What’s in Kansas, the so-called Wheat State? I’m from there, and I’m right here to inform you: 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 sneakers. 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 sneakers, Shimano mentioned, “rejoice the early mornings and late nights that riders undertake whereas pushing their limits in Kansas every summer time.”
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 can by no means get a pair till now in “Twilight” — or the extra moderate-spec RX6 in both “Dawn” or “Moonlight.”
The designs largely converse for themselves, of their gradient shade palettes. The course maps on Dawn and Moonlight are a cool contact. In the meantime, “Twilight” brings the deal with 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 sneakers’ Kansas theme, Shimano has given each 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 may’t do, as of this writing, is get any shoe besides the Dawn in girls’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 verify in at $180 MSRP. Cleats are bought individually.
