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The shiniest cycling shoes for next season - Gallery

By Ben Delaney/Immediate Media

published 6 September 2017

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Subtle they are not; cycling shoes go wild for 2018(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Lake is playing around with microfiber treatments. Because shiny (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Okay, not shiny, but Lake still has Ben Berden's monster-cross shoes in the line (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Do shiny shoes make you angry? Then how about some lace-up boots with nasty toe spikes? (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Although more subdued than Giro's offerings, Fizik also came to Eurobike with knit shoes (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Note how airy the knit is (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Fizik's Infinito R1 with knit (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Pearl Izumi reworked its P.R.O. Leader for 2018(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Pearl's ultra-thin sole requires a bit of finishing where the upper wraps around the carbon - so why not make that finish bling? (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Vittoria showed a prototype Velar. Microfiber uppers open up a range of finish options(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Vittoria's 1976(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Sidi's Shot glows by day and night (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Garneau won a Eurobike award with shoes that expand up to 5mm outwards at the foot's widest part (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Bont's new Helix features BOA wires that wrap all the way around the shoe(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Channels are built into the Bont Helix to guide the wrap-around BOA wires(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

The new Northwave Flash TH is made for fall conditions with a Thinsulate 200g lining(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Northwave rolled out this Extreme RR GTX winter cycling shoe with integrated GoreTex cuff at Eurobike (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Gaerne's G_Stardust women's shoe(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

It is hard to capture the reflectivity of the Stardust exterior with a camera(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

You probably wouldn't want to wear these on a rainy day... or maybe even outdoors(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Giro's reflective Empire, shown here with the center section as appears under car lights (or a camera flash...) (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Giro also went big on knit uppers for its Empire lace-ups(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Giro worked with one of its suppliers for cycling-specific knits that have less stretch that athletic-shoe knits(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Here is what the reflective Empire looks like in daylight (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

And here is what the reflective Empire looks like at night(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Or if you prefer something that shimmers in daylight, perhaps you'll like this Empire finish(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Crono kicks, for when you plan to win that gold medal (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Or, for the more conservative, the plain-old fluoro yellow Chrono(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Giro also has a sublimated microfiber for one of the women's Empire models(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

Former pro cyclist Geoffroy Lequatre has a boutique brand G4, and a penchant for design (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)

No, you can't buy these from Fizik, but Lequatre is talking to a few brands about potential collaborations (Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)