Nike Oncore 6.0 shoes review

Fashionable riding footwear

Our rating

2.5

55.00

Published: April 12, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Our review
Great looking flat pedal trail shoe that works well with the right pedals. One for the fashionistas as much as riders

Nike have taken their skate shoes and added tech twists to make them popular with flat pedal users. The Oncore has a stiffer-than-a-skate-shoe mid-sole and a herringbone and inverted dimple tread pattern that are ideal for meshing with long-pin flat pedals. We could sense the grip was there but it was never the locked-in feeling achieved with FiveTen's Impact shoe, for example.

It might be a dirt shoe but it still carries Nike’s core feature – a Zoom Air pocket inside the mid-sole. If you wear it casually as well as on the trail you’ll welcome the extra comfort. The Oncore echoes the popular Nike Dunk street shoes in layout with a reasonably supportive synthetic and suede upper.

A highly padded tongue helps cosset feet and provides reasonable protection from high-speed impact with debris Many will be drawn to the look and accept a performance hit. There’s a lot of suede in this shoe so it will look scruffy after a good mudding and rainproof it most certainly isn’t.

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