is good news for my 2E brothers and sisters.
The Titan Carbon pedal is super lightweight and offers 5 degrees of angular float plus 5mm of lateral float. With a titanium axle and carbon reinforced body these pedals tip the scales at just 290 grams per pair. The pedals claim to be “self-cleaning” so mud jamming shouldn’t be an issue, though the real test is to see how they perform in tacky Georgia red clay.
For the freeride/DH crowd, Time offers the Z pedal, a lightweight platform pedal with a steel axle and aluminum body. Just like the Titan Carbon you get 5 degrees of angular float and the same self-cleaning design. At 530 grams per pair these pedals feel much lighter than they look.
Mountain bikers may not be super familiar with Time but these pedals and shoes are definitely worth a look as a lightweight, high performance alternative to the SPD/Crankbrothers duopoly.
