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‘Best of Interbike’ Award Highlights Greatest New Gear for 2014

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Sticky Rubber + Clipless — A svelte design, SPD compatibility, and a new rubber formulation developed for, you heard right, Tom Cruise and a stunt sequence in a blockbuster film… these are among the features that make the Impact VXi Clipless stand out.

It was designed by Five Ten with downhill-biking champ Greg Minnaar, and the shoe offers a cleat/pedal connection plus shock absorption via the “Tom Cruise” rubber, which is a sticky, gummy concoction so tacky it gets purchase on glass. $180.

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