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Northwave Corsair all-road shoe review

Natural rubber-treaded lightweight shoe

Our rating

3

100.00

Northwave Corsair all-road shoe.

David Caudery/Immediate Media

Warren Rossiter

Published: October 14, 2019 at 4:00 pm

Our review

For leisurely riding and as a commuter shoe the Corsair is a good choice

Pros:

Generous volume, excellent grip from the sole

Cons:

Too many points that create friction when riding

The Northwave Corsair has plenty going for it: the natural rubber sole has an excellent tread pattern and the cleat plate is super-stiff, but the rest of the sole has plenty of give making them easy to walk in.

The dial closure is a Boa and it's well placed, while also offering plenty of micro-adjustment.

The downside of the shoe is the shape. The instep comes up high, which offers protection from clattering the cranks but at the expense of rubbing my ankle. It did ease off as the upper softened but remained a constant niggle.

The forefoot volume is generous and my size 45s moved also around, creating friction on the little toe.

As a commuter shoe the Corsair is a fair choice, but when riding hard there are better options.

Product

Brand	northwave
Price	100.00 GBP
Weight	840.6000, GRAM (UK10.5) -

Features

Closure	dial
Closure	velcro
br_cleatFitting	2bolt
Sole	Damp-Lite
Features	Protection: Reinforced PU heel and toe

Warren Rossiter

Senior technical editor

Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit. You will find snaps of Warren’s daily rides on the Instagram account of our sister publication, Cycling Plus (@cyclingplus).