Northwave Extreme XC GTX Reviews

Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated October, 2024

Latest Price: £269.99 (RRP: £269.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Northwave Extreme XC GTX worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.

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Northwave Extreme XC GTX features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Shoes – Cycle. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Northwave Extreme XC GTX.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Northwave Extreme XC GTX is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Shoes – Cycle. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Shoes – Cycle. Brands like Northwave are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Shoes – Cycle category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Shoes – Cycle.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Northwave Extreme XC GTX

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Northwave Extreme XC GTX.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Northwave Extreme XC GTX was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £269.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.4 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Shoes – Cycle

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Shoes – Cycle.

We found 377 in the Shoes – Cycle category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £133.53, making it above average at £269.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Shoes – Cycle. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £378.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £11.99.

With 377 products available we worked out that 21 cost more than Northwave Extreme XC GTX and 354 were cheaper.

Cost of Northwave products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 103 products from Northwave, of which 49 were in the Shoes – Cycle category.

For now though we’re looking at Northwave branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £84.28 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Northwave product we found was £7.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £288.99.

Of the 103 from Northwave, 2 were more expensive than Northwave Extreme XC GTX and 99 were cheaper.

How much are Northwave Shoes – Cycle?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Northwave products that are listed in the Shoes – Cycle category.

The average price of the 49 products that match this search was £133.24, with the cheapest coming in at £37.82 and highest price was £288.99. With the average being £133.24, Northwave Extreme XC GTX comes in above average.

2 products that meet this search were more expensive than Northwave Extreme XC GTX and 45 were cheaper.

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Northwave Extreme XC GTX Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Northwave Extreme XC GTX reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Northwave Extreme XC GTX, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Shoes – Cycle category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Northwave Extreme XC GTX or another similar product, like Northwave Celsius XC Arctic GTX reviews or Northwave Magma R Rock reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Shoes – Cycle.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Shoes – Cycle. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Northwave, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Northwave Extreme XC GTX

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Northwave Extreme XC GTX reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Northwave Extreme XC GTX. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.3/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 27198136315
• Product ID 2: 804404UK
• Brand: Northwave
• Model number: NWF-80204036-10-40
• RRP: £269.99
• EAN: 8030819161991
• Description: Northwave Extreme XC GTX Mountain Bike ShoesFrom a long cross-country mountain bike ride to the short intense efforts of a cyclocross race, the Northwave Extreme XC GTX Mountain Bike Shoes ensure superb power transfer. And with their waterproof and insulating Gore-Tex® membrane, you’ll be laughing in the face of cold, wet and muddy conditions too. Motivated to Ride Whatever the WeatherIf you’re fed up with having to pull on overshoes every time cold and wet weather arrives, and still suffer cold feet, then the Extreme XC GTX MTB Shoes are a fabulous investment for your off-road escapades. Locking in warmth and shrugging off wind, rain and snow is the Gore-Tex® Duratherm Kelvin membrane. This uses hollow-core fibres to give your feet superb insulation from the cold, with Northwave rating it’s effectiveness down to -15 degrees Celcius. Wet weather protection is enhanced further by the flexible Easyfit Climaflex collar. This features a Gore-Tex Rattler® membrane to prevent water seeping inside but still allows for smooth unrestricted pedalling. Lastly, the four-layer aluminium and fleece construction of the Arctic 4layer insole provides outstanding insulation, complementing the Duratherm Kelvin membrane perfectly. Efficient Winter PedallingWhile enjoying fabulous comfort you’ll also enjoy superb pedalling efficiency too. The stiff Speedlight 3D Carbon sole unit is taken from the high-performance summer MTB shoe. And with A full-carbon insert at the pedal area, you can be confident of instantaneous acceleration and a supportive platform for smooth pedalling. The unit is rated 12 out of 15 on Northwave’s stiffness index, meaning there is also built-in flex to soak up vibrations from rougher trails. XFrame ® ExcellenceWhen it comes to long-ride comfort there’s little that matches the snug-fitting XFrame® upper. This innovative design holds the foot firmly in place but does so without creating pressure points. The system is closed via Northwave’s own SLW2 ratchet system, allowing precise customisation of the fit, even on the move, as well as an easy release at the end of a tough winter ride. Cleat GuidanceThese MTB shoes are compatible with MTB pedal systems, which use cleats with SPD standard (2-bolt standard), e.g.: Shimano SPD, Time ATAC, CrankBrothers, CrankBrothers Race, Look MTB, Xtreme MTB, Wellgo MTB, Ritchey MTB. Features:Gore-Tex® Duratherm Kelvin membrane – windproof and waterproof- wicks away sweatRated to -15 degrees CSpeedlight 3D Carbon Sole (rated 12/15 stifness)XFrame® upper completely alleviates pressure pointsSLW2 closure systemEasyfit Climaflex collar with Gore-Tex Rattler® membraneArctic 4layer insole360 Degree visibility2-bolt cleat compatible (cleats not supplied)Buy Northwave Footwear from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Footwear > Shoes – Cycle
• Size: EU 40
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for Shoes – Cycle

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Shoes – Cycle. 377 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Northwave Extreme XC GTX included,
Northwave Magma XC Rock reviews, Northwave X-Trail Plus GTX reviews, or we really liked the look of Northwave Sunday Monday Sock reviews as another alternative.