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No better venue exists to test the toughness and the performance characteristics of a piece of bicycle equipment than the Queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix. Perhaps you noted like we did that Team Alessio's Magnus Backstedt -- the heaviest, tallest, fastest, and luckiest rider in the 2004 edition of l'enfer du Nord wore these very shoes, the Northwave Aerators. While we're glad to explain the technical attributes of the shoe, that single victory is a sales pitch in itself. If Backstedt's shoes gave him hot spots, if they flexed too much, if their buckles were dodgy -- in short, if an inherent design flaw existed -- Backstedt would've paid for it that day. He didn't. He slayed all, and he did it in as much comfort as one can hope for when suffering like mad on the dusty cobbles of northern France.
The Aerator is perhaps the most technologically advanced shoe we sell. Its backbone it its sole -- a TLS Titan Carbon sole that merges titanium plates with high-density carbon fiber for unparalleled lightness and incredible torsional strength. Two stainless steel rails that run along the back half of the shoe reinforce the stiffness of the sole. The sole itself is incredibly thin to keep your foot as close as possible to your pedal platform, minimizing flex even further. Why the name TLS? Thin, Light, and Stiff. Stiff doesn't mean harsh, though, thanks to the fact that the Aerator has a cork foot bed beneath the insole that absorbs the bulk of the vibrations transmitted through the carbon sole.
One hugely underrated feature of the Aerator is the fact that it allows you to adjust the Q-Factor of your cleats. It has a traditional 3-bolt pattern, but the threads built into the sole have lateral adjustability. You can move your cleat side-to-side even if the cleats themselves don't allow for lateral adjustability in themselves (e.g. Look cleats). All you need to do is thread the cleat bolts into the shoe just a turn or two, and before bolting the cleats down all the way, you can move your cleat side to side. This is a huge upside to the Aerator in our minds.
The Aerator's Microtech buckle system allows for precise adjustment for the amount of pressure you want between your shoe upper and your foot. You can easily micro-adjust the self-locking ring nut with just two fingers in the middle of a ride or a race. It gives the shoes a custom feel and at the same time allows you to get flex-free performance from the upper. It's compact, it's lightweight, and it a signature Northwave detail.
One thing you'll love when the weather gets warmer is the Aerator's Web Power Cage upper. You'll get unsurpassed ventilation and stability thanks to the way in which the polyurethane-based upper is layered with three different densities of mesh. The Web Power Cage acts like an air intake, and the superb ventilation you'll feel is why Northwave named this shoe the Aerator. If you get hot spots on your feet in warm weather, this shoe is very likely an antidote.
Two final touches on the Aerator -- One is the Overlap tongue integrated into the upper. It embraces your foot perfectly and all-but-prevents your foot from rubbing seams inside the shoe. The other is the Ultra Y heel -- a Y shaped heel cup that stabilizes your heel to give you just an extra bit of comfort and stability while virtually adding no weight to the shoe. Available in White/Red only.
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