Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 Reviews

Review score: 8.7/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £139.99 (RRP: £139.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 worthy of a review score of 8.7 out of 10.

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Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 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 Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 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 Shimano 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 Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020.

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 Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £139.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.6 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 £139.99.

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 136 cost more than Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 and 235 were cheaper.

Cost of Shimano products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 63 were in the Shoes – Cycle category.

For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.

Of the 854 from Shimano, 133 were more expensive than Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 and 714 were cheaper.

How much are Shimano Shoes – Cycle?

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

The average price of the 63 products that match this search was £107.57, with the cheapest coming in at £19.99 and highest price was £319.99. With the average being £107.57, Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 comes in above average.

13 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 and 49 were cheaper.

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Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 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 Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.9 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 Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 or another similar product, like Shimano Women’s RC5W Road Shoes 2020 reviews or Shimano Women’s XC5W 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 Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020. 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 8.7/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25718980267
• Product ID 2: 760987UK
• Brand: Shimano
• Model number: BRC500L44
• RRP: £139.99
• EAN: 4550170488109
• Description: Shimano RC5 Road ShoesDependable, the Shimano RC5 Road Shoes are the all-day comfortable road shoes that are perfect for the keen cyclist, weekend racer and rapid sportive rider.Remarkably, for road shoes at a mid-range price point, the RC5 encompass some of the features Shimano also uses in their premium competition shoes. This includes the shoe’s Dynalast design, which produces a glove-like, close fit, that can be customised with the adjustable Boa L6 system for the ultimate in comfort and stability.For rugged protection and a featherlight feel the upper and lower parts of the shoe are formed with a lightweight synthetic leather. The material is durable while incredibly buoyant which is ideal for the weekend racer and for your regular training sessions.At the core of the shoe’s structure is a lightweight carbon fibre reinforced nylon composite sole. The sole is rate 8 out of 12 for stiffness offering a great level of power transfer and ensuring a comfortable feel for longer training rides. The slimness of the sole creates a low stack height which keeps your feet close to the pedals for a natural, smooth and powerful pedal stroke.       Cleat GuidanceShimano’s RC5 Road Shoes are compatible with a wide range of road bike pedal systems that use cleats with 3-bolt standards, including: Look Delta and Keo, Shimano SPD-SL, Speedplay Light Action, Zero, X-Series (via 3-hole adapter plate), Campagnolo, Pro-Fit, Mavic Zxellium, Time Iclic/Xpresso and Time Impact.FeaturesSurround wrapping upper structure reduces overlap, provides Glove-like fitBoa L6 dial for quick and precise micro-adjustmentLow stack height midsole helps stabilise the foot, maximises power transfer and efficiencyIntegrated sole and upper construction sets a new level of fit, stability, rigidity and lightweight performanceMesh/TPU/Synthetic leather composite upper provides a comfortable fit and better breathabilityLight carbon fibre reinforced nylon sole for power transfer3-bolt cleat compatibleBuy Shimano Road Shoes from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Footwear > Shoes – Cycle
• Size: EU 44
• 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 Shimano RC5 Road Shoes 2020 included,
Shimano XC5 reviews, Shimano GR7 reviews, or we really liked the look of Shimano Women’s AM7 reviews as another alternative.