Specialized S-Works 7 Lace

£300 The lace-up road cycling shoe perfected?

Simon Von Bromley

FOLLOWING IN THE footsteps of the S-Works Sub6, which garnered a cult following for its low weight, sleek profile and Warp Sleeve lace cover, the S-Works 7 Lace offers a marginally less performance-focused design. The aggressively narrow heel cup of the Sub6, for example, has been toned down to produce a shoe with a broader appeal. Yet it’s still a racy shoe, and replacing the dials with laces actually ensures more aerodynamic efficiency. At 494g (UK 11) per pair, the removal of rotary dials and mounting hardware has cut 23g versus a pair of standard S-Works 7 shoes. That’s still 64g heavier than a pair of Sub6s but these are negligible differences. Like the standard S-Works 7, you get Specialized’s lightest and stiffest carbon fibre sole (it’s rated 15 on…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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