Lake Cycling Blog
Best Gravel Cycling Shoes 2026
Gravel riding asks something of your shoes that road riding and trail riding don't: it asks them to do both at once. Your shoe needs to clip into a pedal and transfer power efficiently for hours, then walk you across...
Cycling shoes for all cyclists
Choosing cycling shoes for Sportive and Gran Fondo rides It’s that time of year when we’re halfway through the cycling season and the grand tours, and all over the world amateur cyclists are entering events and taking on their own challenges. Most of these riders...
Why Cycling Shoe Materials Matter
Living in a material world We all live in a material world, but it’s how we use the wide tapestry of forms and fabrics that differentiates us. At Lake, every aspect of our designs has a purpose, and it’s how we bring these materials...
How to choose cycling shoes: The Complete Guide
Most riders spend more time researching their next bike than they spend choosing the shoes that connect them to it. That's a mistake, because the shoe is where your body meets the machine. It's the interface through which every watt...
Best Cycling Shoes for Wide Feet: The Definitive Guide
If cycling shoes have ever left your feet numb, caused hot spots across your forefoot, or felt painfully tight after an hour in the saddle, the problem most likely isn't your feet. It's the shoe. The cycling industry has spent...
Finding our cycling spirit Whilst we regularly talk with you on our blogs about how to find you fit and our selection of the world’s most comfortable cycling shoes, every now and then we need to press pause and to...
A grand time for cycling challenges
The best cycling shoes for summer We’re at that time of the year again. One of the grand tours already completed, and the Tour de France on the horizon. The amateur cyclists are filling the roads of Majorca, and the hills around...
The benefits of a custom cycling shoe insole
Why you should consider that extra layer of comfort We’ve talked several times about cycling shoe fit, having a bike fit and how the last shape of a cycling shoe can benefit you. However, it’s now time to once again...
Cycling shoes for all-road adventures
Mixed terrain cycling shoes There’s a new kid on the cycling block, that bridges that space between road and gravel riding. All-road cycling is for those cyclists that want to travel fast on smooth tarmac but then have the opportunity...