What’s in Kansas, the so-called Wheat State? I’m from there, and I’m right here to let you know: not a lot. Aside from Unbound Gravel, and wide-open skies.
Fortunately, Unbound is strictly what Shimano had in thoughts with the discharge of its new gravel footwear. Three entries of the Flint Hills Version RX8 and RX6 riff on the dawn, sundown, and moonlight that blanket Kansas when the Unbound gravel race descends on it every June.
The footwear, Shimano stated, “rejoice the early mornings and late nights that riders undertake whereas pushing their limits in Kansas every summer season.”
Cyclists have spun on Shimano’s RX race platform for years. Within the phrases of BikeRumor’s Cory Benson, the RX8 was “Shimano getting critical about gravel from a correct race perspective” again in 2019.
However you would by no means get a pair till now in “Twilight” — or the extra moderate-spec RX6 in both “Dawn” or “Moonlight.”
The designs largely communicate for themselves, of their gradient colour palettes. The course maps on Dawn and Moonlight are a cool contact. In the meantime, “Twilight” brings the give attention to the course in tighter: You’ll discover element that resembles rolling hills on its pink and purple, perforated higher.
In a decisive departure from the footwear’ Kansas theme, Shimano has given every one its personal haiku.
I current:
“Twilight,” by Shimano.
If it’s your factor, the RX6 variants even have their very own poems — of no matter advantage. (They look like confined to Shimano’s press launch, so I’ll liberate them right here):
What you possibly can’t do, as of this writing, is get any shoe besides the Dawn in ladies’s sizes.
Discover all specs at Shimano’s web site. A pair of Flint Hills Version RX8’s will set you again $275, and the 2 RX6 variations examine in at $180 MSRP. Cleats are offered individually.
