This article originally appeared on BikeRadar Spotted at last year`s Critérium du Dauphiné on the feet of Dan Martin, Mavic has just announced the details of its latest high performance road shoes. The new Comete Ultimate shoe uses a design that`s not too dissimilar to a ski boot with an outer shell and removable liner. The exoskeleton is called the Energy Carbon Shell and is claimed to weigh 144.5g in a size 45.5, while the bootie weighs 125.5g for a grand total of 270g - that`s 30g heavier than Mavic says its Cosmic Ultimate weighs (240g), albeit in a smaller size (42).ADVERTISEMENT With the booties being completely separate to the shoe, and interchangeable, Mavic says it will be offering them in different weights: one for winter, one for summer and a low weight `racing version` so the shoes can be tailored to the weather. The ability to swap out the shoe liners based on the weather, there`s even the mention of a wet weather `Rain Ride` liner, are an interesting concept, but we can`t help but wonder about heel lift, given that it doesn`t appear that the back of the booty is attached to anything. The French brand says it`s spent the last three years working on the Comete and looking for the `Holy Grail` - a shoe that can consistently transmit power for all 360-degrees of a pedal stroke - and in its own testing claims some pretty spectacular results. According to Mavic, 70 percent of the riders that participated in testing were able to produce an extra 20 watts for two minutes in a RAMP test.
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